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Madden Producer Leaves For Greener Fields

Posted June 17, 2011 by M.H. Williams

In April, a number of longtime EA Sports veterans left EA Tiburon to pursue other opportunities.  This included Madden Creative Director Ian Cummings, studio GM Philip Holt, and CTO Richard Wifall.  Today, it has been announced that 13-year EA Sports veteran Phil Frazier has decided to leave the company as well.  Frazier confirmed his departure to IndustryGamers in addition to a statement released by EA Sports.

"We appreciate Phil's 14 years of work on the Madden franchise and recognize he was looking for a new opportunity," EA Sports said in a statement. "Our team is changing to tackle new opportunities and we're confident in the new organizational structure and leadership we have in place."

Kotaku reports that Roy Harvey, NCAA Football’s executive producer, will take over Frazier’s position as Madden executive producer.

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