Motive Studios - Wikipedia

Motive Studios (also known as EA Motive and Motive) is a Canadian video game developer and studio of Electronic Arts (EA) based in Montreal. MotiveStudios FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Canadianvideogamedeveloper MotiveStudiosTypeSubsidiaryIndustryVideogamesFounded13 July2015;6yearsago (2015-07-13)FounderJadeRaymondHeadquartersMontreal,CanadaNumberoflocations2studios (2018)KeypeoplePatrickKlaus(generalmanager)Numberofemployees>100[1] (2017)ParentElectronicArtsWebsiteea.com/studios/motive MotiveStudios(alsoknownasEAMotiveandMotive)isaCanadianvideogamedeveloperandstudioofElectronicArts(EA)basedinMontreal. Contents 1History 2Gamesdeveloped 3References 4Externallinks History[edit] MotiveStudioswasfoundedwithinElectronicArts(EA)byJadeRaymond,aformerUbisoftexecutiveandproducer,atthehelm.Herappointmentwasannouncedon13July2015.[2]Motivefocusesonaction-adventuregamesandcreatingnewintellectualproperties.[3][4] KimSwiftwashiredasMotive'sdesigndirectorinJanuary2017.[5]TheMontrealstudioofBioWare,anotherEAdeveloper,wasmergedintoMotiveinAugust2017.[6]AVancouverbranchforMotivewasannouncedinJune2018.[7]FollowingRaymond'sdeparturein2018,PatrickKlaus,aformermanagingdirectorforUbisoftQuebec,washiredbyEAasseniorvice-presidentandMotive'sgeneralmanager.[8] WhileMotivehadbeenworkingonStarWarstitlesfromtheformationofthestudio,thestudioalsohadasecondprojectundertheworkingnameGaiathatithadbeendeveloping.MotivenorEAhadsaidmuchofthisgameoutsideofa2020promotionalvideoshowingafewsecondsoffootagefromit,andcallingit"ahighlyambitious,innovativenewgamethatputsthepowerandcreativityinyourhands".AccordingtoBloombergNews,whilepartofMotivewasworkingonStarWarsBattlefrontII,theotherportionwasworkingonGaia;onceBattlefrontIIhadshipped,itsteamwasabsorbedintotheGaiateamby2018andcausedsomeculturalclasheswithinthestudio,causingsomeofthestudioexecutivestoleave,followedbyRaymondlaterthatyear.Gaiahadtoberebootedfollowingthesedepartures,extendingitsdevelopmenttime.Further,accordingtoBloomberg,asaresultofareviewofitscurrentslateofprojectsinFebruary2021,EAcancelledthedevelopmentofGaia,thoughMotivewillcontinueonwithotherprojects.[9] VentureBeatreportedthatMotivewasworkingonarevivaloftheDeadSpaceseriesstartingwitharemakeofthefirstgame,inthesameveinastheResidentEvil2remake.[10] Gamesdeveloped[edit] Year Title Platform(s) Notes Ref(s). 2017 StarWarsBattlefrontII MicrosoftWindows,PlayStation4,XboxOne IncollaborationwithDICEandCriterionGames [11] 2020 StarWars:Squadrons MicrosoftWindows,PlayStation4,XboxOne N/A [12] 2023 DeadSpace MicrosoftWindows,PlayStation5,XboxSeriesX/S Aremakeofthe2008videogameofthesamename [13] References[edit] ^Takahashi,Dean(9May2017)."JadeRaymond'sEAMotivestudionowemploysmorethan100people".VentureBeat.Archivedfromtheoriginalon7November2020.Retrieved12May2017. ^Molina,Brett(13July2015)."EAlaunchesMontrealstudiowithex-Ubisoftdeveloper".USAToday.Archivedfromtheoriginalon7November2020.Retrieved16June2020. ^Pereira,Chris(15October2015)."EAWantstoExpandIntotheGTA,Assassin'sCreed"GiganticAction"GameGenre".GameSpot.Archivedfromtheoriginalon7November2020.Retrieved16June2020. ^Saed,Sherif(17November2015)."EAworkingonitsownactiongameinthestyleofAssassin'sCreed".VG247.Archivedfromtheoriginalon7November2020.Retrieved16June2020. ^Makuch,Eddie(19January2007)."Portal,Left4DeadDeveloperKimSwiftJoinsEA".GameSpot.Archivedfromtheoriginalon3September2019.Retrieved16June2020. ^Kerr,Chris(1August2017)."EAconfirmsBioWareMontrealismergingwithMotive".Gamasutra.Archivedfromtheoriginalon14June2021.Retrieved16June2020. ^Kerr,Chris(1June2018)."BattlefrontIIdeveloperEAMotiveexpandswithVancouveropening".Gamasutra. ^Sinclair,Brendan(12December2019)."MotiveGMestablishesmeansandopportunity".GamesIndustry.biz.Archivedfromtheoriginalon6January2020.Retrieved16June2020. ^Schreier,Jason(25February2021)."ElectronicArtsCancels'Gaia'GameAfterYearsinDevelopment".BloombergNews.Archivedfromtheoriginalon15April2021.Retrieved25February2021. ^Grubb,Jeff(1July2021)."DeadSpaceremakeisintheworksatMotive".VentureBeat.Archivedfromtheoriginalon2July2021.Retrieved1July2021. ^Sarkar,Samit(29March2017)."StarWarsBattlefront2officiallyannounced".Polygon.Archivedfromtheoriginalon13September2018.Retrieved16June2020. ^Skrebels,Joe(15June2020)."StarWars:SquadronsOfficiallyRevealed,OutinOctober".IGN.Archivedfromtheoriginalon15June2020.Retrieved16June2020. ^Fillari,Alessandro(22July2021)."DeadSpaceRemakeAnnounced,DevelopedByEAMotive".GameSpot.Retrieved22July2021. 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