Happy Monday all.  Hope you had a great weekend.

Let’s get straight down to blogging and provide some more insight into our latest games.  The Saboteur by Pandemic Studios is one game that has me all excited.  Let’s find out a few more details from the guys at Pandemic…..

‘Pandemic Studios invites you to experience the ultimate open-world action/adventure—The Saboteur. Fight, climb, and race your way through a uniquely stylized version of Nazi-occupied France, and hunt down your sworn enemies who have taken everything from you. Enter the seedy underground world of a saboteur living in 1940s Paris, where the women are sexy, the action is epic, and the revenge is sweet. As the winner of various art awards, including Best of E3 2009 for Artistic Design by IGN.com, The Saboteur has received widespread recognition for beautifully integrating a unique artistic style with a dramatic storyline and intense action to deliver a truly unique gaming experience. 

Inspired by a true story, The Saboteur stars Sean Devlin, a street-tough Irish race car driver seeking personal redemption in the first open-world action game set in Nazi-occupied Europe. Now, it’s time for payback—with the help of the French Resistance, British intelligence, an arsenal of weaponry, and your own street smarts and brawn, you must exact revenge on those who aimed to destroy your life.  From derailing trains and blowing up zeppelins to scaling the Eiffel Tower and more, this action hero uses a broad range of weapons, explosives and vehicles to get the job done in the name of vengeance. 

Key Features 

• Live the resistance in an open-world Paris – Fight and sabotage your way through a uniquely stylized open-world 1940s Paris – from the top of the Eiffel Tower, to the riverbanks of the Seine, the cathedral of Notre Dame or the prestigious Champs-Élysées.   
• Be the Saboteur –Use a broad range of weapons and explosives to perform your blockbuster sabotage as you single-handedly hunt-down your enemies to dismantle and destroy the Nazi occupation. 
• Use the rooftops – This version of Paris was designed to leverage the unique abilities of The Saboteur. Being a Saboteur is all about surprise attacks and Paris’ rooftops are the perfect path for your secret operations. Anything that looks like you can climb it,  you can – even the Eiffel Tower.     
• Will to Fight – The Saboteur introduces an innovative new feature that is both an iconic visual style, and a compelling gameplay element. See and feel Paris change around you as you progress through the game.  Go from a dark and oppressed black and white policed state, to a bright and inspired world where the citizens fight back.
• Hijack any vehicle – Sean is a racecar driver and a daredevil by nature. From high performance racecars to military vehicles, as the Saboteur, you can drive any vehicle that comes along to escape your pursuers.

For more information please go to www.thesaboteurgame.com, get the latest news from the production team on www.twitter.com/pandemicstudios or follow the team on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/thesaboteur’. 

Looks very cool and from the hands on time I have had, I think you will love this game.  Here’s a few more of the latest screenshots……..

EArl

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Just had word that The Saboteur by Pandemic Studios will be released December 4th in Europe for X360, PS3 & PC.

Let’s have a little more insight into the open world of the Saboteur.  What’s the story? 

Inspired by a true story, The Saboteur stars Sean Devlin, a street-tough Irish race car driver trapped behind enemy lines in 1940s Nazi-occupied France. Motivated by personal revenge, Sean fights, climbs, and races through open-world Paris, sneaking into the heart of the Nazi operations and sabotaging their every move. With the help of the French Resistance, the British intelligence, an arsenal of weaponry, street smarts and brawn, players will exact revenge on those who aim to destroy Sean’s life. From derailing trains and blowing up zeppelins to scaling famous Parisian landmarks and more, this action hero uses a broad range of weapons, explosives and vehicles to get the job done.

“The Saboteur is an entirely new take on WWII action gaming. Instead of putting players in the role of a soldier, they’ll experience one man’s quest for vengeance through an incredible story and an epic range of explosive action. Every street of Paris is alive with options, every block is teeming with action,” according to Josh Resnick, President of Pandemic Studios. “We’re extremely proud of The Saboteur. The art style, intense story, and grand acts of defiance against the Nazis will deliver the one-of-a-kind experience that Pandemic fans have been waiting for.”

As Sean takes down enemies, the citizens of Paris are empowered to resist the tyrannical Third Reich and their eyes open to the colorful world around them. This innovative mechanic, called the ‘Will to Fight,’ will change the way Paris is seen and felt – from a dark and oppressed policed state to a bright and inspired world where the citizens fight back. As the player executes acts of sabotage against the occupying force, color returns to the stylized black and white world – both figuratively and literally. The ‘Will to Fight’ spawns an underground resistance that takes players not only through Paris, but across various parts of France.

Hands-on video coming shortly.

EArl

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Pandemic’s Saboteur…..how would you fancy working in LA on cool games like this?

Programming/Software Engineering roles are one of the most sought after in the industry.  As games have got more complex, programming roles have tended to specialise more eg tools programmers, game-play, Physics, AI, graphics etc.

In the below video you can get an insight into the different types of programming roles, explained simply.  Also learn what skills and experience EA look for.  EA have also defined what good looks like as a programmer.

Don’t forget…take a look at www.jobs.ea.com for all EA’s latest job vacancies.

EArl

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EArl is loving E3 and is equally loving seeing new trailers from EA.

As a video wall, take a look at the below and let me know what you think.

Dante’s Interno

APB, EA Partners with RealTime Worlds.

Mass Effect 2

Dragon Age

The Saboteur

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