EA and FIFA chief technology officer leaves company after eight years

Andrew Wilson announced that Ken Moss is leaving the company in an “extraordinary technical transformation”.

If you’ve ever wondered who makes the technological advances in different video game franchises, you should know that there are positions of responsibility specifically for this. I did so Ken Moss epics like FIFA and a few more electronic artsbut now someone else will take his place.

Thanks to the information provided by VGC, we know that EA CEO Andrew Wilson recently announced Moss. ceases to be chief technology officer of the company eight years later, he is responsible for leading the technical developments of the main games.

The technical transformation was phenomenalAndrew Wilson“The technical transformation we’ve experienced during Ken’s leadership has been phenomenal, embarking on a massive digital expansion. grow into new platforms“To provide the tools for our teams to deliver more to the players and to grow a huge organization,” said Wilson.

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Wilson said that the work Moss had done all this time. necessary for technology running this company and different studies. Beyond discovering new challenges away from the broadcaster, no further reason was given for him to abandon ship.

Now at Electronic Arts will restructure the department with Marija Radulovic-Nastic, senior vice president of development technology and solutions, who will become director of technology, creative and development, and Matt Thomlinson, who will become new chief technology officer.

All these changes come in the midst of a phase where EA continues to focus primarily on the benefits of games-as-a-service like Apex Legends or annual sports deliveries. In fact, today we will learn more about FIFA 23, which has already presented its covers.