Pandemic Studios: Remembering the Closed Battlefront Developer

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#mercenaries #destroyallhumans #battlefront2 #pandemicstudios Founded in 1998 by former Activision developers, Pandemic Studios started their run creating great Star Wars games such as Clone Wars, Battlefront 1 and Battlefront 2. They moved on to GTA-style open worlds such as Destroy All Humans, Mercenaries Playground of Destruction and The Saboteur. After being acquired by Electronic Arts alongside Bioware, they would develop Lord of the Rings Conquest and Mercenaries 2: World in Flames before being closed by EA. 0:00 Introduction 1:31 Dark Reign 2 and Battlezone II 2:50 Army Men RTS 4:13 Clone Wars 5:58 Full Spectrum Warrior 7:57 Star Wars: Battlefront 11:21 Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction 14:49 Destroy All Humans 16:59 Battlefront II 19:30 VGHoldings, Bioware and Electronic Arts 21:49 Mercenaries 2: World in Flames 26:00 Lord of the Rings Conquest 28:24 The End of Pandemic 31:03 The Saboteur 33:26 Legacy Sources: Pandemic Name Origin https://web.archive.org/web/20070609133126/http://www.gamespy.com/articles/697/697083p6.hjtml IGN’s History of Pandemic https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/12/07/ign-presents-the-history-of-pandemic Battlezone Programmer Interview https://web.archive.org/web/20120321020736/http://www.jtworld.net/bzmag/bzissue1.pdf Army Men RTS Preview https://www.gamespot.com/articles/army-men-rts/1100-2835998/ The Making of Full Spectrum Warrior https://www.vice.com/en/article/qbnkwq/in-the-army-now-the-making-of-full-spectrum-warrior-140 Gaming’s Role in the Military Entertainment Complex https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/22/call-of-duty-gaming-role-military-entertainment-complex Battlefront 1 Documents https://docs.google.com/document/d/1321hePwVlRm_PopkEqRXoHt4g99wp_1PJrtkPgoFiXg/edit Battlefront Dev Diary 1 https://web.archive.org/web/20050208231323/http://archive.gamespy.com/devdiary/february04/swbattlefront1/ Mercs 1 Interview https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/inside-mercenaries-playground-of-destruction-with-ronald-pieket/ Rogue Leaders https://archive.org/details/RogueLeadersTheHistoryOfLucasArts/page/n103/mode/2up The Origin of Destroy All Humans https://www.inverse.com/article/17492-destroy-all-humans-slayed-xenophobes-pre-trump Bioware and Pandemic Combine https://web.archive.org/web/20060423034931/https://www.gamasutra.com/features/20060329/sheffield_01.shtml Bioware joins with pandemic in late 2005 https://www.engadget.com/2005-11-03-bioware-and-pandemic-bought-combined.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHEiSk3pGjKBN7UL7aOqnlNuWLVfB7rc_FrtKyDj1dsRslFFboHQFTbKuGKmTRFn0U4jWxRVESD75gUo0AfOR-uf4AajJNIfnGJkSGn9ZS158lHi2_KDwXgAqtlExHa3s2rf_A50s_vgvb7vMf_c9Hqp8MQ-RNUNKIQEvZEcnFAA Bioware Merger Timeline https://www.gamesindustry.biz/bioware-and-pandemic-to-merge-creating-new-super-studio VG Holdings, Riccitello Departs https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/greg-richardson-promoted-to-vg-holding-ceo EA Buys VGHoldings, Bioware and Pandemic https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/10/11/ea-buys-bioware-pandemic Mercs 2 Creative Director Interview https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/digital-bruckheimer-cameron-brown-on-mercenaries-2 Mercs 2 and the Move to EA https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/02/22/the-mercenaries-2-interview Mercs 2 is an 80s Action Movie https://www.wired.com/2007/08/interview-pande/ Mercenaries 2 Eurogamer https://www.eurogamer.net/mercenaries-2-world-in-flames-interview Conquest BTS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLRkqQjo9BqMp2vFNJMbZUwrJ6CLRQGeR Lord of the Rings Conquest Interview https://web.archive.org/web/20120727160935/http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/925/925509p1.html Rumor - Brisbane Office Closed https://kotaku.com/rumor-ea-shuts-down-pandemic-studios-down-under-5130836 Pandemic Closed https://kotaku.com/confirmed-ea-closes-pandemic-studios-says-brand-will-5406830 Mercs Inc https://news.ea.com/press-releases/press-releases-details/2009/Pandemic-Studios-Announces-Mercs-Inc/default.aspx Former Employee Speaks on Pandemic Closure, Saboteur “sent out to die” https://web.archive.org/web/20091122151834/https://www.destructoid.com/saboteur-sent-out-to-die-pandemic-closure-was-right--155508.phtml Get in touch here: https://twitter.com/LuckStatEvan https://www.twitch.tv/luckstatevan