Jade Raymond har lang tids erfaring indenfor spilbranchen, og de sidste mange år har hun tilbragt som en del af Ubisoft. Men sidste oktober meldte hun ud, at hun forlod det franske firma efter at have været leder for Toronto-afdelingen i fire år. Efter dette har vi ikke hørt meget til hendes planer, men i dag har hun meldt ud, hvad fremtiden byder på for hende. Hun skal nemlig være leder af et helt nyt EA-studie i Montreal, Canada.
Dette nye studie hedder EA Motive, og i startfasen skal de hjælpe Creative Director Amy Henning og resten af Visceral Studios med udviklingen af et spil tilknyttet Star Wars-franchisen. Ved siden af at være lederen for Motive skal Jade nemlig have en udvidet rolle som rådgiver og støttespiller for Visceral. Hun skriver mere om denne rolle samt Motives funktion i et åbent brev. Her er et uddrag:
"Motive will work in close quarters with the BioWare team. Yanick Roy and the BioWare Montreal team are doing some new and exciting things with Mass Effect: Andromeda and it's clear that there is already so much talent to collaborate with on site. And as a player of the latest Battlefield and Dragon Age games, I have experienced what the Frostbite engine can do; and I can't wait to get my hands on it and see what a new team can create!
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Motive will be a creative-driven team, incubating entirely new IP and taking on some amazing projects. The first one is going to be really exciting - we're going to work on Amy Hennig's Star Wars game!
In addition to building the new Motive Studio in Montreal, I will also oversee the Visceral studio in California. I'm a huge fan of the games that have come out of Visceral and I feel honoured to be working with such a talented team led by studio GM Scott Probst. I've also known Amy for years and have admired her work on the Uncharted games! I'm thrilled that the first big project that we will work on in Montreal will have Amy as Creative Director. An opportunity to work with her and the Visceral team, and to play in the Star Wars universe, is once-in-a-lifetime stuff."
Amy Henning har en fortid som manuskriptforfatter for den velkendte Uncharted-serie ved Naughty Dog, og det nye spil bliver omtalt som et "Uncharted møder Star Wars"-projekt.
Vi venter i spænding på både dette spil og andre titler som Motive skal arbejde med i fremtiden.
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