Something fishy is going on at Pandemic Studios, where a recent developer's video blog showed the Mercenaries 2 team, supposedly working on the PS3 exclusive title, manhandling what are very clearly Xbox 360 controllers. Dutch website
Xbox360Only pointed out the sneaky evidence, which can be seen in the "What I want for the holidays" clip at the
Pandemic blog.
There are all sorts of reasons why someone might be using an Xbox 360 controller, and at least one of the developers expresses his love for the 360 when he reveals his top holiday gift wish. The thing about the video is that it focuses on the Pandemic Merc 2 team at work and shows at least four developers actively engaged in or taking a break from some 360 controller action.
Maybe the Pandemic is testing out some super-realistic skins to let kinky PS3 owners prtened to use 360 controllers. Maybe the entire Merc 2 team is doing alpha testing on some OTHER title that is meant for the 360. Maybe a conspiracy is afoot.
As has been mentioned before, even a limited time exclusive is usually made to appear as a permanent exclusive, for the sake of contractual obligations. This may or may not be the case with Mercenaries 2, a sequel to a game that did pretty well on the original Xbox.
The truth is out there. Just not here, because we can only offer wild speculation at this point.
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