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You. A buddy. And two attack choppers. Possibilities are endless. GAMEPLAY-------------Features new to Mercenaries 2 include improved destructible environments, and an online co-operative mode, a fire effects engine that allows the player to ignite things such as oil, foliage, and trees and the ability to swim. Pandemic recently upgraded to Havok 5.5 physics engine as mentioned in this thread on the Mercenaries 2 site here.(This link includes Sean Hollister's confirmation and the link to the preview.)New vehicles such as boats have been added. Hijacking now consists of a small minigame, ranking in difficulty relative to the vehicle being hijacked. A grappling hook has been added to help with the hijacking of helicopters. Another feature is the ability to switch from driver to gunner on demand. One other new addition to this iteration of Mercenaries is the ability to build a Private Military Company and recruit mercenaries into it. There are three confirmed mercenaries that can be recruited: Eva Navarro who will act as a mechanic once recruited and Ewan who is a helicopter pilot who can pick up valuable objects you may encounter, and can also extract you if necessary. Also, Mischa (referenced on a preview here) a bomber pilot will be able to be hired, who is your source for airstrikes.The game will feature terrain ranging from urban environments such as Caracas, to the Amazon rainforest. It will also include the cities and regions of Maracaibo, Cumaná, Mérida, Ciudad Guayana, Guanare, the Orinoco River, Lake Maracaibo, the Northern Andes, Isla de Margarita, and more.Also new to the game will be the use of tactical nukes. In a demonstration at E3 2008, the Nuclear Bunker Buster airstrike and the M.O.A.B were shown.PLOT-------------Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is set in August 2010. The story follows the player's hunt for Ramon Solano, a druglord who contracted the player's mercenary for a job then subsequently refused to pay and tried to kill him/her. Following a militaristic coup, Solano becomes the dictator of Venezuela. He uses his position to seize control of the country's oil supply, resulting in an international incident and distress among OPEC. Alongside Solano's Rebel Forces, a large portion of the Venezuelan army fiercely support the dictator's cause. The other rebel forces, in opposition to Solano, have risen under the name of the PLAV--the People's Liberation Army of Venezuela. Soon, numerous other factions join the fight for control of Venezuela's oil. Among them: The massive Universal Petroleum Corporation and its private military; the Rastafarian Pirates (the equivalent of the Russian Mafia from the original Mercenaries game); China's PLA; and the AN (Allied Nations--a less controversial pun on the UN). These six forces will inevitably form the backbone of a war to determine the fate of the country's oil supply.Betrayed, the player's mercenary will ally him/herself with any of the other factions to get even with Solano, and make some money along the way.
Author: Mercenaries2WiF
Keywords: Mercenaries world in flames coop co op gameplay game play helicopter destruction pandemic studios havok 5.5 engine ea
Added: August 21, 2008
Need a lift? All of the attack helicopters have a winch, so make us of it!
Author: Mercenaries2WiF
Keywords: Mercenaries world in flames coop co op gameplay game play helicopter winch pandemic studios havok 5.5 engine ea
Added: August 21, 2008
PC,Xbox 360,PS3,PS2Release Date: August 31, 2008Genre: Third-Person Shooter Mercenaries 2: World in Flames goes On The Spot @ EA Studio Showcase 2008.While developer Pandemic may talk a good game about story and mission progression and its big open world, Mercs 2 is really just a game about blowing $#!@ up. And you can do it with a buddy.That's right, Mercs 2 allows you to hop online and turn your friend into an accomplice as you lay waste to Venezuela. Co-op is easy as can be. As soon as you launch your game, it connects to EA's servers. Your settings allow anyone, friends, or invitees only to join your game. There's no waiting on the host's part. You play and when someone comes in, they pop in. When they leave, they're gone. Simple as that.
Author: NextGenGamers
Keywords: Mercenaries 2: World in Flames EA Studio Showcase 2008 ps3 pc xbox 360
Added: August 21, 2008
PC,Xbox 360,PS3,PS2Release Date: August 31, 2008Genre: Third-Person Shooter Mercenaries 2: World in Flames goes On The Spot @ EA Studio Showcase 2008.While developer Pandemic may talk a good game about story and mission progression and its big open world, Mercs 2 is really just a game about blowing $#!@ up. And you can do it with a buddy.That's right, Mercs 2 allows you to hop online and turn your friend into an accomplice as you lay waste to Venezuela. Co-op is easy as can be. As soon as you launch your game, it connects to EA's servers. Your settings allow anyone, friends, or invitees only to join your game. There's no waiting on the host's part. You play and when someone comes in, they pop in. When they leave, they're gone. Simple as that.
Author: NextGenGamers
Keywords: Mercenaries 2: World in Flames EA Studio Showcase 2008 ps3 pc xbox 360
Added: August 21, 2008
PC,Xbox 360,PS3,PS2Release Date: August 31, 2008Genre: Third-Person Shooter Mercenaries 2: World in Flames goes On The Spot @ EA Studio Showcase 2008.While developer Pandemic may talk a good game about story and mission progression and its big open world, Mercs 2 is really just a game about blowing $#!@ up. And you can do it with a buddy.That's right, Mercs 2 allows you to hop online and turn your friend into an accomplice as you lay waste to Venezuela. Co-op is easy as can be. As soon as you launch your game, it connects to EA's servers. Your settings allow anyone, friends, or invitees only to join your game. There's no waiting on the host's part. You play and when someone comes in, they pop in. When they leave, they're gone. Simple as that.
