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Rapper Cam'Ron Meets Mercenaries 2 (News)

Oct 17, 2008

Rapper Cam'Ron has made a new song to the Mercenaries 2 infamous song from the commercial everyone loves "Oh No You Didn't" and you can click here to check it out. My gangsta side decided this was worthy enough to post.

TalkRadar 18 (Feature)

Sep 12, 2008

After a long two-week absence, Shane Patterson rejoins the crew just in time to celebrate TalkRadar’s 18th birthday. With our podcast finally old enough to vote, buy cigarettes and go to the mall by itself, we briefly put aside our usual yammering for a weirdly serious talk about the ethics of software piracy. ...

Gamefly Charts: Mercenaries 2 On Top (News)

Sep 11, 2008

Gamerdeals.net writes:

"For the week of September 11, 2008, Mercenaries 2 (PS3/Xbox 360/PS2) takes the top spot on the cross-platform Gamefly Top Ten 'Most Queued' list. Following close behind is Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (PS3/Xbox 360/Wii/PS2/DS/PSP)."

Queue up the complete Gamefly Top 10 most requested lists:

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames - Airstrikes (Video)

Sep 8, 2008

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames - Mercenaries 2 vs. Mercenaries 1 (Video)

Sep 5, 2008

Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction - Opening cutscene (Video)

Sep 5, 2008

Mercenaries 2 on PS2: How bad is it? (Feature)

Sep 5, 2008

A few days before the Aug. 31 release of Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, we received the following question from one of our forum posters:

Seems like an obvious answer, right? Of course the PS2 version, made for a console that’s been obsolete for three years, isn’t going to be as good as its current-gen cousins. That doesn’t mean it can’t be a good game on its own, though; after all, it’s ...

Free petrol stunt (Mercenaries 2 promotion) causes chaos (News)

Sep 5, 2008

Chris Irvine of Telegraph writes: "A petrol station which gave away free fuel has been temporarily shut down after motorists flocking to its pumps caused traffic chaos.

Electronic Arts were giving away £20,000 worth of fuel at the station on Stapleton Hall Road, near Finsbury Park, north London, as part of a promotion for a new video game.

But the stunt angered residents and local politicians for causing gridlock during the morning rush hour."

EA Mercenaries Hijack Petrol Station (News)

Sep 5, 2008

'Mercenaries' from Electronic Arts are hijacking a London petrol station this morning and giving away £20,000 of FREE petrol to customers.

The entire forecourt of Last Stop Ltd near Finsbury Park, North London will be completely transformed into that of a military style bunker, with jeeps, oil barrels, sandbag walls, and fully costumed actors on hand to pump the petrol for the customers...

Photos of the Mercenaries petrol giveaway (News)

Sep 5, 2008

With rising petrol prices running a car is fast becoming as hard as completing Halo 3 on Legendary. Thankfully, the kind folks at EA realise your problems, and, to celebrate today's release of Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, are giving away £20,000 of petrol ...

Play Mercenaries 2: World in Flames with Pandemic (News)

Sep 3, 2008

Pandemic Studios' Mercenaries 2: World in Flames will provide the arena, as the developers battle it out with Xbox LIVE® members. Pandemic will be on hand from September 5 through September 12, giving you a chance to be one of the first to get the 50-point "Everybody Wants Some!!" achievement!

New Game Releases for the Week of August 31, 2008 (News)

Aug 30, 2008

Gamerdeals.net writes:

"The highlights this week include Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (PS3, Xbox 360, PS2, PC), Infinite Undiscovery (Xbox 360), Vampire Rain: Altered Species (PS3), and FaceBreaker (Xbox 360, PS3).

Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the week of August 31, 2008 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Sony PS2, PSP, Nintendo DS, and PC!"

TalkRadar 16 (Feature)

Aug 29, 2008

Say hello to our brand-new TalkRadar template! Now each and every podcast has its own page, making it searchable and comment-able for our everlovin’ fanbase. This week we welcome Scott Butterworth from PlayStation: The Official Magazine, discuss dudes who look like chicks and answer more questions from the listeners. ...

