EA is launching a new competitive gaming division franchise A job description on HitmarkerJobs.com revealed a new posting from EA, looking for a program manager for an as-yet unnamed \u2018new competitive gaming franchise.\u2019 The job\u2019s description revealed that the division in question hasn\u2019t been announced yet, although it seems that EA is gearing up ahead of the organization\u2019s official release. \u201cEA\u2019s next official Competitive Gaming Division franchise has yet to be announced,\u201d the statement reads, \u201cbut behind the scenes its commissioner is spinning up the global leadership team responsible for inspiring the world to play competitively, making stars of our players and creating the future of interactive entertainment.\u201d The description likewise reveals EA\u2019s stance on competitive gaming, stating that \u201c\u2018competitive gaming\u2019 is not just esports; it\u2019s also the competitive experiences in-game that impact all players.\u201d While specific games were not mentioned in the description, other postings from EA point to titles like FIFA, with openings for FIFA Assistant Live Producers and a FIFA C++ Software Engineer. However, these could reference EA\u2019s already existing esports programs for the titles. This isn\u2019t the first time EA has dabbled in competitive gaming, either \u2013 the California-based game company created the EA Competitive Gaming Division in 2015, which focuses on EA\u2019s largest competitive titles like FIFA, Madden NFL, and Battlefield. Even so, it seems that EA is looking to bolster this initiative by bringing on a few new recruits. Fans will have to wait with bated breath for further information, but those interested in applying for the position could get a broader taste of what the franchise entails.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
EA is launching a new competitive gaming division franchise A job description on HitmarkerJobs.com revealed a new posting from EA, looking for a program manager for an as-yet unnamed \u2018new competitive gaming franchise.\u2019 The job\u2019s description revealed that the division in question hasn\u2019t been announced yet, although it seems that EA is gearing up ahead […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}