At long last, Electronic Arts confirmed what we all have known for quite some time: Starbreeze is working on a revival of the classic Syndicate franchise.
Back in early 2008, EA announced that it was working with Starbreeze to reinvent an “acclaimed classic franchise” of EA’s for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. It didn’t give any indication as to what series it was, though later that year we heard rumors it was a new Syndicate game. In March 2010, one of Starbreeze’s two projects with EA, a new game from the Robert Ludlum’s Bourne franchise, had been canceled. A series of trademark filings over the course of the year reinforced that a Syndicate game was the other game it still had coming, and 1UP’s extensive cover story on Starbreeze — read it in its entirety here or in the second issue of 1UP Presents — revealed a source had confirmed that Project RedLime was indeed a new Syndicate.
“We are excited to finally reveal what we’ve been working on the past couple years,” said Starbreeze CEO Mikael Nermark. “It’s been a great experience working with EA, and an amazing opportunity for us to use our expertise in the first person shooter and action genres to bring back, and reignite, the signature action/espionage gameplay of Syndicate.”