Mercenaries 2: World In Flames Alternate Costumes (News)

Aug 14, 2008

Take a look at the alternate costumes for Mattias, Chris & Jen in Mercenaries 2: World In Flames.

Mercenaries 2: Co-op Hands-on (Preview)

Aug 13, 2008

HANDS-ON: Why Mercs 2 has the most satisfying co-op mode we've played in years ...

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (Screenshots)

Aug 6, 2008

E3 2008: Mercenaries 2 Lets You Blow Up In-Game Ads For Fun, Profit (News)

Jul 21, 2008

Sean Hollister from GameCyte writes: Over three years in the making, and with just a single month before its commercial debut on August 31st, we thought we'd heard everything there was to hear about Mercenaries 2: World in Flames. The game's huge. It has online co-op. You can blow $#!^ up. But while exploring Pandemic Studios' next-gen playground of destruction at E3 2008, we noticed something new: lots and lots of billboards, with the word "Massive" embedded in placeholder text near the bottom of each.

E3 08: Is Mercenaries 2 better than GTA IV? (Feature)

Jul 14, 2008

In the weeks that followed the release of Grand Theft Auto IV, most of its high-profile competitors - including Prototype and Saints Row 2 - had their release dates hastily and conspicuously pushed back to fall or later. Most of them, that is, except for Mercenaries 2: World in Flames. After a number of pre-GTA IV delays, the free-roaming soldier-of-fortune simulator is sticking to its August release date, with no sissy retreat in ...

PS3 Mercs 2 Home support doubtful - Pandemic 'doesn't know enough about it right now'. (News)

Jun 12, 2008

Videogamer writes: "The PS3 version of upcoming open world blast-em-up Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is unlikely to support Sony's online 3D hub Home.

Speaking to VideoGamer.com at a recent EA Games label event in London, Pandemic's Cory Lewis said the studio was currently focused on online coop and doesn't know enough about Home "to be deep in it".

Home, which is scheduled to release as an open beta this Autumn, has suffered from a number of delays as Sony refines the service. In April Sony announced plans to expand the PlayStation Home Closed Beta test into summer 2008 in order to "refine the service to ensure a more focused gaming entertainment experience than what it is today"."

Mercs 2 'tough fit' for Wii - Mercenaries port 'feels wrong' on Nintendo's console, according to Pandemic (News)

Jun 12, 2008

Videogamer writes: "Upcoming open world action game Mercenaries 2 would be a "tough fit" for the Nintendo Wii, according to developer Pandemic.

Speaking to VideoGamer.com at an EA Games label event in London recently, Pandemic's Cory Lewis said that porting it over to Nintendo's motion sensing console "feels wrong".

"I think the Wii would be a tough fit for that product," Lewis told VideoGamer.com. 'Not to say it won't ever happen. But just porting it over to the Wii feels wrong. I know the guys, the senior leaders at Pandemic, like Josh (Resnick) and Greg (Borrud) and Andrew (Goldman), they're very committed to when we come out with a Wii product it's going to be created for the Wii. It's going to really take advantage of what it offers, not just grabbing this and throwing it over there kind of thing.'"

Mercenaries 2 presentation – streaming audio (News)

Apr 25, 2008

VG247: Mercenaries 2: World in Flames was shown off in a presentation in London this afternoon, and the action title is looking very sweet. Apparently the ethic for the title is, "Can I? Yes! I can!" As you do.

For streaming audio of the full presentation, including hearing senior producer Jonathan Zamkoff being shot in the ass for the sake of a sound effect, head over to the site.

Mercenaries 2 demo, DLC planned (News)

Apr 17, 2008

Pandemic Studios plans to release a Mercenaries 2 demo and will also support the openworld action game with downloadable content.

