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Why Pandemic's Batman Game Was Canned, And How It Killed Pandemic AU [Batman]
Kotaku —
... New Kotaku AU editor David Wildgoose brings us the story of how the Batman game Pandemic Brisbane were working on not only knocked a giant hole in EA's account books, but ultimately brought about the end of the studio. ...
Pandemic Brisbane's Dark Knightmare
Blue's News —
How Pandemic's Dark Knight Turned Into A Nightmare on Kotaku Australia indications that Pandemic Brisbane is being closed by Electronic Arts, saying Pandemic's Aussie studio, saying the company's "alpha" development team is still together, and retains rights to their Wii project codenamed "the next big thing," but that EA has indeed "restored the studio's independence." They offer differing, sometimes conflicting, opinions from some of the folks at the studio about what lead to this situation, describing a number missteps, most significant being the studios' efforts at ...
Why So Superfluous? Dark Knight Game Goes Down In Flames
Press The Buttons —
... , one would think that a video game adaptation of the film would be a foregone conclusion, and yet here we are in 2009 without a film-based Batman versus The Joker game in sight. So what happened? Who dropped the ball on a Dark Knight game? As it turns out, it's a long, sad story from the worlds of publisher Electronic Arts and developer Pandemic Brisbane. Kotaku has the tale of high expectations, rushed deadlines, and stretching a game engine until it snaps. ...
The Dark Knight Killed Pandemic Brisbane?
Evil Avatar - News Items —
... You can read the full thing right here.
Please note this is based on unrevealed sources. It is an interesting tale none-the-less. Here's hoping Arkham Asylum survives the current troubles at Eidos. ...
Report: ‘Dark Knight’ Video Game Struggled, Collapsed In December
MTV Multiplayer —
... more than a cell phone game for gamers to play — and a new report from Kotaku Australia explains why we got nothing more. *** While giant video game publisher Electronic Arts still won’t admit that a “Dark Knight” game was under development at the company in 2008, the existence of such a project had been widely rumored and winked at throughout the last calendar year. Still, no game based on the movie was released for any of the major console and handheld gaming systems. But a report in the Australian version of gaming blog Kotaku goes into great detail about a now-canceled ...
Rumor: Tech issues ruined Dark Knight game, pushed Pandemic AU to ruin
Joystiq —
... At this point, we don't even have confirmation that Pandemic Brisbane is gone, but according to a report from Kotaku Australia, the axe dropped after the studio couldn't finish the oft-rumored Dark Knight game in time for the film's DVD / ...
Screwing Up Batman
The Escapist : Latest News —
Kotaku Australia has an "insider" report about how the Dark Knight videogame being developed by Pandemic's Brisbane studio quickly went from a hotly-anticipated project to a white elephant that ultimately helped bring about the downfall of the developer. It's a truism among gamers that videogames based on movies suck. But the Dark Knight had the potential to shatter that sad legacy of failure; Pandemic is a respected developer, and over the course of 2008 Electronic Arts had shown a new level of commitment to publishing innovative, quality games. The ...
Why So Serious? Why Pandemic's Batman Title was Axed, and How It Killed the Company
Kombo.com —
... the developer and its standing with Electronic Arts. It's a doozy of an article , though, so you might want to grab a can of your beverage of choice and some string cheese before attempting to tackle it. And remember to recycle.
How Batman Killed Pandemic AU
GayGamer.net —
... members of the team having experience in making open world games. (Mercenaries was made in LA, not Brisbane.)
That's just for starters. Kotaku AU has a fantastic piece on how it all went down, which I highly recommend as a read for anyone who is interested in the behind-the-scenes work that happens in the game industry. From the sound of it, mistakes were made by both the developer and the publisher EA, dooming the game pretty early on.
How Pandemic's Dark Knight Turned Into A Nightmare [Kotaku AU]
