EA is in trouble, and they are doing what they can to salvage a profitable business. That means that they're going to be trimming the fat. The fat in this instance, is Pandemic's Brisbane office. That means that EA isn't letting all of Pandemic go, but they are doing away with a portion of it. In the words of one of the studio's employees, "It was more of a 'Find a new publisher. Good luck.' kind of thing." The latest project that the Brisbane studio was working on was The Next Big Thing for Wii, which was described as an 'open world reality show'. No word on what is happening with this project.

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