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames - hands-on (Preview)

Apr 7, 2008

It rules being your own boss. Taking as much darn time off as you please, scoring a sweet BMW on lease, hiring a busty peroxide blonde as your PA, putting your hand in the till... and ordering full scale air strikes to reduce your enemies to so ashes. Ker-blammo! Yep, welcome to the dazzling world of Mercenaries, the game where Everybody Pays. (Even you lot, should you choose to part with your hard-earned to buy it later this ...

Mercenaries 2 US Release Date Plus New Trailer (News)

Apr 3, 2008

IGN: "Electronic Arts and Pandemic Studios have dropped a new trailer for Mercenaries 2: World in Flames in our lap, complete with an official release date in tow. The follow-up to the 2005 destruct-o-thon will hit US shores on August 31, 2008"

EA Announces Record Holiday Quarter, Battlefield, Mercs 2 Delay (News)

Jan 31, 2008

EA has announced holiday quarter results of $1.5 billion in sales -- the largest in its history, driven by sales of Madden, Rock Band and The Simpsons, but losses of $33 million, and delays for Battlefield: Bad Company and Mercenaries 2: World in Flames to an undetermined time after spring.

The publisher's sales were up 17 percent over the year prior driven by the above titles as well as Need for Speed Pro Street, FIFA 08, The Sims 2 Castaway, and NBA Live 08. Its losses come after profits of $160 million in 2006.

New Mercenaries 2 screens (News)

Jan 28, 2008

A new set of screenshots from Pandemic's Mercenaries 2: World in Flames has hit the net. Go check them ...

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (Preview)

Jan 28, 2008

When it was first released, the orignal Mercenaries was banned in South Korea because of the tensions between the southern and the northern territories, meaning that any media showing conflict between the two was deemed illegal. Now with Mercenaries 2, the game faces another country with its panties in a twist. We caught up with senior producer Jonathan Zamkoff to get his thoughts. So Jonathan, with the game being set in Venezuela, didnt you cause a bit of GTA-style storm with the authorities ...

No Mercenaries 2 for a few months (News)

Jan 24, 2008

Electronic Arts has told Eurogamer that we will see nothing on Mercenaries 2 "within the next few months".

It confirms speculation from retailers and lack of advertising that the title will not make its currently scheduled 8th February release.

No reason for the delay was given, although Pandemic boss Josh Resnick reassured us last year that Mercenaries 2 would not be rushed to meet a release date - after moving it out of the Christmas line-up.

Back then bug-swatting and extra polish were named as the culprits behind the hold-up.

Mercenaries 2 is in development for PS3, 360, PC and PS2.

Retail Radar: Mercenaries 2 delayed again? (News)

Jan 24, 2008

Pandemic Studios' Mercenaries 2: World in Flames may be the latest game twice bitten by the belated bug, as a bevy of online retailers have pushed the wantonly destructive Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, and PC action game out of its announced first quarter 2008 release window. GameStop, CD Universe, and Amazon.com are all currently listing versions of the game with a late August release. GameStop and Amazon list the game as shipping on August 25, with CD Universe projecting an August 27 release.

Analyst's 2008 Best Seller List (News)

Jan 12, 2008

Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey picks what he believes will be the biggest sellers of 2008.

Mercenaries 2: "It'll be awesome forever" (News)

Oct 11, 2007

11 Oct, 2007 Back in September we brought you the disappointing news that Pandemics open world destruction game, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames had been delayed until 2008, but, as the developer points out in its latest web blog, the extra time will allow it to make the game into something that will be "awesome forever". Pandemic will also use the extra few months to flesh out the multiplayer and polish everything off, ensuring World in Flames will be perfect when it finally hits PC, PS3, ...

Mercenaries 2 officially delayed (News)

Sep 24, 2007

Pandemic boss Josh Resnick has said that Mercenaries 2 has been officially delayed until the first quarter of next year. Rumours of a slip have been flying ever since retailers forecast it earlier this month, although both publisher and developer have remained quiet until now.

