Out of the ashes of Pandemic Studios arises an Indie game dev team

Brian Ambrozy 30 Mar, 2010 at 5:08pm ET Article published in Gaming

A three-man team consisting of former Pandemic Studios employees who were axed in EA’s recent closure of the studio has launched a startup named Downsized Games and recently published news about their first game, an iPhone App called “BulleTrain”.

There are some very definite digs at EA in the description of the game:

It’s the year 2124 and giant mega corporations rule the universe.

and the painfully obvious:

You used to run a small shipping company on your home planet of Glendon-19 but a hostile takeover by Elaborate Acquisitions, your local B-rail corporation, has left you out on the streets.

One of the three developers is environment artist Manny Vega, who worked as an environment artist on Pandemic’s swan song, “The Saboteur“.

BulleTrain will be “shipping soon” for the iPhone.

Comments

30 Mar 2010 ~ 5:14pm BuddyJ AHAHA! I love their guts and their snark.
30 Mar 2010 ~ 5:19pm Thrax Big, brass balls. +rep.
30 Mar 2010 ~ 5:22pm QCH NICE... Suck it EA!!!
30 Mar 2010 ~ 5:46pm ardichoke Haha... I'll buy it (if they port to Android)
30 Mar 2010 ~ 7:05pm Garg What ardi said.
30 Mar 2010 ~ 11:38pm Bandrik Elaborate Acquisitions, you say? Ha, haha. Nicely done, Downsized Games. :3