Kotaku: The Saboteur

The Saboteur Is A Lot Less Chesty On The iPhone

Mike Fahey — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:40:39 EDT

With a rating of 12+ on Apple's App Store, Hands-On Mobile's iPhone take on EA's The Saboteur promises more Nazi foiling and less randomly topless women. More »

The Saboteur is Le Patched, But Will Need un Autre, Soon

Owen Good — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:00:00 EST

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The Saboteur's PC version had big problems out of the box - something like 9 out of 10 ATI-equipped systems couldn't make it work properly. The remnants of Pandemic have rolled a patch, but be sure to read it carefully. More »

The Saboteur Sabotages The Live Action

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:20:00 EST

Pandemic Studios and EA have released a couple live action clips for The Saboteur. They're short, sexy and have nice music. That's all you need, no? More »

Frankenreview: The Saboteur

Mike Fahey — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:20:00 EST

The Saboteur is the story of an Irishman living in the back of a burlesque house helping liberate World War II Paris from the Nazis. Nothing could possible go wrong with this scenario. More »

Saboteur PC Not Working With ATI Graphics Cards?

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:30:00 EST

Totilo thought The Saboteur was a little rough on PlayStation 3. Lucky. He could have been playing it on PC with an ATI graphics card, in which case it wouldn't have worked at all. More »

Another Impossible Action In A Video Game

Stephen Totilo — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:20:05 EST

Look closely and you'll see that man is kissing that woman with a cigarette in his mouth, as seen in the occasionally-idiosyncratic Saboteur (Snapped off my TV; they stopped kissing before I swung the camera to a better angle). More »

The Saboteur Review: Rough Draft

Stephen Totilo — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:00:08 EST

What seemed great on paper — a World War II game like nothing else, with sophisticated artistry to boot — had to be turned into a video game. But then some things, not necessarily too many things, went wrong. More »

Meet The Cast Of The Saboteur

AJ Glasser — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:20:00 EST

What with all the talk of nudity, I'd kind of lost track of the fact that The Saboteur has a plot-heavy story with more than one angst-filled character. More »

Saboteur Developer Draws Line Between In-Game Nudity, In-Game Sex

Stephen Totilo — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:00:18 EST

The Saboteur, EA's game about aiding the French resistance against the Nazis, has optional in-game nudity, but only alludes to actual sex. It's an obvious distinction, but not one often discussed by those who discuss mature content in games. More »

Saboteur's 11th Hour Butt Censorship

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:00:00 EST

It's not just in-game lady parts that have been censored in Pandemic's Saboteur. Some out-of-game lady parts have also been covered up at the last minute. More »

The Saboteur is "Feckin' Hard"

Owen Good — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:00:00 EST

The Saboteur might be in France, but its maximum-strength difficulty is all Irish, reflecting the nationality of its protagonist. Although - help me out here, United Kingdomians, I thought "fookin'" would be the onomatopoeic for the Emerald Isle's f-word adjectival. More »

The Saboteur Offers Day-One Free Nudity DLC

Stephen Totilo — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:00:53 EST

Such are the vagaries of clean living. EA's upcoming game, The Saboteur offers free in-game nudity via downloadable add-on — even interrupts the opening of the game to point that out — but... not in my house, not today. More »

After a Trying Week, Saboteur Goes Gold

Owen Good — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:00:00 EST

Pandemic Studios, scene of deep job losses and the effective closure of the studio earlier this week, pumped out one final piece of happy news - The Saboteur has gone to gold master - with an apropos and semi-ironic signoff. More »

New Saboteur Screens - Oh The Humanity!

Mike Fahey — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST

Is it too soon for referential Hindenburg humor? I can never tell. More »

The Saboteur: Just Getting Started

Mike Fahey — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:40:00 EDT

There's a lot more to Pandemic's The Saboteur than sneaking in and out of brothels. Check out the latest trailer for a taste of some of the other distractions of occupied France. More »

The Saboteur Impressions: It's Not Just Black And White

Stephen Totilo — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:00:28 EDT

The build I played of The Saboteur this week was a month old, so if I had fun and was impressed, what does that mean? More »

Who You Can Kill, Who You Can't [UPDATE]

Stephen Totilo — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:40:37 EDT

While I was playing an early PlayStation 3 version of EA's December World War II game, The Saboteur, yesterday, I was told not to worry about running over certain characters. The game's developers, see, had to decide whose death matters. More »

Inside The Saboteur's Belle De Nuit

Mike Fahey — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:20:00 EDT

See if you can tell the difference between the screenshots and video depicting The Saboteur's Belle De Nuit night club, and try not to get fired, as a couple of the screens are slightly NSFW. More »

These Saboteur Screens Snuck Out Of Germany

Mike Fahey — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:40:00 EDT

Sean Devlin is one sneaky man, making it deep into the heart of enemy territory for Gamescom in Germany and then sneaking out again with only these screenshots as evidence that he was ever there. More »

The Other Real-Life Inspiration For The Saboteur's Hero

Mike Fahey — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:20:00 EDT

Pandemic's art director Chris Hunt found the inspiration for The Saboteur's main character at a concept artist convention, but not how you'd think. More »

The Saboteur Infiltrates December

Mike Fahey — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:40:00 EDT

Pandemic Studio's espionage thriller The Saboteur has managed to make its way into EA's 2009 holiday lineup, but only just barely. More »

The Saboteur Impressions: A New Way To Kill Nazis

Stephen Totilo — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:40:49 EDT

There is a game that will let you shoot Nazis, fire rockets at zeppelins, hang out in a brothel, climb the Eiffel Tower, oh, and try to maintain your career as a race car driver during all this. Sound good? More »

The Saboteur Is, Apparently, Not A WW2 Game

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:30:00 EDT

The Saboteur is set in France. During the Second World War. You're fighting Nazis. During the Second World War. But developers Pandemic would like you to know, this isn't a game about the Second World War! More »

The Saboteur's E3 Trailer Shies Away From Nudity

Mike Fahey — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:20:00 EDT

For a game as unashamed about showing female nudity as Pandemic's The Saboteur, you'd think they wouldn't feel the need to censor naked artwork in the E3 trailer. Let's peek behind the blur. More »

It's Good To Be The Saboteur

Mike Fahey — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:30:00 EDT

The latest batch of art and screens for Pandemic's The Saboteur display some of the more tangible benefits of being an Irish racing mechanic liberating France from Nazi oppression. More »