Eurogamer: EA quiet on Mercs 2 delay (News)

Sep 5, 2007

EA is declining to comment on rumours that Mercenaries 2: World in Flames has slipped into 2008. Yesterday, reports claimed that Pandemic's open-world action game would miss its expected launch this holiday season. EA has told us this is unconfirmed, but won't reveal whether the title will be out in time for Christmas.

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is in development for PS3, 360, PS2 and PC. It will let you run riot around Venezuela and blow all sorts of things up, all in the pursuit of money.

Mercenaries 2 delayed (News)

Sep 4, 2007

Sept 4, 2007 Pandemic's Mercenaries 2: World in Flames will miss its 2007 release and has been pushed into next year. An official reason for the delay has not yet emerged from the mouth of the game's publisher, EA. Mercenaries 2 is in development for PC, Xbox 360, PS3 and PS2 and, after Pandemic's success with the first game, we're hoping for an impressive action experience from the follow-up. The game, says Pandemic, "is an explosive open-world action game set in a massive, highly reactive, ...

Electronic Arts confirms that Mercs 2 will miss its 2007 release (News)

Sep 4, 2007

Electronic Arts has today announced that Mercenaries 2: World in Flames will be launched during 2008, missing a planned '2007' release stated in a E3 2006 fact sheet from developers, Pandemic Studios.

In a statement to TVG, a UK representative at EA confirmed that whilst an exact date hadn't been finalised, "[we] can confirm it will be next year." The Christmas season is already looking congested, so perhaps it was inevitable that even some of the high-profile titles (like Mercs 2) would be pushed back to 2008.

Mercenaries 2 pushed back to April 2008? (News)

Sep 3, 2007

Pandamic's Mercenaries 2: World in Flames should be in stores this coming November 2007 but American retailer Gamestop has the game now listed for April 1 2008. This goes for all three versions: Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Playstation 2.

Developer Pandamic nor publisher THQ have denied or confirmed this rumor.

Mercenaries 2 Gel: Hair on (News)

Aug 26, 2007

T-shirts and inflatables might be good enough for the E3 and Penny Arcade crowd, but in Germany if you want to make a splash with gaming swag you've got to go big... big hair.

Electronic Arts was giving out these tubes of Mercenaries 2: World in Flames HaarGel or hair gel for those non-German speakers out there. I, of course, had to take the stuff for a spin as soon as I got back to the hotel. The gel's rich texturing and high poly-count left me with the sort of three-foot high flattop perfect for open world mayhem and Brigitte Nielsen-inspired discotheque dance parties.

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (Feature)

Jul 31, 2007

At first glance Mercenaries 2 reminded us of a lot of other games; Just Cause, Crackdown or even (surprise, surprise) Mercs 1. But once we jumped into the carnage on Xbox Live, we discovered it's taken the best elements of the above to create possibly the next great free-roaming co-op game. The Venezuelan environment is a proper (cough, cough) playground of destruction, with choppers, tanks, petrol tankers and more at hand to send entire skyscrapers shaking to the ground, and you can do it all ...

Mercenaries 2 - hands-on (Preview)

Jul 26, 2007

Mercenaries was a superb achievement on Xbox and PS2 when it was released in 2005. The destructible environments, go-anywhere and drive-anything gameplay was like GTA in a warzone. But the sandbox style of game has been done so many times now, its sequel is going to have to do a lot more than that if it's going to remain relevant. And after playing it at EA's Chertsey offices... we're not sure it's doing enough. It's got the right attitude, that's for sure. Designed as a fun videogame rather ...

Producer wants to go underwater for Mercenaries 3 (News)

Jul 25, 2007

Mercenaries 2 producer Jonathan Zamkoff reckons that going underwater is the next step for Pandemic's playground of destruction.

