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Another EA executive leaves

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EA’s always been considered a titan in the gaming industry – and perhaps it is indeed Titantic, as another executive has jumped ship.

The latest high-profile EA staffer to leave the company is Jeff Brown, the publisher’s  rather outspoken company spokesman. Though you may not recognise his name, you’ll probably remember many of his brash and defensive, and often funny comments.

”We wish Lorne luck on the game and recommend Lithium for the paranoia and Tourettes Syndrome. Nobody here remembers a jet, a Ferrari, or an offer to buy his company,” Brown said in a story about Oddworld. creator Lorne Lanning’s reputed statements about an EA acquisition.

In 2011, he responded to Activision’s Gamescom keynote with a gauntlet throwdown.

“Welcome to the big leagues Eric. I know you’re new in the job but someone should have told you this is an competitive industry. You’ve got every reason to be nervous. Last year Activision had a 90 share in the shooter category. This year, Battlefield 3 is going to take you down to 60 or 70. At that rate, you’ll be out of the category in 2-3 years. If you don’t believe me, go to the store and try to buy a copy of Guitar Hero or Tony Hawk.”

He’s off to join fish-eye lensed EXTREME camera maker GoPro, in a similar position.

"I spent 14 years at EA," Brown told VentureBeat. "The only institution I have ever done longer is my marriage. When I started, I thought it would be a 12-month gig. I had no intention of staying that long. I fell in love with games, and I have a lot of close friends at EA. I am completely supportive of Andrew. But it was a good time for me to say goodbye."

That’s the sixth executive who’s left the company in the first two weeks of this year. There’s some sort of corporate reshuffling going on at EA which seems to have people pretty nervous.

Last Updated: January 14, 2014

63 Comments

  1. Alien Emperor Trevor

    January 14, 2014 at 14:07

    Those EAxecutives wish they were as cool as Paul Newman.

    Reply

    • Gareth L (That Guy)

      January 14, 2014 at 14:08

      *cough* Steve McQueen. 😉

      Reply

      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        January 14, 2014 at 14:09

        Goddamnit.

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        • RinceThis2014

          January 14, 2014 at 14:50

          Hahaha! Feels good eh?

          Reply

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            January 14, 2014 at 14:54

            Shut your pie hole!

      • Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim

        January 14, 2014 at 14:15

        StEAve McQuEAn

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        • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

          January 14, 2014 at 14:16

          Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! What have you done!?!?!?!?!

          Reply

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            January 14, 2014 at 14:22

            GEAoffrEAy is such a troll :/

          • Admiral Chief in Vegas

            January 14, 2014 at 14:23

            Alien Emperor is EA mole!

          • Kensei Seraph

            January 14, 2014 at 14:24

            Is he our mole or EA’s mole?

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            January 14, 2014 at 14:26

            What? How did he find… GET HIM!

          • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

            January 14, 2014 at 14:26

            At least it’s not LazEA gamer amiright?

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            January 14, 2014 at 14:27

            LEAzEAgEAmEAr? lol

          • Admiral Chief in Vegas

            January 14, 2014 at 14:28

            O_O

          • ToshZA

            January 14, 2014 at 14:32

            I’d call rape with how badly you forced that, but a certain journo beat me to it.

          • Admiral Chief in Vegas

            January 14, 2014 at 14:38

            booom!

          • General JJ Raven (John)

            January 14, 2014 at 15:07

            That’s maybe pushing it a bit. EmperorAlien

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            January 14, 2014 at 15:10

            It makes a nice pattern. :/

      • RinceThis2014

        January 14, 2014 at 14:55

        10,000 internet points for you. I only wish I had seen it first 🙁

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    • General JJ Raven (John)

      January 14, 2014 at 14:57

      Yes. He’s a legend. They, well, they’re infamous.

      Reply

  2. UltimateNinjaPandaDudeGuy

    January 14, 2014 at 14:09

    In the end they are just pushing out unfinished games at a high price. I haven’t spent money on a EA games in months… MONTHS I TELL YOU! (SimCity got me :/ )

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    • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

      January 14, 2014 at 15:16

      I should have heeded the call to arms… stupid Battlefield 4… 🙁 I might join you in saving my wallet and credit card from EA.

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      • UltimateNinjaPandaDudeGuy

        January 14, 2014 at 15:18

        BF3 was a bad enough experience for me. Not even to mention the bugs in the game the damn DLC was just never ending.

        I am 100% avoiding EA games with the hope they just go bankrupt and have to give the IPs to other studios or something.

        They need to stop being so damn money hungry!

