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STORM Is New Starbreeze Cooperative Shooter

Video game developer Starbreeze reveals that it’s working on a new video game project called STORM, which is designed to use a new science fiction setting and will focus on a cooperative experience. The game is currently in development but lacks a launch date or details related to the platforms on which it mig...

21 January 2013
17:41 GMT

Starbreeze Has No Free-to-Play Plans, Prepares P13

After the disastrous launch of the Syndicate remake earlier during the year, the development team at Starbreeze is exploring a number of new business models, but it has no plans to try and create a free-to-play title. Mikael Nermark, the chief executive officer at Starbreeze, tells Edge that, “We’re neve...

10 July 2012
16:31 GMT

Starbreeze Still Proud of Syndicate 2012 Reboot

The development team who rebooted Syndicate for publisher Electronic Arts is still feeling positive about the game experience they managed to deliver despite the fact that the game was a commercial failure and was widely criticized by gamers. Mikael Nermark, who is the chief executive officer working at Starbreeze, ...

21 June 2012
15:11 GMT

High Expectations Contributed to Syndicate Reboot Failure

The remade Syndicate from Starbreeze and publisher Electronic Arts has failed to impress gamers and reviewers on launch, and the leader of the development team believes that the player base has to acknowledge that high expectations are hardly to blame for the reception. Mikael Nermark, the president and the chief ex...

23 April 2012
20:41 GMT

Starbreeze Is Happy with Syndicate's Quality Despite Low Sales

Starbreeze CEO and president Mikael Nermark has talked about his studio's latest game, Syndicate, and how, even if sales and critical acclaim weren't exactly up to par, he's quite happy with the finished product, especially its co-op mode. Syndicate appeared earlier this year on the PC, PS3 and Xbox 3...

23 April 2012
03:09 GMT

Overkill Acquisition Means Starbreeze Has Resources for V13 and Project Mercury

Starbreeze, the developer of the Syndicate reboot, has announced that it was buying Overkill Software studio, which has recently launched Payday: The Heist, in order to evolve its development capabilities for the upcoming V13 and Project Mercury games. Mikael Nermark, the chief executive officer at Starbreeze, has t...

20 April 2012
21:01 GMT

Starbreeze Prepares Free-to-Play Cold Mercury

Video game developer Starbreeze has announced that it is currently working on a new game, called Cold Mercury, which is set to use the free-to-play business model and will probably launch at some point during this year. The company is also downsizing after the launch of Syndicate, which was published by Electronic A...

27 March 2012
08:26 GMT

Starbreeze Loses 25 Employees After Syndicate Completion

Starbreeze, the Sweden-based developer working with publisher Electronic Arts on the reboot for Syndicate, has announced that it has laid off 25 employees following the completion of the game. This represents about one quarter of the people directly employed by Starbreeze and Peter Tornquist, who is the chairman for...

20 February 2012
10:05 GMT

Incoming 2012: Syndicate

What we know: Syndicate was a tactical video game that allowed players to control a team of agents in a hyper-violent future world. But the remake takes the name and the theme of a future dominated by corporations that are in a state of continuous low-level warfare and morphs the rest into a first-person shooter wit...

16 February 2012
10:41 GMT

Rosario Dawson and Brian Cox Lead Cast of Syndicate

Video game publisher Electronic Arts and Starbreeze Studios have announced that well known Hollywood stars Rosario Dawson and Brian Cox have been chosen to lend their voices to the characters of the upcoming shooter Syndicate. Dawson, seen in Sin City, Grindhouse and The 25th Hour, will be voicing Lily Drawl, one of...

11 February 2012
03:37 GMT

Syndicate Doesn’t Have an Online Pass

Electronic Arts has confirmed that the upcoming Syndicate first person shooter won’t be protected with an online pass system, largely because the company wants all gamers to experience the cooperative multiplayer mode from the shooter. EA recently decided to bring back to life its old Syndicate franchise and a...

