As rumors would have it, Electronic Arts has shut down the Brisbane, Australia office of Pandemic Studios. Says a "reliable source", the shut down was more of a "find a new publisher" thing, rather than a "sorry, we'll have to kill you off" scenario.

There was no word as to the plight of the Los Angeles office of Pandemic, but it is assumed that the projects being worked on in Australia were canceled as well. Among this would be the yet-to-be-officially-announed The Dark Knight game, as well as The Next Big Thing, an "open world reality show" title supposedly for the Wii.

Pandemic Studios was the creator of Destroy All Humans! (PS3, Xbox 360). We're waiting for official word from the parties concerned, so just hang in there tight.

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