Pandemic Studios has confirmed that it is working on a title based in the Mercenaries franchise. The game is in early stages of development and has been brought over to EALA. Mercs Inc. is the working title for the game and will be the first Pandemic title to be released from the EA studios.

“We are very excited to announce a new installment in the popular Mercenaries series because it demonstrates our continued commitment to Pandemic’s rich catalogue of intellectual properties,” said Nick Earl, Senior VP and Group General Manager at EA. “From the studio at EALA, a core creative team is forging new ground and conceptualizing new ideas for this exciting franchise.”

Here is a video that leaked yesterday:

Mercenaries Inc. Demo from Dorian Compo on Vimeo.

Playstation 3

Sony is not that good at keeping secrets. Great at innovating but probably needs to work on the inner company leaks. Either that or other companies just aren’t afraid of leaking for them. Today Kmart went live with a Sony PS3, Slim Presell add showing a Slim PS3 Pre-Order for the sale price of $299.

The release date noted on the page is 08/24/09. Otherwise there is no description or released specs. We should be getting those from Sony in less than an hour when they do their GamesCom press conference.