It's been more than two years since Mercenaries and The Saboteur developer Pandemic Studios closed its doors for good, yet former president and co-founder Josh Resnick still looks back fondly on the late EA-owned development studio.
Since the company's closure, Resnick has stepped away from the games industry, and has founded a new startup with other Pandemic veterans to create mobile-based social apps -- a departure from creating large-scale console games, to be sure.
Gamasutra recently spoke with Resnick to check in on his post-Pandemic venture, a social app launched next week called ntro, and to get an inside look at the forces behind the development studio's unfortunate end.
A lengthy look at the late Pandemic's foray in open world tactical mayhem and a discussion of its triumphs and its faults.
Ex-Pandemic Studios creative director claims he began work on a sequel to the cult favourite in 2009.
The death of Pandemic was very sad. I quite enjoyed most of their main games. Especially Destroy All Humans
It's a damn shame they are no more. Love the Saboteur very much. One of the few games I really enjoy to Platinum.
They have plans for Destroy All Humans I believe. THQ Nordic holds it now. They have not announced anything yet though.
That's sad. I really enjoyed the first one with its black and white style and when you took over a part of the City it became colorful. The Soundtrack/ radio was fitting. Hope someday some other dev makes a New one.
Seeing the icon of this article got me excited thinking part 2 has been announced. :-(
So sad...Saboteur is, IMO, the most underrated title from the PS3/360 generation.
Oh damn it don't tease me I would have loved that. Really enjoyed the climbing in that game. Felt like it had much more options pertaining to routes in climbing which was nice. Maybe one day it will be revived somehow.
An article in memory of those gaming companies gone too soon.