So there's going to be a third game, then? "If I have anything to do with it, there will be," Zamkoff told Eurogamer.
"We probably would be looking at underwater gameplay - submarines, scuba tanks and underwater action," Zamkoff said, when asked where the series might go next.

In the meantime, what of plans for a Mercs 2 demo on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live? "It's to be decided right now," says Zamkoff. "We certainly have ambitions to do so, but we've got a pretty tight window."

Mercs 2 has Bono under fire (News)

Mar 23, 2007

Activists call on religious leaders to join petition asking U2 frontman to stop release of Pandemic's sandbox shooter set in Venezuela.

In response to the protest, Pandemic sent GameSpot the following statement from cofounder Josh Resnick:

"While we're flattered that people think Mercenaries 2 is a commentary on the real world, it is just a video game--and as they say in the movies, all characters and events are purely fiction. Our setting provides gamers with the overall look and feel of Venezuela, although it is not an accurate street by street depiction and the characters as well as the storyline are completely made up. More to the point, the characters are categorically not based on any real political figures in Venezuela or elsewhere."

The statement continues: "It's common practice in the entertainment business, both movies and video games, to set fictional storylines in real places. This isn't any different than setting a movie like Goodfellas in New York. And while we certainly hope Mercenaries raises the adrenaline flow, anyone wanting to experience or learn more about the real world, we recommend a good history book."

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is scheduled for release later this year on the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, and PC.

Could Bono really stop Mercenaries 2? (News)

Mar 22, 2007

The Venezuelan Solidarity Network has taken issue with developer Pandemic's Mercenaries 2 and they want production stopped, targeting Bono as the one who could ultimately do the deed. The organization is collecting signatures of religious leaders for a letter that it plans to send to U2's lead singer in early April, "to ask him to use his considerable influence to stop the sale of the game." Bono is on the board of Elevation Partners, which has strong ties with the partnership established ...

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (Preview)

Mar 7, 2007

The original Mercenaries on the Xbox and PS2 offered hours of enjoyment outside of the games official missions thanks to its flexible physics engine. With the help of some handy cheats and a hankering for destruction, fans were quick to discover the joys of stacking tons of vehicles before blowing them to smithereens. Take a quick look through YouTube, and youll find all sorts of home-brewed explosions that gamers have captured like this one - which features a meticulously crafted pyramid of ...

Mercenaries 2 meets the A-Team (News)

Feb 26, 2007

Point your peepers at this fresh action footage from Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, which reveals an exciting treat for anyone who snatches up the game when it hits PC, PS3, PS2 and Xbox 360 later this year. Alongside tanks, Mercs and clapped out saloons, you'll be able to jump aboard a van that's the spitting image of the A-Team's legendary ride from the classic 80s show. The in-game clips come from developer Pandemic's latest blog episode, in which the team reveal their plans for platform ...

Mercenaries 2 contracted for PS2, PC and 360 (News)

Feb 22, 2007

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames will be released on PlayStation 2 as well as PlayStation 3 when the game launches later this year, developer Pandemic has revealed, and will also be joined by Xbox 360 and PC versions. A 360 version was all but inevitable, given the original Mercenaries' huge success on PS2 in 2005, but Pandemic has surprised by announcing the PS2 edition of the high-powered, next-genified sequel. Unsurprisingly, the old-gen version will be stripped of much of the visual flair ...

Mercenaries 2 no longer PS3-exclusive (News)

Feb 22, 2007

Electronic Arts and Pandemic Studios have confirmed that the previously-PS3 exclusive sequel Mercenaries 2: World in Flames will now also be coming to Xbox 360, PS2 and PC. An Xbox 360 version of the game has been heavily rumoured over the past year, but the PS2 and PC versions have come as a surprise.

Spinning Turret (Glitch)

Sep 15, 2008

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Flip a Vehicle Over (Hint)

Sep 15, 2008

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Submarine (Glitch)

Sep 15, 2008

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Monster Truck (Unlockable)

Sep 4, 2008

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Sep 2, 2008

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