The Saboteur Has Gone Gold

Emabulator · 11-21-2009, 07:27 PM

Joystiq has word (via PlanetXbox360) that Pandemic Studios' final game, The Saboteur, has gone gold.

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Though The Saboteur developer Pandemic Studios is losing its 200-person staff, the company's final game has just "gone gold" across Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. In a post on the studio's forums, Community Manager Mathew Everett noted that while "this has been a very difficult week for Pandemic Studios," The Saboteur will still be "available across Europe starting December 4 and throughout North America on December 8."

I really feel for them and hope they all find work soon.

DarkestHour00 · 11-21-2009, 07:35 PM

Yes good luck to all those that lost there job to find another one soon.

BalekFekete · 11-21-2009, 08:00 PM

Good luck to them all, but a game without the development staff around for support won't get me lining up to buy it.

Anenome · 11-21-2009, 08:26 PM

Aww, this game looked good. Must've been a sour gone-gold party :{

StGeorge · 11-21-2009, 08:53 PM

Party? The party was to tell them they are all fired and that they can buy a slice of the congratulations cake for only $4.99

Anenome · 11-21-2009, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by StGeorge

Party? The party was to tell them they are all fired and that they can buy a slice of the congratulations cake for only $4.99

So cake is a micro-transaction now? >_>?

Earth Djinn · 11-21-2009, 10:33 PM

I'm super excited for this game.

I loved Mercs 2 (apparently in the minority on that one) and this looks to be similar in scope and gameplay, yet heavily expanded also. This is looking to be really good and unless something drastically bad is revealed in the reviews, I'll be picking this up day one.

alienchild · 11-21-2009, 11:43 PM

Let's hope we won't need a patch...

Anenome · 11-22-2009, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by alienchild

Let's hope we won't need a patch...

<_<;;;

OmegaVader · 11-22-2009, 02:19 AM

So did they let them finish it or just fire them and pushed an incomplete title out the door...

Jellopy · 11-22-2009, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by OmegaVader

So did they let them finish it or just fire them and pushed an incomplete title out the door...

Only time will tell! I hope that they have jobs lined up

Emabulator · 11-22-2009, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Jellopy

Only time will tell! I hope that they have jobs lined up

Some of them may end up working for Gearbox Software. Gearbox is hiring and Mikey Neumann had the following to say on Twitter:

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Well, if anyone from Pandemic would like to work at Gearbox, we'd love to have you! http://bit.ly/3pfdFb Sorry, about a lousy day :/

Dag-Sabot · 11-22-2009, 11:15 AM

Too bad they went with this one. They should've made "full spectrum warrior 3".

brandonjclark · 11-22-2009, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Dag-Sabot

Too bad they went with this one. They should've made "full spectrum warrior 3".

Because it would have saved their jobs? Or because if it was going to be the last game they made that's what you would've wanted to play?

just curio..

KlausFlouride · 11-22-2009, 06:40 PM

I was interested in this until the company folded. I will look for it when it hits the bargain bin in Feb.

Dag-Sabot · 11-22-2009, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by brandonjclark

Because it would have saved their jobs? Or because if it was going to be the last game they made that's what you would've wanted to play?

just curio..

Id trurthfully have to say a bit from column "a" and a bit from column "b". Im one of the few people that are uncomfortable with WW2 themed games. It would involve a wall of text which i will spare you all.

IveGotThatWiperFluid · 11-23-2009, 06:23 AM

Looks like they took the old Commandos game and wrapped it around the mechanics of Hitman, which doesn't sound like a bad thing at all to me.

I'd consider picking it up on the cheap to play when I'm done with Borderlands and need something to fill the gaps between MW2 sessions.

DigiTekh · 11-23-2009, 09:10 AM

I would have love to see another full spectrum warrior but doesn't THQ own the rights to IP? That would kind or make it impossible for them to make since they are part of EA

Dag-Sabot · 11-23-2009, 09:30 AM

I thought the FSW series was really revolutionary although repetitive im surprised they didn't go in this direction instead choosing the stale and well worn WWII path. Not angry just disappointed.

Yama · 11-23-2009, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by OmegaVader

So did they let them finish it or just fire them and pushed an incomplete title out the door...

The game was done; all their SKUs were completed before they were let go. Now whether it may need a patch or not is something else, and hopefully it won't need one, since consumers would have to wait for another team to jump on that.

Hopefully the game does really well; former Pandemic employees won't see the money, but at least they'll have a killer title on their resume, and something to be proud of.