2 February 2012
15:31 GMT

Syndicate Gets New DART6 Infomercial

Upcoming first-person shooter Syndicate has received a new trailer from developer Starbreeze and publisher Electronic Arts, which is designed to look like an infomercial for the DART6 chip that the player will use throughout the game in order to get access to his superpowers.They are officially known as hacking abili...

2 February 2012
10:32 GMT

Starbreeze Says Syndicate Can Compete with Modern Warfare 3

A lot of older gamers were negatively surprised when developer Starbreeze and publisher Electronic Arts announced that they were planning to revive the old Syndicate franchise in the form of a first-person shooter, but the for the game creators the genre was a perfect fit. Mikael Nermark, the chief executive officer...

24 January 2012
15:11 GMT

Starbreeze Is Exploring a Number of New Intellectual Properties

Starbreeze, the developer of the upcoming Syndicate first person shooter remake, has announced that it has plans to explore the original intellectual property space, after launching the Electronic Arts published title.Mikael Nermark, who is the Chief Executive Officer at Starbreeze, has told Gamasutra that, “We...

23 January 2012
14:31 GMT

Watch the New Cooperative Trailer for Syndicate

Starbreeze, the developer, and Electronic Arts, the publisher, have posted a new trailer for their upcoming Syndicate video game, showing off the cooperative mechanics that players will be able to enjoy.Players will be able to work together with their friends over the Internet to tackle the challenges of Syndicate.Th...

16 November 2011
10:44 GMT

New Syndicate Trailer Shows Series Origins

Video game publisher Electronic Arts has launched a new trailer for its Syndicate first person shooter which introduces modern gamers to the history of the series and shows off some comparisons between the classic games and the modern remake.Syndicate was long been rumored to be remade by Electronic Arts and the offi...

18 October 2011
08:51 GMT

Syndicate Walkthrough Shows Mind Hacking

Video game publisher released a new Syndicate walkthrough video that allows gamers who are interested in the game to see quite a bit of what it has to offer in terms of gameplay.Syndicate was a Bullfrog created mix between strategy and tactics but the current version seems to be more interested in putting players in ...

14 October 2011
07:59 GMT

Starbreeze Working on Another Project with Swedish Director

Video game developer Starbreeze Studio, which has recently made the news because of their work on the Syndicate remake, has announced that it is also working with a Swedish film director to create and launch an entirely new intellectual property.Josef Fares, who is a movie director best known for creating the award w...

20 September 2011
16:31 GMT

Origin Leak Confirms Syndicate Remake

A leak that originated with the Electronic Arts maintained Origin digital distribution service has confirmed that the much talked about Project Redlime from the Starbreeze studio is actually a remake of the old Syndicate series, which has been created by Bullfrog.It seems that the motto for the new game will be: &ldq...

12 September 2011
05:44 GMT

Electronic Arts Gets Three New Syndicate Trademarks

Electronic Arts seems closer than ever to announcing a new project linked to the Syndicate series, with information taken from the United States Patent and Trademark Office suggesting that three new trademarks have been associated with the old tactical action title. The first of the fillings is linked to “compu...

5 August 2010
15:01 GMT

More Signs that Starbreeeze Is Creating a New Syndicate Title

Three new trademarks seem to indicate that developer Starbreeze, who has previously worked on The Chronicles of Riddick and on The Darkness, is collaborating with publisher Electronic Arts to create a new videogame bearing the Syndicate name. The relationship between the two entities began back in 2008 when the annou...

15 April 2010
18:51 GMT

Syndicate Remake Almost Certainly Coming from Starbreeze

The rumors have been swirling around for some time that Electronic Arts was preparing to create and publish a remake of the classic Syndicate. And now two sources, one from Electronic Arts and the other from Starbreeze, have again stoked the flames of the rumor fire by saying that the developer has been working for q...

1 April 2009
18:31 GMT

Rumor Mill: Electronic Arts Might Bring Syndicate Back

Electronic Arts is rumored to be on the verge of announcing a new entry in the classic Syndicate series, if reports from anonymous sources are to be believed. The last Syndicate game was launched way back in 1996.It was in February that a rather cryptic announcement from Starbreeze and Electronic Arts made the rounds...

21 October 2008
04:32 GMT


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