Patrick Söderlund
Swedish businessman and video game executive
Patrick Söderlund | |
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| Born | Robert Söderlund () 27 September (age&#;51) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Known&#;for | CEO of Embark Studios,[1] Former Chief Design Officer of Electronic Arts |
Robert "Patrick" Söderlund is a Swedish businessman and video game executive. He was executive vice president in charge of Worldwide Studios at Electronic Arts (EA), overseeing all game production.[2][3] He was later Chief Design Officer of EA. Söderlund was also known for his tenure as CEO of DICE, a Swedish video game development company that created the Battlefield series of games, which was acquired by EA in [4][5][6] As of August , he is reported to own approximately US$11 million of EA shares.[7]
Söderlund announced he would be leaving EA after twelve years of service on 14 August [8][9] Söderlund left EA following a disappointing release for Battlefield 5.
In November , Söderlund was announced as the CEO of Embark Studios.[10]
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Embark CEO gives updates on the studio&#;s first projects
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As we reported on way back in February of last year (Remember last year? Me neither&#;), Patrick Söderlund, formerly the chief design officer of EA and CEO of DICE, revealed that after leaving those companies he had founded a new studio called Embark. Their first project is an incredibly ambitious co-op, free-to-play, sci-fi survival game using the Unreal Engine. Back then we only got the tiniest glimpse of the project, but it still looked impressive nonetheless. Just yesterday Söderlund chimed in again to give an update on what his studio has been working on, and the team at Embark has been very busy this past year.
First, the company has grown from around 50 employees in February of last year to now almost This huge influx of talent has allowed them to spread out into multiple projects. Eagle eyed fans noticed awhile back that the studio had posted job listings looking for developers with first person shooter experience. This is because, surprise, the company is also working on a PvP shooter title. Patrick goes on to say that the ga
Former EA boss Patrick Söderlund's new studio is making a PVP shooter
Embark, a studio founded by former EA Games boss Patrick Söderlund, has begun work on a competitive first-person shooter.
Writing for the first time since July , the former Battlefield executive penned a blog post covering the studio's year under the pandemic and gave updates on the team's first project (a free-to-play military action game). But after receiving questions regarding job listings at the company, Söderlund announced that Embark has a second game in the pipeline—an as-yet-unnamed team-based shooter.
"To be honest, I thought I was done with PVP-shooters having worked on them in one form or another for almost my entire career," Söderlund writes. "But a while back, some of us here put together a small pitch that was too irresistible to ignore."
There's not much to show right now, mind, save for a single screen of character concepts showing an international cast of soldiers wielding modern rifles and olde timey swords. If I were to wildly speculate, I'd guess we're looking at a hero shooter in line with something like Valorant or Rainbow Six Siege.
"It’s a concept t
Patrick Söderlund
Robert Patrick Söderlund, född 27 september i Vantörs församling i Stockholm,[1] är en svensk datorspelsutvecklare, spelentreprenör[2] och volleybollspelare.
Söderlund är uppvuxen i Täby i Stockholms län och har en idrottskarriär bakom sig som volleybollspelare i Sollentuna VK med 13 landskamper med Sveriges landslag.[3][4]
Efter en kortare tid som exekutiv producent på Strix Television och som medgrundare av datormedia- och datorspelsutvecklande bolagen O2 och Refraction Games under senare halvan av talet, blev han – vd för Digital Illusions CE (Dice). Då den amerikanska koncernen Electronic Arts köpte upp Dice kvarstod Söderlund som dess chef. Han var sedan fram till verksam på olika chefsposter inom Electronic Arts (EA), däribland chef för EA Sports – och ansvarade bland annat för globala spelserier som Fifa, Need for Speed, Battlefield och Medal of Honor.
lämnade Söderlund Electronic Arts för att starta och leda det egna spelutvecklingsbolaget Embark Studios i Stockholm, med inriktning på att utveckla nya tekniker och produktionsformer med bland annat ny sorts användning av fotogrammetri.[5][6][7]
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