Former EA employees establish new development studio

Vikingod · Aug 30, 2005, 05:55 PM

Five former Electronic Arts Black Box staff members have established their own development studio to produce games for the Sony PSP and Nintendo DS handheld consoles.

Deep Fried Entertainment, based in Vancouver, has been set up by Phil Weeks, Russell Rice, Steve Tolin, Ryan Bedard and Brian Tolin. Whilst at EA they worked on games such as Baldur's Gate, MDK2 and Need for Speed: Underground 1 and 2.

DFE's founders "hope to capitalise on the creative freedoms and technical innovations that often elude larger, assembly line production companies," according to a statement.
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Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Former EA employees establish new development studio Five former Electronic Arts Black Box staff members have established their own development studio to produce games for the Sony PSP and Nintendo DS handheld consoles. Deep Fried Entertainment, based in Vancouver, has been set up by Phil Weeks, Russell Rice, Steve Tolin, Ryan Bedard and Brian Tolin. Whilst at EA they worked on games such as Baldur's Gate, MDK2 and Need for Speed: Underground 1 and 2. DFE's founders "hope to capitalise on the creative freedoms and technical innovations that often elude larger, assembly line production companies," according to a statement. __________ Read More/Source: GamesIndustry