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VentureBeat: Jade Raymond leaves EA, Samantha Ryan takes over Montreal studio
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This is big news. The title she was working is supposed to be a big deal so her departure is side eye worthy.
Hope she goes back to Ubisoft btw
She worked on Splinter Cell Blacklist iirc and it was amazing. I miss her being at Ubi.
Hope she goes back to Ubisoft btw
She worked on Splinter Cell Blacklist iirc and it was amazing. I miss her being at Ubi.
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She left back in October 2014 and then in July 2015 announced she'd joined EA, forming a new studio called Motive Studios.
EA sounds all kinds of terrible for game developers and artists. It's like where you go if you want to mass produce focus-tested derivative GaaS to gouge consumers. It's like a great chef working for McDonalds.
I refuse to buy any of their products.
I refuse to buy any of their products.
They made such a big deal of this and she leaves within what like a year or 2, management at ea is horrendous.
You don't go to EA, the least creative company around, if you're a big time creative lead. It's never going to work.
From all reports they take care of their devs, but yes the key issue is if you want to make diverse and creative stuff EA's the last company you go to. They're only interested in the safest stuff possible. Even Activision sometimes steps out of their comfort zone and funds something like Sekiro.
From all reports they take care of their devs, but yes the key issue is if you want to make diverse and creative stuff EA's the last company you go to. They're only interested in the safest stuff possible. Even Activision sometimes steps out of their comfort zone and funds something like Sekiro.
That hiring sure produced a lot of content. Good job, EA.
I have nothing against Raymond, she got way too much shit for things that weren't even her fault, but the fact EA made a big deal about hiring her and letting her build her own team and nothing has come of it in several years is just...woof.
I hope she finds a new role soon.
I have nothing against Raymond, she got way too much shit for things that weren't even her fault, but the fact EA made a big deal about hiring her and letting her build her own team and nothing has come of it in several years is just...woof.
I hope she finds a new role soon.
Hopefully they keep/get Motive together. There's a ton of interesting content supposedly in the works up there.
+ A new IP and Plants vs. Zombies
She's been opening new studios. After AC she opened Ubisoft Toronto and built that up (it's a very successful studio now) and then she left to open Motive Studios for EA.
She's not working on games atm, she's more of an executive type right now.
LOL, I only came to this thread to post this video actually, you beat me to it. One of the best moments I've ever witnessed live
Produced watchdogs 1 and splinter cell blacklist.
The work at EA was less productive (at least from what we got to see so far) but afaik was motive involved with the SP campaign for battlefront 2
Well, unless they're doing anything new (SC please), they're just a support team, the only game they made fully is Blacklist.
I still remember when I heard about Jade Raymond joining EA and that her new studio would be helping Amy Hennig's project. Figured we were in for an excellent game in a a year or two.
Would love to know more about what the direction for the company is. The mixture of franchise games vs say something like Anthem just doesn't make sense to me. Also feels like EA should be split in two at this point. Bioware taking the "traditional" console titles and EA working on big license stuff and mobile.
Would love to know more about what the direction for the company is. The mixture of franchise games vs say something like Anthem just doesn't make sense to me. Also feels like EA should be split in two at this point. Bioware taking the "traditional" console titles and EA working on big license stuff and mobile.
Most Ubi studios are codev studios, that does not make them less successful though. They just released Starlink btw, which is a game made by them. A bit of a lower profile release though.
Anyways, I meant successful more in terms of studio growth and employee numbers. It's quite healthy.
But they are going to have anthem. They're going to have two? And they're both SciFi? That seems odd
I dont disagree at all.
Maybe it was retooled and isnt sci-fi anymore idk
If I remember correctly she founded Ubi Toronto which helped with Blacklist, after which she was supposed to be building their own IP (I remember an interview with her and she was talking about poor representation of women in games, which I think was something she hoped to help address with said new IP), then they seemed to remain a support studio and she left to join EA and form Motive which also had aspirations for a new IP but seemed to end up on support duty for other franchises. I think maybe they were supposed to be taking over on Amy Hennig's Star Wars game, or at least stepping in to develop something in its stead, but who knows what's happening with that given how badly EA seems to be managing its brands this gen.