It looks like Pandemic's tardy explosion-em-up Mercenaries 2 has been delayed yet again, this time to the end of the y♐ear in August 2008.

That of course, is if we can believe the word of internet retailers and , which have both coincidently opted for an August 25 ship date🎃 for Pandemic's free-roaming action-fest༺.

The sequel, which is in development for Xb🥀ox 360, PS3, PS2 and PC, was previously delayed from its Christmas 2007 release date into 2008.

Now that it's probably been pushed back again, we're really hoping it manages to impress more than thehands-onwe had last year.

We've left a message with EA's PR department and hopefully they'll be able to shed some l🐎ight. Otherwise, the wait is on. Again...

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Jan 24, 2008