EA Black Box, the studio responsible for making Need For Speed: The Run has been restructured and reassigned.
The publisher confirmed today that numerous employees have become redundant but, wouldn’t put an exact figure on just how many cuts have been made.
The Burnaby studio where EA Black Box is located will shift all focus to digital titles following some restructuring at EA Canada.
In an interview with Eurogamer, EA Representatives had this to say:
“EA in Vancouver is transforming its studio to align with EA’s transformation to high-growth digital formats, including online, social gaming and free-to-play,”
“Employees in our BC studio are learning new skills and working on digital games and services, and there are many examples. Developed at the EA Sports studio in Burnaby, the FIFA Soccer franchise represents the cutting edge of AAA gaming integrated with multiplatform extensions and online features.
“The Need for Speed World team in Burnaby is leading the digital transformation with 11 million registered players. As the BC studio makes this transformation, a small number of employees are being impacted while most others are being retrained, redeployed and rolling-on to new projects.”
It is unknown at this time whether or not the EA Black Box brand will continue on but, after the questionable reception of NFS: The Run, one has to wonder.
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EA Black Box, the studio responsible for making Need For Speed: The Run has been restructured and reassigned.
The publisher confirmed today that numerous employees have become redundant but, wouldn’t put an exact figure on just how many cuts have been made.
The Burnaby studio where EA Black Box is located will shift all focus to digital titles following some restructuring at EA Canada.
In an interview with Eurogamer, EA Representatives had this to say:
“EA in Vancouver is transforming its studio to align with EA’s transformation to high-growth digital formats, including online, social gaming and free-to-play,”
“Employees in our BC studio are learning new skills and working on digital games and services, and there are many examples. Developed at the EA Sports studio in Burnaby, the FIFA Soccer franchise represents the cutting edge of AAA gaming integrated with multiplatform extensions and online features.
“The Need for Speed World team in Burnaby is leading the digital transformation with 11 million registered players. As the BC studio makes this transformation, a small number of employees are being impacted while most others are being retrained, redeployed and rolling-on to new projects.”
It is unknown at this time whether or not the EA Black Box brand will continue on but, after the questionable reception of NFS: The Run, one has to wonder.
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