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Veteran executive racked up almost two decades at DICE and EA
Read More »Patrick Söderlund to leave EA after 12 years
‘We’re serious about treating the players fair’ says EA’s Patrick Soderlund as Battlefront 2 microtransactions return
EA tries again at the tricky balancing act of microtransactions on full-priced titles
Read More »EA launches indie label EA Originals
EA’s Play event yesterday may have focused on big blockbuster brands, but the publishing giant is looking to work more with smaller developers, too. The company has announced it will be funding and releasing projects from indie developers under its brand new EA Originals label. Fe, from developerZoink,will be the …
Read More »EA sees a ‘one-tech platform’ future
Exec on the ‘profound’ advantages of having 3,000 employees working on the same game engines
Read More »Multiple EA execs sell off company shares
A trio of EA’s top executives have sold off either all or a significant portion of their company shares, according to new SEC filings from the firm. GameSpot highlights the filing, which states executive vice president Patrick Soderlund and general counsel Stephen Bene have sold off all of their stock …
Read More »EA: We want to be voted the best company in America
Back in April, EA was voted the worst company in America for the second year on the trot. And you’d expect a games publisher as big as EA, with execs as bullish as Andrew Wilson or Peter Moore, to simply brush that off. After all, EA isn’t exactly supplying guns …
Read More »EA executives shake up management roles
A week after Andrew Wilson’s promotion to EA CEO, the company has made some management role tweaks to fill in the gaps. According to an internal memo leaked by an anonymous source to Venture Beat, EA Games label vice president Patrick Soderlund will become the head of EA Sports. The …
Read More »EA changes executive lineup
Andrew Wilson shuffles deck, all chiefs now report directly to new CEO
Read More »Read our exclusive interview with EA’s Patrick Soderlund in the latest MCV
EA’s Patrick Soderlund talks Call of Duty, not messing up Star Wars and love for PlayStation in the latest edition of MCV. It is yet another issue rammed with news and features, Sony in a bid to win more PS4 stock, we show the launch pictures of GTA V, and …
Read More »EA hopes Frostbite Go will push mobile boundaries
'We think we can do something dramatic with the mobile sector,' says Soderlund
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