Kotaku: Syndicate

The Syndicate Games That Never Were

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:30:00 MDT

Syndicate fans, this one's for you. After posting a little something on former Bullfrog boss Peter Molyneux's love of the series, we were contacted by a former Bullfrog and EA UK employee. This guy was nice enough to let us know that a new Syndicate game wouldn't be anything new. Indeed, over the years he says there have been "quite a number of attempts to get a new Syndicate game into production".

He says the first was another PC title, begun as soon as Dungeon Keeper 2 was wound up, though ultimately it went nowhere. There would later be several more attempts, none lasting more than a "few months", though one iteration did get a little deeper into production than the rest: a PS2 version, which was worked on for around a year. This would have featured a "free-roaming multi-tiered city", and would have been home to three factions: the Syndicates, a rebel group called the Freemen and the mysterious Hybrid.

While this and every other Syndicate project died in the water at EA, some remnants of them live on: our man points us towards the blog/portfolio of another former Bullfrog/EA UK employee Mike Man, who's got some concept art for the PS2 title hosted on his site. Would certainly have been a different game to the Bullfrog Syndicate you grew up with, as you can see below.

Molyneux Talks New Syndicate

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:30:00 MDT

Oh, Peter, you're such a tease. I know that, deep down, you're probably never going to make another Syndicate. But you know that just speaking of the possibility of another one is enough to get people interested, and you know what? Success. I'm interested.

I really would love to redo a version of Syndicate. Syndicate was probably one of my favourites

. A PC-only Syndicate with customisable agents, real-time world map and swish new graphics...see, Peter, see what you've done? You've got me dreaming again, and these dreams always end in tears and bitter disappointment. Thanks a lot.
Peter Molyneux Talks Possible Syndicate Revival [Shacknews]

EA Retro Pack Brings Syndicate, Wing Commander, Ultima VII To PSP

brownlee — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:40:27 MDT

There's some decent games coming in the upcoming EA retro compilation for the PSP... some decent games slopped together in some of the worst ports in gaming history.

Coming October 3rd, the EA Replay back for the PSP will feature some truly excellent games like Syndicate, Wing Commander and Ultima VII? The problem? Syndicate is the Jaguar version (I wouldn't want to try to play this game without a mouse) and the Wing Commander games and Ultima VII are the SNES ports.

But there's one title that makes this compilation a much purchase. Yes, Mutant League Football is coming to the PSP. That's worth $29.99 by its lonesome. Florian Eckhardt

Retail Radar: PSP to get EA retro comp [Gamespot]