News: EA to shut down Partners label, report claims

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News: EA to shut down Partners label, report claims

Added: 25.04.2013 10:40 | 14 views | 0 comments

Respawn's first game and Insomniac's Fuse unaffected.

News: EA to shut down Partners label, report claims news

EA Partners offered contract-based publishing deals for independent developers, with the likes of Valve, Crytek and Epic Games having released titles on the label.

Hits include The Orange Box, Rock Band and Crysis, but more recent games including Syndicate and Bulletstorm weren't success stories.

Sources have told Game Informer that upcoming EA Partners titles, Fuse and Respawn's first game, are unaffected by the planned closure.

The rumoured end to EA Partners comes at a time of major change for EA, including the departure of CEO John Riccitiello,...