Patrick Söderlund, tidigare VD för Battlefield-studion Dice och numer storhövding för hela EA Studios sålde sitt aktieinnehav i EA under fjolåret och inkasserade en smått bisarr årslön, i och med detta. 66,6 miljoner kronor, drog Söderlund in under 2015. Inte illa för en kille som en gång i tiden satt och höll tummarna för att Battlefield överhuvudtaget skulle slå igenom... Robert Patrick Söderlund ansvarar bland annat för globala spelserier som FIFA, Need for Speed, Battlefield och Medal of Honor.
Patrick Söderlund is the executive vice president of EA Studios where he is responsible for console and PC development for some of the most popular games in the industry, including Battlefield, Need for Speed, the EA SPORTS portfolio, Dead Space and Dragon Age. Mr. Söderlund leads EA development teams from studio locations around the globe including Redwood Shores (California), Stockholm (Sweden), Burnaby (British Columbia), Orlando (Florida), Austin (Texas), Gothenburg (Sweden), Edmonton (Alberta), Guildford (U.K.), Montreal (Quebec) and more. He also oversees relationships with EA Partners development studios, including Respawn Entertainment.
Prior to his current role, Mr. Soderlund served as the executive vice president of the EA Games Label, where he oversaw operations for all EA Games studios including DICE, Criterion, BioWare and Visceral. Prior to that role, he oversaw EA Games Europe. He is a founder of DICE, where he grew the studio from a small team to one of the most successful game developers in the world. The studio was sold to EA in October of 2006. Länk