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Syndicate banned in Australia, EA won't fight ruling

Posted: 24.12.2011 by JonahFalcon

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The Australian Classification Board has refused to certify Syndicate, meaning it is effectively banned from Australia, due to the excessive violence in the game. Electronic Arts will not dispute the ruling, and will release the game as scheduled on the 24th February everywhere else in the world.

Starbreeze have PSN project in the works

Posted: 16.11.2011 by Technet2k

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Syndicate reboot developer Starbreeze Studios has a PlayStation Network title in the pipeline at their Swedish offices, which is a "self-financed thing going on" at the studio.

Big developers need to understand how to "utilise the new medium, so to speak," and build something for PSN and not do "a big game." It's the "hardest part" to adjust down to something small.

EA "never set out to 'remake' Syndicate," potential "huge, with a lot of options"

Posted: 01.11.2011 by Technet2k

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We had a chat with EA Partners executive producer Jeff Gamon about Syndicate, and he says they've been "trying to get it made for ages," and Starbreeze aligned as "ideal partners".

There's been a "core of people" trying to get Syndicate up and running again, but they "never set out to 'remake'" the classic IP - it was about bringing it back "to a new audience."

There's "scope to remake" classic Syndicate, "purely speculative"

Posted: 24.10.2011 by Technet2k

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EA and Starbreeze Studios are developing Syndicate as a first-person shooter for PC and consoles, but EA Partners' Jeff Gamon ponders the original.

The Bullfrog title was "such a classic," and there's "scope to remake it," he says. Going down the "strategic route" better on PC and mobile than console.

EA debuts first Syndicate trailer

Posted: 29.09.2011 by Technet2k

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Get it while it's hot! EA have just released the very first trailer for Starbreeze Studios' Syndicate first-person shooter reboot for the classic PC series from Bullfrog.

It's full of sexy corporate warfare and literal head trips. The trailer also confirms the February 21st release date for Syndicate on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.