The 2009 CoD4 competitions are all coming up. With that in mind, Pandemic has decided to add a new player to their lineup. Replacing David "skinz" Patnode, who left when the team originally switched to CoD5, is Nicolas Aubin, formerly of 50cal.

While team captain Joe "Nabore" Amorosa felt that it was time to head in another direction, he did note that Patnode was a vital part of the team's success last year.

"The reason we made this change was because skinz was not interested in competing in Call of Duty 5," said Amorosa. "He stepped back from our squad before the switch back to cod4, and we as a team felt that overall a new direction couldn't hurt. The switch to me is an improvement, but to say David was lacking in performance is absurd since we won an international championship with him. I just want to wish him the best of luck in whatever he chooses to do."

Amorosa went on to highlight how important the roster change was for Pandemic, and noted that Aubin's ability to do it all will be a major asset to the team in the upcoming season.

"It's typical to say how happy we are to bring Nicolas on board, but what I really want to talk about is how big of a move this is for us. Nicolas brings a ton of skill to our team, something that was noticable from the outside when competing against him. He's the type of player that I can put anywhere and know the job is a lock. We look forward to practicing for and winning all the upcoming events. This is not the first time I've had a canadian on my squad, let's just hope this one is a Yankee fan =D."

Some of the upcoming events which Amorosa is making reference to are the GotFrag Tournament, CEVO Pro Season 3, and NERV LAN 3.

With this addition, the Pandemic CoD4 roster is now:

Joe "Nabore" Amorosa
Jason "crzg" Pielemeier
Keith "keithsu" Hullenaar
Justin "prank`" Demara
Nicolas Aubin
Josef "muse" Paylado