It what is really not a surprise to anyone who's been reading any of the gaming websites lately EA and Pandemic announced that Mercenaries 2: World in Flames will now be coming out for the Xbox 360, PC, and PS2 in addition to the previously announced PS3 version. I'm a little surprised that they are spending the time to develop a PS2 version though.
EA AND PANDEMIC STUDIOS ANNOUNCE DEVELOPMENT OF MERCENARIES 2: WORLD IN FLAMES ON FOUR PLATFORMS
Blockbuster Title Shipping Holiday 2007 on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2, in Addition to Previously Announced PlayStation 3 Version
Redwood City, Calif. – February 22, 2007 – Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS), the world’s leading interactive entertainment company and Pandemic Studios, one of the world’s leading independent game developers, today announced that Mercenaries 2: World in Flames™, will ship simultaneously on four platforms worldwide – the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and PC – in holiday 2007.
“Mercenaries 2: World in Flames delivers the next evolution in explosive open world gameplay – regardless of the system you play it on,” said Pandemic Studios CEO Andrew Goldman. “All four platforms are incredible gaming machines, and from the beginning we designed an experience that accentuates their individual strengths and delivers the interactive freedom and explosive action Mercenaries fans demand.”
“EA Partners is proud to team up with Pandemic Studios to help execute a seamless, simultaneous global release for Mercenaries 2: World in Flames on four platforms,” said EA Partners vice president and general manager, David DeMartini. “The team at Pandemic Studios is building an incredible game that will blow away gamers in all regions of the world.”
For more information on Mercenaries 2: World in Flames visit www.mercs2.com or the EA press Web site at http://info.ea.com
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About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for videogame systems, personal computers, cellular handsets and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS™, EA™, EA SPORTS BIG™ and POGO™. In fiscal 2006, EA posted revenue of $2.95 billion and had 27 titles that sold more than one million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.
About Pandemic Studios
Over its nine year history, Pandemic Studios has established a reputation for producing award-winning, cutting edge original entertainment titles and for enhancing the value of existing major licenses. Recent hits include sales-record setters Star Wars BattlefrontTM, and Star Wars BattlefrontTM II, and original Pandemic-created IPs MercenariesTM and Destroy All Humans! 2TM. In addition to the upcoming release of Mercenaries 2TM, Pandemic is developing a number of new, unannounced original titles for next generation platforms at its Los Angeles and Brisbane studio locations. For more information on Pandemic and its games, please visit www.pandemicstudios.com.
Pandemic, Pandemic Studios and Mercenaries are trademarks or registered trademarks of Pandemic Studios in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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