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Suggestions that EA Sports is about to revive the NBA Jam series intensified today as the publishing enterprise announced it had appointed Mark Turmell as a senior creative director.
Experienced developer Turmell was central to the creation of numerous breakthrough games such as Smash TV, NFL Blitz and – of course – NBA Jam.
His prodigious experience in the development business, which spans over twenty years, will now be the driving force at Florida-based EA Tiburon, working inside the studio’s Central Gameplay Group.
The full story is over on Develop.
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