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Pandemic Studios, the developer of such video games like Mercenaries and The Saboteur, has officially closed down two years ago but the man who served as president and was also a co-founder still believes that the studio did good work and was a victim of a wider shift in the industry.When asked directly about what ha... |
6 December 2011
17:11 GMT |
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The H1N1 seems to come back in the newspaper headlines, so researchers from Philipps University of Marburg in Germany, published a paper that explains in what way the 'swine flu' contributed to a better understanding of pandemic outbreaks.The authors reveal important lessons about the origins of 2009 H1N1, ... |
13 January 2011
03:12 GMT |
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According to a new report released today by the World Health Organization (WHO), the AH1N1 influenza pandemic is maintaining itself at moderate levels in all areas of the world. On the bright side of things, it would appear that it is also letting off in some regions, which is nothing but good news. In terms of effec... |
18 January 2010
17:01 GMT |
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We know that the end of 2009 was a bad time to be involved with the production part of the gaming industry, and we also know that Electronic Arts suffered a lot during the past month of the year. The company had to fire over 1,500 employees and even shut down Pandemic Studios altogether. And while we'd hesitate ... |
15 January 2010
05:31 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has announced that Pandemic, the videogame creation studio which has been recently downsized, is set to develop and release a new title in the Mercenaries series, which is at the moment in the initial stages of production. The working title is Mercs Inc. and it will probably arrive later in 2010 or ea... |
25 November 2009
05:20 GMT |
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It seems like the 1,500 employees that EA laid off last week aren't nearly enough to make the company feel secure about its financial future. Another cog in the EA machine has been discarded, as game studio Pandemic has been shut down by its owning company. Rumors that started creeping about yesterday regarding ... |
18 November 2009
05:26 GMT |
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Experts can relax a bit now, the World Health Organization said on Thrusday, the Influenza A type H1N1 viral strain is not currently mutating, and it keeps a constant configuration for the moment. In the midst of a global swine flu pandemic, the world is in fear over the fact that the viral agent might mutate in the ... |
26 June 2009
04:34 GMT |
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When Pandemic announced that it was creating another World War II shooter, a lot of people were unimpressed, as the genre is already overcrowded. Since then, it has revealed some details that make Saboteur interesting and worthy of a second look. One aspect is the way in which it tries to reconcile history with the n... |
18 June 2009
14:51 GMT |
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At this point, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced, the flu season in the temperate Northern Hemisphere is over, which means that we will get to a see a reduction in the number of new swine flu cases that appear in these areas. However, health experts warn, the infection will now move south of the Equat... |
28 May 2009
18:01 GMT |
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Keeping in tune with the bleak tone of its recent statements, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned countries that they should be prepared for more widespread and devastating flu epidemics in the future. The concern is prompted by the fact that, in some parts of South America, Africa and Asia, the swine flu viru... |
24 May 2009
11:01 GMT |
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Note: The image has been removed due to a legal complaint submitted by Lucasfilm .Free Radical was just the last of the well known studios forced to close down or to severely restrict their activity as the 2008 world wide financial crisis hit the videogaming industry. Most of its employees, who were thought to n... |
6 January 2009
04:30 GMT |
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Scientists in the United States and Japan managed to discover the genetic complex that is thought to be responsible for the 50 million deaths registered during the largest and deadliest pandemic in the world, the 1918 influenza pandemic. The complex, which contains three genes, allows the virus to survive and replica... |
30 December 2008
02:41 GMT |
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History teaches us that epidemics can occur at any time, in any place on Earth, with no regard to the systems of government in place, or to the development levels of the areas they affect. Diseases such as the bubonic plague – which ravaged Europe during the mid-14th century – affected people from all soc... |
24 November 2008
03:17 GMT |
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Two mummies of Egyptians who died very young, about 3 and a half millennia ago, were unearthed from a nameless tomb in Thebes, once a great necropolis and capital city of Egypt. DNA techniques used by the researchers enabled them to find out that the 2 people were killed by malaria, which pushes further in time the ... |
24 October 2008
03:59 GMT |
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Mercenaries 2: World in Flames has had a long development cycle, which usually means that the game would be less than successful on launch. But Electronic Arts has pushed the game out accompanied by a serious advertising campaign which managed to lead to good sales and now Pandemic, the developer, is aiming to ... |
2 October 2008
19:11 GMT |
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Following a lucky discovery, scientists prove that the AIDS-causing HIV virus is actually about a hundred years old, virtually a few decades older than originally believed.The proof was lying in a box placed on an old storage room belonging to the University of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Dr. Michae... |
2 October 2008
06:48 GMT |
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Electronic Arts really knows a thing or two about milking a franchise until it's dry and unusable. And, after it told the whole Ring saga through videogames, the fact that it has announced a new game called The Lord of the Rings: Conquest might disappoint a lot of gamers. If it's any consolation, the develo... |
2 June 2008
18:06 GMT |
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Following the great success recorded by the Hollywood blockbusters and all the games set in Tolkien's universe, it only seems natural to see every now and then a new Lord of the Rings title popping up. Gladly, game developers still have resources and unexplored areas in the universe, otherwise we'd get to s... |
8 May 2008
15:11 GMT |
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It seems that game developers have a habit of making the protagonist and the player battle foes that are likely to become annoyed as they are mentioned in videogames. When Russia is an enemy from which you can expect some sharp replies about how it is now changed and no longer an evil empire. Mercenaries 2 is set in ... |
4 April 2008
16:06 GMT |
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Older gamers and game journalists might know about a time when Origin walked the Earth, Westwood were proud creators of Red Alert and Bullfrog showcased brilliant titles like the Populous series. Where are they all today? Simple answer: Electronic Arts. Second, more elaborate answer: they don't exist anymore bec... |
26 February 2008
06:35 GMT |
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