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Why Robin Makes Batman Better Electronic Arts is sending Neil Young off with well wishes, the company told Kotaku today. EA’s VP of corporate communications Jeff Brown said that the EA Los Angeles studio head and Blueprint division leader’s recent departure was known ahead of time and was wholly amicable.
“In addition to his creative output, Neil distinguished himself as a team leader”, said Brown of his colleague’s career, which saw young overseeing titles like Majestic, The Sims 2 and Boom Blox. “In particular, he stepped in to rally the development teams and lead a turnaround at EA Los Angeles”.
All of Neil’s former teammates are looking forward to see what he accomplishes in his new endeavour, Brown said.
“Neil has all the tools he needs to be a successful entrepreneur: great creative instigator, great communicator, and great leadership skills”.
We’ve contacted Young himself for comment and await reply.
Via Newsweek comes word that Electronic Arts mainstay Neil Young has left the company for a yet unnamed “new project.” During his 11-year run at EA, Young managed Maxis during Sims 2, lent his talents to games like The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and headed up EA Los Angeles, where he supervised Medal of Honor and Boom Blox. Recently, Young was heading up small-team-focused EA Blueprint, which will now be headed up by Westwood Studios founder Louis Castle. Hit the jump for the internal EA email describing Young’s departure.
According to an internal email forwarded to Newsweek’s Level Up, long time Electronic Arts fixture Neil Young—pictured contemplating something—has left the company. Young had been at EA for over a decade, heading up EA’s Los Angeles studio and, prior to leaving, the EA Blueprint division. The EA Blueprint endeavour was an attempt by the mega-publisher to create lower cost content with smaller teams based on original intellectual property.
