Madden Creative Director, Ian Cummings is Leaving Tiburon

[TheShizNo1]

Quote: Originally Posted by BezO

He was only the lead developer of the game we're all here talking about. He left in the middle of the development cycle. Not big?

It's April. Game is pretty much set in stone in June-ish? This is def not the beginning of the dev cycle. Isn't their something out there saying Madden sales have been dropping anyway?

[Hooe]

Quote: Originally Posted by tazdevil20

Actually, he's not a developer at all. He was a creative director.

That may have been his title but he has a computer science background and has been credited with different positions in previous Madden games. His coding efforts alone are the predominant reason we have surprise onside kicks to use in Madden 12, for example.

[RGiles36]

Quote: Originally Posted by wheelman990

It's really hard to say how the series will turn. Personally, I would like to see a entire new team and for Peter Moore and the gang to let the new team lead. Ya, they might make it a worse game....but IMO the games already ruined.

I hope not. I still say there are some capable individuals down there in Orlando (Ryan Burnsides comes to mind if he's still there and willing to be the lead designer).

I'm sure some will argue that the whole thing needs to be blown up. I disagree. Promote someone with a similar vision and keep the train moving.

[LiquorLogic]

Quote: Originally Posted by CHooe

That may have been his title but he has a computer science background and has been credited with different positions in previous Madden games. His coding efforts alone are the predominant reason we have surprise onside kicks to use in Madden 12, for example.

Are you sure ? Didn't he say that he started out as a game tester ?

[mike24forever]

Quote: Originally Posted by CHooe

That's really not true on multiple levels (there isn't just one engine, and the multiple engines are quite obviously not the same as M01), but people continue to believe what they want on the whole engines issue.

No matter how many time this has been stated on this site, it never fails that "the same engine" is brought up over and over! As long as the EA name is on it, people will continue with this stagnate line of thinking. Why does being a member of OS, make some people think they know how to program code for a video game. My guess is, a lot of people that visit this site cannot even work a scientific calculator...let alone program a single code of programming for a game.

You know what they say about the Internet, "The great thing about the Internet is that everyone has access to it. The problem is that EVERYONE has access to it!"

[coogrfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by quietcool72

They have had plenty of time to recover since 06, I'd say

Not necessarily. Think about it: they haven't really had six years, they's had six one year cycles. During those cycles they have had to try to overcome a myriad of things that were done wrong initially while at the same time creating a new game that has to ship every August come Hell or high water.

[Hooe]

Quote: Originally Posted by LiquorLogic

Are you sure ? Didn't he say that he started out as a game tester ?

Game tester would be a different title, so I'm correct on the former.

On the latter, someone can fact-check me on this but I'm pretty sure he graduated with a degree in CS from the University of Tennessee, and that he used the game tester position as an 'in' into EA.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Quote: Originally Posted by LiquorLogic

Are you sure ? Didn't he say that he started out as a game tester ?

Yes he started out as a EA game tester, not Madden tester. But eventually he talked his way into better positions and eventually ended up at Orlando.