Mercs Inc

Mercs Inc
Developer(s)	EA Los Angeles
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Genre(s)	Third-person shooter
Mode(s)	Multiplayer

Mercs Inc (working title) is a video game being developed by EA Los Angeles with some employees from the now defunct Pandemic Studios, and is being published by Electronic Arts. It is the sequel to 2005's Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction and 2008's Mercenaries 2: World in Flames. It is a multiplayer third-person shooter. Currently no platforms or release dates have been announced for the game. It is the third entry in the Mercenaries series and the second to be published by Electronic Arts.^[1]

Development

The game was first rumored to be in development by Pandemic Studios as either Project X or Y which were rumored to be based on the Mercenaries franchise. Footage of the game was first leaked onto the internet on November 24, 2009, the footage was a multiplayer trailer of the game.^[2] The game was then officially announced by Electronic Arts less than a day later though without a proper platform or release date.^[3] The announcement of the game came less than a week after the closure of Pandemic Studios by Electronic Arts as it had been in development there under the name Project Y. The game is currently being developed by remaining Pandemic Studio staff members located at EA Los Angeles.^[1] It is likely that the plot will be based on the relationship between India and Pakistan, because they are both alarmingly growing nuclear states not registered with the NPT and was mentioned in World in Flames.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Pandemic Studios (November 24, 2009). "Pandemic Studios Announces 'Mercs Inc'". Electronic Arts. http://investors.ea.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=426407. Retrieved November 21, 2009. 
2. ^ Brian Ashcraft (November 24, 2009). "This Appears To Be A New Mercenaries Game". Kotaku. http://kotaku.com/5411574/this-appears-to-be-a-new-mercenaries-game. Retrieved November 21, 2009. 
3. ^ Stephen Totilo (November 24, 2009). "EA Makes Mercs Inc, A New "Pandemic" Game, Official". Kotaku. http://kotaku.com/5412103/ea-makes-mercs-inc-a-new-pandemic-game-official. Retrieved November 21, 2009.