We couldn't be happier with the focus and progress these teams have shown," Earl writes. In the internal communication obtained by Kotaku, Earl assured employees that the "new team at EALA has turned this studio into a showcase for the 'fewer things better' initiative. " If that sounds familiar, EA Games label president Frank Gibeau said replica Breitling A2232212-BMen's watch something similar in an investor call, saying that EA plans to focus on more of its "core IP" and proven "blockbusters. "Pandemic Studios - the developers behind Star Wars: Battlefront and Mercenaries - will today be closed down by owners Electronic Arts, according to several sources close to the situation.
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Pandemic were first formed in 1998, and for a while there, seemed to be on the verge of becoming one of the world's premier development houses Following on from the success of Full Spectrum Warrior, Mercenaries and Star Wars: Battlefront, they were purchased in 2007 by Electronic Arts, where things should have been on the up and up. Instead, the replica Breitling Windrider Chronomat Men's watch company released a succession of lacklustre sequels, and took a body-blow when Pandemic's Australian experiment failed following the cancellation of the costly - and doomed - Dark Knight game, which resulted in the closure of Pandemic's Brisbane studio.
