Electronic Arts is working on its own "Assassin's Creed-style" game with ex-Ubisoft producer Jade Raymond.
Addressing yesterday's UBS Global Technology Conference, EA's CFO Blake Jorgensen has confirmed that the developer was looking to expand its reach, as it had "never really operated" in action-oriented, open-world, singleplayer games.
"We've never really operated in the largest genre of gaming, and that's the action genre," said Jorgensen. "That's the Assassin's Creed-style games; more open-world, more single-play versus multiplayer. It's not been an area that we've operated in."
"We recently hired Jade Raymond, who was behind the Assassin's Creed franchise for Ubisoft and she will be building an action genre for us through a studio we're building out in Montreal right now. So a lot of excitement around the action genre."
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Addressing yesterday's UBS Global Technology Conference, EA's CFO Blake Jorgensen has confirmed that the developer was looking to expand its reach, as it had "never really operated" in action-oriented, open-world, singleplayer games.
"We've never really operated in the largest genre of gaming, and that's the action genre," said Jorgensen. "That's the Assassin's Creed-style games; more open-world, more single-play versus multiplayer. It's not been an area that we've operated in."
"We recently hired Jade Raymond, who was behind the Assassin's Creed franchise for Ubisoft and she will be building an action genre for us through a studio we're building out in Montreal right now. So a lot of excitement around the action genre."
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