5.0
Dec 20, 2015
Anonymous employee
Former employee, more than 3 years
London, England
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
I worked at Playfish, which was a start-up bought by EA. The studio retained its start-up culture for quite a while before things felt more corporate. Incredibly talented, motivated people working together. People worked really hard but also had a lot of fun doing it. Things changed quite a bit after we were put under the Maxis label and were trying to develop new projects.
Cons
We were subjected to a lot of corporate pipeline red tape once we were put under the umbrella of the Maxis label. Maxis, who is used to taking years and years to develop PC games, was not used to the extremely fast-paced and agile environment of mobile gaming. It was not a good fit, and there was lots of indecision and u-turning on Maxis's part.