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        • MakeItLegal

          January 14, 2014 at 21:04

          Ey I 2nd that ….

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  3. Hammersteyn

    January 14, 2014 at 14:10

    I bet he sold his stock as well.

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    • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

      January 14, 2014 at 15:20

      Probably made a killing prior to BF4’s launch… (I hate EA so much now)

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      • General JJ Raven (John)

        January 14, 2014 at 15:30

        Let the hate flow through you.

        Reply

  4. Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

    January 14, 2014 at 14:13

    Something’s going down. I can feel it

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    • AndriyP

      January 14, 2014 at 14:17

      Sies

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      • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

        January 14, 2014 at 14:18

        lol perv

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    • Gareth L (That Guy)

      January 14, 2014 at 14:17

      Like a big ship that hit an iceberg?

      Reply

      • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

        January 14, 2014 at 14:19

        Something like that yeah

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    • Admiral Chief in Vegas

      January 14, 2014 at 14:18

      Diarrhoea?

      Reply

      • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

        January 14, 2014 at 14:18

        Where will you be when it strikes? ….

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        • AndriyP

          January 14, 2014 at 14:20

          Diarrhoea, Where will you be when it strikes, they asked the EA executives, thats why they are all leaving, i figured it all out

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          • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

            January 14, 2014 at 14:22

            Looooool

        • Admiral Chief in Vegas

          January 14, 2014 at 14:20

          When you are running in town, and your pants turn brown

          Reply

          • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

            January 14, 2014 at 14:22

            When you’r climbing up a mountain and you see a chocolate fountain

          • Admiral Chief in Vegas

            January 14, 2014 at 14:22

            When you are lying in bed and you feel something spread

          • Kensei Seraph

            January 14, 2014 at 14:22

            Well they do say that the sh*t flows downhill.

          • AndriyP

            January 14, 2014 at 14:26

            Stop talking shit Llew

          • Admiral Chief in Vegas

            January 14, 2014 at 14:28

            hahaha

          • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

            January 14, 2014 at 14:29

            ok 🙁

          • TiMsTeR1033

            January 14, 2014 at 14:31

            When you pull down your pants and paralyse the ants!

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            January 14, 2014 at 14:31

            That’s what she said.

          • TiMsTeR1033

            January 14, 2014 at 14:31

            The songs of my childhood!

          • Admiral Chief in Vegas

            January 14, 2014 at 14:38

            HAHAHA

          • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

            January 14, 2014 at 14:43

            Ouch! Eina!

      • Gareth L (That Guy)

        January 14, 2014 at 14:21

        DiarrhoEA. AMIRITE?

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        • Admiral Chief in Vegas

          January 14, 2014 at 14:22

          DING DING DING!!!

          Reply

        • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

          January 14, 2014 at 14:22

          Winna!!!

          Reply

  5. Kensei Seraph

    January 14, 2014 at 14:18

    “I fell in love with games,” is honestly one of the last things I’d expect an EA executive to say and truly mean.

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    • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

      January 14, 2014 at 14:21

      Yeah. Especially since what they say is opposite to what happens.

      “SimCity can’t be done offline. World conditions and all that is worked out server side” – releases an offline patch.

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    • TiMsTeR1033

      January 14, 2014 at 14:33

      Should be ” I fell in love with money”

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      • Kensei Seraph

        January 14, 2014 at 14:49

        It’s EA, that goes without saying.

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  6. Ryanza

    January 14, 2014 at 14:35

    If only Origin and DRM could leave EA.

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    • Admiral Chief in Vegas

      January 14, 2014 at 14:39

      Aye aye, agreed!

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    • DrKiller

      January 14, 2014 at 14:56

      Yes please.. I hate Origin

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      • General JJ Raven (John)

        January 14, 2014 at 15:08

        Agreed.

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    • General JJ Raven (John)

      January 14, 2014 at 15:08

      Yes. Just get with it and list all their games on Steam.

      Reply

  7. RinceThis2014

    January 14, 2014 at 14:53

    I wonder what on earth is going on behind those doors… You know the ones with runes on to stop whatever is behind them getting out… http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2j3caId341qguikuo1_500.gif

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  8. Wyzak

    January 14, 2014 at 15:50

    “That’s the sixth executive who’s left the company in the first two weeks of this year.” o_O

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  9. MakeItLegal

    January 14, 2014 at 21:03

    Wonder how there stock reacted …. Has any one here been able to play sp ? I ve played it a few times but it never saved , and then if coarse everytime battlefield 4 is in the ps and u try to shut it down it’s errors after errors … Poorly done Ea

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