Ladies and Gentlemen: John Riccitello
A couple of weeks ago, EA shut down the Brisbane office of Pandemic. They had so much fun doing that, they shut them down again this week. Here’s the CEO of Electronic Arts and if you look into his eyes you will see a window into what’s left of his soul.
We’re read the news. EA’s had a bad financial time of it. They’ve gone from saying they will cut costs by closing 9 locations and shedding 600 jobs to closing 12 locations and 1100 jobs. So far they’ve only closed the offices of Black Box and Pandemic Brisbane. Pandemic Brisbane were given what sounded like a second chance to many. Their new Wii IP was handed to them so long as they could find a new publisher, the remaining staff given the lease, some money and their equipment. Now EA’s decided to take back the IP, sell the physical assets and turf out the remaining Pandemic staff (from a building they moved into only a few short months ago that sports a giant Pandemic sign on the exterior). Stay classy, EA.
