EA decided to reach from within, and picked up Andrew Wilson to be their new CEO. Wilson will vacate his post as executive Vice President of EA Sports to take the chair left by John Riccitiello back in March. He was also the head of Origin, the company's digital distribution service.
In a statement, Wilson said, "I envision EA as the World's Greatest Games Company."
"This is not about what we are aiming for or what we will become. Rather, it is about an unfaltering commitment to what we will be every day. This is an attitude that must drive our culture as one team.
"I also believe EA's strategy is sound. Our focus on our talent, our brands and our platform together with our investment in next-generation consoles, mobile and PC free-to-play, as part of our ongoing transition to digital, is right. But we have plenty of work ahead to ensure our collective success."
Wilson also said that he will continue to follow the company's current business plan for this fiscal year, and said that he would focus on, "delivering amazing games and services across platforms."
So in a nutshell, it'll still be business as usual. With the orange blob that is Origin, and the whole "games as services" thing with mountains of DLC and content cut from games to be repackaged as DLC. I'd love to be optimistic about this and hope changes will be made, but...nope.
Ah well, at least we have Mirror's Edge 2 to look forward to.
Oh wait, it's just Mirror's Edge, the reboot. Riiiight.
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