EA is hiring for the next C&C?

[Cyborg207 0]

Hey guys, look what I found on the EA job site

 

California - Los Angeles

Description: ROLE: Gameplay Engineer

LOCATION: EA Los Angeles or EA Austin

 

EA has an opening for a talented, motivated Gameplay Engineer for a new, unannounced project. The team is currently very small and toward the beginning of the development cycle. We are looking for someone who can work closely with designers to implement gameplay features in a client-server environment.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design, implement and maintain server side gameplay algorithms and systems

• Where appropriate, integrate server systems with client side representation (UI, audio, etc.)

• Collaborate with designers to understand the gameplay requirements

• Perform load and functional testing; implement optimizations of existing systems to support performance goals

• Develop technical designs and engineering plans to produce high quality product"

And there is a couple more like this, hiring for "The team is currently very small and toward the beginning of the development cycle." I think it can only be the C&C team..

 

"Role: User Interface Engineer

Location: EA, Los Angeles or EA Austin

 

EA has an opening for a talented, motivated User Interface Engineer for a new, unannounced project. The team is currently very small and toward the beginning of the development cycle. We are looking for someone who can work on the UI systems and all related code. "

 

"A Los Angeles is looking for a talented, motivated Technical Art Director for a new,

unannounced project. The team is currently very small and at the beginning of the development cycle.

We are looking for someone willing to be a “jack of all trades” within the art department, overseeing the technical aspects of the art pipeline

but also willing to contribute and create assets, as needed

 

Senior Software Engineer for a new, unannounced project.

This dynamic team works in a very collaborative manner and is at the beginning of the development cycle.

We are looking for someone who can contribute at a senior level to a variety of areas of the project.

The position can be tailored to your strengths and passions.

I hope this discovery wont make them take those down.

 

Source

[Guest Stevie_K]

Doesn't really prove anything. It could be anything else as well.

[PurpleGaga27 40]

EA needs another engineer as a computer programmer to finish the patches for C&C3, KW, RA3 and C&C4. Most guys in the RTS dept. are gone. I don't think EALA may be going for C&C Generals 2 development already to compete with Trion's and Petroglyph's End of Nations, not even Red Alert 4.

 

I might assume EALA be going for a new C&C team soon along with Sam Bass, Jason Bender and Jim Vessella. Perhaps EALA may be using part of the Medal of Honor team and what's left of the Pandemic team to do a new gaming project.

Edited June 25, 2010 by purplescrin

[CCHyper 3]

Those games wont be patched, at least not any game before C&C4.

[Nmenth 291]

Those games wont be patched, at least not any game before C&C4.

They might still patch RA3, but that is as far back as they would go.

[CCHyper 3]

True, but to what quality...

[Guest Stevie_K]

More C&C by EA at this point would be embarrassing and awkward. It would be good though if they would take the time to patch a little here and there, even though there's no profit and it therefor probably won't happen.

[Inferno 22]

More C&C by EA at this point would be embarrassing and awkward. It would be good though if they would take the time to patch a little here and there, even though there's no profit and it therefor probably won't happen.

I really doubt this "no profit" thing is really true when it comes to patching old games.

[CCHyper 3]

From what i have heard in the tight APOC line, older games (pre Generals) are under a red tape in EA, so the assets and titles are a "no go" without the say so from one of the chairmen of EA.

[Sonic 296]

EA needs another engineer as a computer programmer to finish the patches for C&C3, KW, RA3 and C&C4.

Don't your breath for these patches. Especially C&C 3 and Red Alert 3. Forget about KW 1.03, that was never happening anyway. As for C&C 4, if they were going to patch it they would have by now. They won't be patching any of these games at all. Its all about preparing for the future at EALA, not patching old games.

 

As for these jobs. They could be for anything. EALA is a big place with many projects in development, not just C&C.

[Mighty BOB! 5]

According to Wikipedia (yea, grain of salt for credibility):

 

Future games developed by EA Los Angeles

* LMNO — (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC - TBA)

* Mercs Inc (working title)- (TBC)

* Medal of Honor (2010 video game) (single-player aspect) — (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC - Fall 2010)

 

-edit for links-

Edited June 26, 2010 by Mighty BOB!

[dbjs2009 25]

Don't your breath for these patches. Especially C&C 3 and Red Alert 3. Forget about KW 1.03, that was never happening anyway. As for C&C 4, if they were going to patch it they would have by now. They won't be patching any of these games at all. Its all about preparing for the future at EALA, not patching old games.

 

 

Maybe some games needs to be fixed, And we're waiting for the next C&C Game anyway..

[Inferno 22]

There's something wrong with EALA budgetting tbh.

[Chronojam 3]

EA as a whole has been making very.. interesting decisions lately regarding marketing their games. Apparently, for example, NBA Jam won't be Wii exclusive entirely. They are giving you a one-time-use account-locked code to download what is virtually a demo version of NBA Jam for PSN and XBLA with a full $60 retail copy of NBA Elite... this rather than making it a normal download at all! A demo of a game without a full version beyond what's on an entirely different console.

[Doctor Destiny 41]

The Wii needs its share of good games coming out for it. Might finally shut those morons up who claim that the Wii has "no good games."

[Chronojam 3]

Well at least they're doing something; a couple years ago, they basically threw all their weight at the PS3 which did less than stellar as everybody knows. That actually ended up costing them financially, and in response, they announced (and have been following through with) expanding into the Wii market. I hate to say it but even if they don't make what you and I would consider okay games, the market is just SO large that they cannot afford to ignore it. Let's hope they bring the quality, even though they CAN afford to put out sub-par titles.