By Emma Boyle
Gaming publisher EA has announced some changes to its organisational structure that will see a number of its development studios brought under the single banner of EA Worldwide Studios.
In a post on the company’s blog, CEO Andrew Wilson said that the formation of EA Worldwide Studios would bring together the “top creative talent” in all of the company’s studios “to work on EA’s powerful brand portfolio and new IP.”
The studios involved in this reorganization include EA Mobile and Maxis led by senior VP Samantha Ryan who will also take on a leadership role in Bioware, known for its successful RPG titles Dragon Age and Mass Effect.
In turn, Ryan will report to Patrick Soderlund who will head up EA Worldwide Studios itself.
Further to this, the Frostbite Engine team will be moving into EA’s central Technology group led by the company’s CTO Ken Moss.
That’s Simlish for “shake-up”
Essentially it seems that EA is merging its console and mobile divisions and bringing Maxis into the mix.
By bringing the expertise of these different platform developers together and uniting them with the Frostbite engine, EA should be able to improve the performance of inconsistent studios like EA Mobile and Maxis. Hopefully, …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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