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EA Confirms EA Chicago is Closing

Filed under General news and Rants, Handheld News, PC News, Xbox, ps3, wii on November 6th, 2007

ealogo.jpgEA Chicago has closed! Shacknews.com has confirmation from EA that they are indeed closing their Windy City studio, which employed some 150 people. This comes as part of a planned restructuring by the publisher.

“Within the EA Games Label, we are committed to running each franchise and facility as a city/state, teams with unique creative identities as well as responsibility for product quality, ship dates and profitability….Unfortunately, EA Chicago hasn’t been able to meet that standard….Closing EA Chicago is the toughest decision I’ve made in my career - one that in no way reflects on the talent and dedication of the people who work there.”

EA Chicago was responsible for titles like Def Jam, Fight Night, and the Marvel fighting game. No big loss when it comes to game titles, but wow EA should really look at its CEO bonus structure to cut before slashing the people that can make the games.

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