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Employees of our Redwood Shores studio showcased their school spirit during our NCAA Beer Bash celebrating the launch of NCAA 11 last week. As you can see we have alumni from a variety universities across the US.
Who do you think is going to dominate the Pac-10 Conference this season?
NCAA Football 11 available now.
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EA Tiburon Volunteers transformed the Amberville Rooms at Give Kids the World Village, into a hip, cool EA game lounge which has quickly become the hottest spot for family fun! The effort involved a total remake of both rooms, to include paint, millwork, furnishings, game and sound systems. Play areas include a Rock Band Theater, arcade games, an entertainment lounge with x360 and Wii systems, pool table and bar style seating and counters. EA Tiburon COO, Daryl Holt, had the honors of cutting the ribbon at the opening ceremony and has committed to keeping the game room refreshed and with new EA games as they are released.
Give Kids the World Village is a non-profit organization that exist only to fulfill the wishes of all children with life-threatening illnesses and their families around the world to experience a memorable, joyful, cost-free visit to the Central Florida attractions. http://www.gktw.org/
I hope you agree this is very cool. Nice work. EArl
Some more pics to give an insight into the day…….
Lance Duby is a 14 year old phenomenal game designer in the making! He has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and has dreamed of making a video games for as long as he can remember. In April, Lance was granted his “wish” through the Make-A-Wish Foundation B.C. where he chose to come to EA to pitch his own game idea. Thanks to the kindness and generous spirit of various Creative Directors from EA Burnaby, Lance’s wish came true. He met with a team of designers to help create his pitch and over all concept. With the help and guidance of “Team Lance” (see photo), he put together a stellar presentation and couldn’t wait to share it with the Leadership Team. His team was so impressed with Lance’s vision and concept, they worked with him for an additional two days, creating posters, box cover art and a voice over for his game trailer. On presentation day, he blew everyone away and some said it was one of the best pitches they’ve seen. And that’s only the beginning. Lance was recently made an honorary member of a design team, and will be returning to EA several times over the next year as a consultant, to help shape the design of one of our new Triple A titles. Now how cool is that?
For more information on“Make-A-Wish Foundation B.C.” Click Here
EArl
Tags: Outreach
Answer: When the CEO personally makes time in in a busy diary and spends quality time with the new graduates.
Yes, EA CEO John Riccitiello is a man who is devoted to ensuring EA hires the best talent and for him that includes putting Graduates on the centre stage. He recognises they are the future business leaders.
Yesterday, he gathered a group of new Grads, interns and co-ops together and spent time discussing EA, the future, business models, competition, latest games and then held a great Q&A so the grads could ask him about anything. And that they did!…….
All involved left feeling inspired…..and that included JR.
How cool is that? EArl
A couple of extra shots for you. Look carefully at the audience amongst the grads and you can see Gabrielle Toledano EA’s EVP of HR and Cindy Nicola, the VP who heads up Recruitment. Very cool.
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Tags: graduates, John Riccitiello
EA is very proud to be a member of Skillset in the UK.
What is Skillset? Well, Skillset is the Sector Skills Council (SSC) for Creative Media which comprises TV, film, radio, interactive media, animation, computer games, facilities, photo imaging, publishing, advertising and fashion and textiles. Their aim is to support improvements to the productivity of our industry to ensure that it remains globally competitive. They do this by influencing and leading; developing skills, training and education policy; and through opening up the industries to the UK’s pool of diverse talent. Skillset conducts consultation work with industry, publishes research and strategic documents, run funding schemes and project work, and provide information about the challenges that face the industry and what we need to do to overcome them. Lastly they also provide impartial media careers resources for aspiring new entrants and established industry professionals online and over the phone. Whether a freelancer looking for training information, a student furthering knowledge of industries or a public agency partner, Skillset aim to provide all with easy access to the information required. To learn more, click here.
Leading the way for the videogame sector in the UK is Executive Chair, Industry Statesman Ian Livingstone who presides over a prestigious council with representatives from EA, Sony, Microsoft, ELSPA and TIGA amongst others.
Many students in the UK are confused by the explosive growth in degrees, particularly those focusing on videogames. What should they study? Where should they study? Are some Degrees ‘worth more’ than others? What are the Degrees to avoid!Through a very thorough review process, Skillset accredits the best Gaming Degrees in the UK, (with Industry support). This is a key guide for students as games degrees have received a bad rap and some have been hastily put together. The goal….to help students best decide.
Skillset have again been at the forefront of the skills agenda. At a recent event they brought together some of the most talented animation graduates from the UK’s most industry-savvy courses together under one roof in Soho for industry to meet. Even better is that they filtered the best of the current crop too- into the best new breed of 3D, 2D, and stop frame animators! As well as a great conference, Skillset arranged for an informal exhibition space allowing the best graduating students from Skillset Accredited degree and postgraduate courses to showcase their innovative and inspiring work. A new addition for the 2010 showcase was a screening room to view selected student work.
Tags: Accreditation, Animation, Animation Day, Animators, Games Degrees, graduates, Ian Livingstone, Matthew Jeffery, Skillset
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