Author: NextGenGamers
Keywords: Mercenaries 2: World in Flames EA Studio Showcase 2008 ps3 pc xbox 360
Added: August 21, 2008
PC,Xbox 360,PS3,PS2Release Date: August 31, 2008Genre: Third-Person Shooter Mercenaries 2: World in Flames goes On The Spot @ EA Studio Showcase 2008.While developer Pandemic may talk a good game about story and mission progression and its big open world, Mercs 2 is really just a game about blowing $#!@ up. And you can do it with a buddy.That's right, Mercs 2 allows you to hop online and turn your friend into an accomplice as you lay waste to Venezuela. Co-op is easy as can be. As soon as you launch your game, it connects to EA's servers. Your settings allow anyone, friends, or invitees only to join your game. There's no waiting on the host's part. You play and when someone comes in, they pop in. When they leave, they're gone. Simple as that.
Author: NextGenGamers
Keywords: Mercenaries 2: World in Flames EA Studio Showcase 2008 ps3 pc xbox 360
Added: August 21, 2008
PC,Xbox 360,PS3,PS2Release Date: August 31, 2008Genre: Third-Person Shooter Mercenaries 2: World in Flames goes On The Spot @ EA Studio Showcase 2008.While developer Pandemic may talk a good game about story and mission progression and its big open world, Mercs 2 is really just a game about blowing $#!@ up. And you can do it with a buddy.That's right, Mercs 2 allows you to hop online and turn your friend into an accomplice as you lay waste to Venezuela. Co-op is easy as can be. As soon as you launch your game, it connects to EA's servers. Your settings allow anyone, friends, or invitees only to join your game. There's no waiting on the host's part. You play and when someone comes in, they pop in. When they leave, they're gone. Simple as that.
Author: NextGenGamers
Keywords: Mercenaries 2: World in Flames EA Studio Showcase 2008 ps3 pc xbox 360
Added: August 21, 2008
Flickr (photos about pandemic)
![[snag] Bird Flu Patients: WHO Warns of Global Bird Flu Pandemic](http://static.flickr.com/23/33217413_e3432353ce_s.jpg "[snag] Bird Flu Patients: WHO Warns of Global Bird Flu Pandemic")
![Michael Leavitt speaks at Texas influenza pandemic planning summit [snag]](http://static.flickr.com/25/120096931_5f60b71df5_s.jpg "Michael Leavitt speaks at Texas influenza pandemic planning summit [snag]")
![World Health Organization Director-General: "Forecasts indicate that the political, social and economic costs of such a pandemic will be huge. Failure to take this threat seriously and prepare appropriately will have catastrophic consequences" [snag]](http://static.flickr.com/31/47277711_8055f6acf8_s.jpg "World Health Organization Director-General: \"Forecasts indicate that the political, social and economic costs of such a pandemic will be huge. Failure to take this threat seriously and prepare appropriately will have catastrophic consequences\" [snag]")
![Pandemic Flu Hits the U.S. [annotated snag from Scientific American]](http://static.flickr.com/51/112944831_2c0f45f3a8_s.jpg "Pandemic Flu Hits the U.S. [annotated snag from Scientific American]")
Digg (news relevants about pandemic)
Fresh from the busy floors of the Leipzig Game Conference 2008 comes this interview (courtesy of Gamespot) with Giz Gewirtz, who has an awesome name, and is also part of the team from Pandemic Studios, who also are developing the Mercenaries series.
http://digg.com/pc_games/New_Lord_of_the_Rings_Conquest_Video
A Press Release issued on August 19, 2008, by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, contains a striking finding and conclusion: The 20 to 40 million deaths worldwide from the great 1918 Influenza Pandemic were NOT due to a virus, but to pneumonia caused by massive bacterial infection of the lungs weakened by the flu virus.
http://digg.com/world_news/Bacteria_Not_A_Virus_Caused_Most_Deaths_In_The_Great_Flu
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bacterial pneumonia may have killed most people during the 1918 flu pandemic, and antibiotics may be as crucial as flu drugs to fight any new pandemic, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. Samples of lung tissue taken from...
http://digg.com/health/Bacteria_a_big_killer_in_1918_flu_pandemic_study
Researchers believe the 1918 Pandemic which was responsible for the deaths of 50 million people may not be a flu virus as had been suspected. They say new studies have shown it may be a bacteria. The flu virus may have acted as the lock picker by weakening the lungs allowing the lungs to open and the bacteria to enter.
http://digg.com/health/New_Information_on_1918_Spanish_Flu_Pandemic
What killed tens of millions of people around the world in the 1918 flu pandemic actually might not have been a flu virus. A new study in the Journal of Infectious Diseases blames different agents: bacteria.
http://digg.com/general_sciences/Bacteria_Fingered_As_Killer_In_1918_Flu_Pandemic
Bacterial pneumonia attacked virus-weakened lungs and killed most of the 50 million victims of the 1918 flu pandemic. This finding may be good news should another flu pandemic strike, because doctors are now armed with effective treatments for bacterial infections.
http://digg.com/health/Bacteria_Fingered_As_Killer_In_1918_Flu_Pandemic_NPR
One of the greatest mysteries to me is why exactly is the 1918 Flu Pandemic which killed between 20-100 million people worldwide, 2.5 to 5% of the worlds population & 500,000 -675,000 people in the United States, basically forgotten about like it never happened. I mean doesn’t anyone find it odd that there aren’t any movies ot TV shows about this?
http://digg.com/television/Why_Isn_t_the_1918_Flu_Pandemic_A_Movie_or_Cable_TV_Series
Introduction to the issues
http://digg.com/health/Will_Bird_Flu_Lead_to_a_Pandemic
Brief intro to the topic and what it means for you.
http://digg.com/health/How_to_Prepare_for_a_Pandemic
"New" research demonstrates a potentially deadly fault in federal planning for another influenza pandemic.
http://digg.com/health/A_New_Look_at_an_Old_Disease