John Burns leaves EA for Atari John Burns, previously the Senior Director of European Operations for EA has given up his title to work with Atari as “General” Manager of European Operations. It’s a downgrade in titles but probably for the best, who knows how EA’s been treating him and everyone else who works there.* He was part of a team that lead the release of big game titles for EA such as The Sims 3 for mobile and many others: Most recently, Burns held the title of Senior Director, European Online Publishing for Electronic Arts (EA) in Guildford, UK. While at EA, he was part of the Executive team that launched their global mobile division and subsequently moved to an online position where he oversaw the long term strategies for Digital Distribution, Massively Multiplayer Online gaming, Web and In-Game Advertising across Europe. During his tenure, EA released some of the industries most innovative and successful online gaming experiences including Sims 3 for mobile, the EU leading D2C PC storefront EA Store and best ever selling Console Digital content in Battlefield 1943. More at Gamasutra Thanks to InfiniteSims for the tip
