EA Oz no more
The word around town at the moment is that Electronic Arts Australia, located on the Gold Coast, has shut up shop. EA will still have a distribution arm in Australia but it seems that the Studio is closed. I heard from a reliable source today that all employees from the EA Studio Oz were retrenched earlier this week.
Bad news for the local industry, but I think there will be jobs at other Australian developers for the people now looking for work. Good luck guys.
It’s a shame that EA Oz didn’t live up the expectations and hype generated by Steve Dauterman a few years back at the first AGDC. I seem to recall the words “We won’t just be making sports games”. Alas, I think that is all they did. Worst of all, I believe they only played a minor role in the majority of the sports games they were involved in, most being developed by EA Europe.
I’m sure many people would like to know more details about the demise of EA Oz, so if you know anything post your comments here please.
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posted by rob · at 10:21 am · filed under News