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Video Game Developer Opening Second Seattle-Area Studio
Video game developer Electronic Arts (EA) is opening its second Seattle-area studio in less than a year. The studio will support the development of a new Marvel game and various projects, per the Seattle Times. EA is the developer of blockbuster games that include The Sims, FIFA, Madden NFL, and Battlefield.
While EA has not announced a specific location for the new studio, called Cliffhanger Games, the move underscores the company’s history of continuing to add more space, despite the area’s decrease in office demand.
Cliffhanger will be a AAA studio, which means it will be a high-budget, top-of-the-line studio. Most of the studio’s founding members are based in the Seattle area, according to Redwood City, California-based EA. EA leased office space in a 53,000-square-foot building in Kirkland to house Ridgeline Games in August 2022. At the time, EA listed nearly 230 job openings in Seattle, according to a Puget Sound Business Journal article.
