DICE LA is dead, long live Ripple Effect and Vince Zampella

Publisher Electronic Arts announced the completion of studio restructuring DICE Los Angeles (DICE LA). Led by the creator Call of duty Vince Zampella the new team is now called Ripple Effect Studios.

“Our goal is to become a studio that excels at everything – not only in the creation of games, but also in the development process. We want to achieve the highest quality in everything we do,” – stated in the press release.

Vince Zampella is the CEO. The general manager will help him Christian Gross… Top managers are focused on expanding their team with talented developers.

Ripple Effect is currently working on one of the modes for Battlefield 2042… It is rumored to be called Battlefield hub and will allow players to play cards from previous installments of the franchise. In this case, the balance will give way to fun (duels of tanks from different eras, and so on).

In addition, it was officially announced that the studio is independently working on a new game. EA has not disclosed details yet.

DICE LA was formed on the basis Danger Close Gameswhich after the failure Medal of Honor: Warfighter downgraded to support team. In particular, it was she who was able to save Battlefield 4 after a failed release in 2013.

In 2019, the studio was taken out of the control of the Swedish office DICE… At the beginning of 2023, it became known that it was headed by Vince Zampella

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