Publisher’s sprawling Spanish office will house around 300 employees
Electronic Arts, has opened a European test centre in Madrid, which will employ between 200 and 400 people from 20 European countries.
According to Sky News, Madrid was chosen over 27 other cities, including London, Prague and Warsaw, because of its geographical location and popularity as a travel destination.
"We decided several years ago that we needed to centralise all of our services," said EA's international VP for development services, Jaime Gine.
According to sky, employees must pass through several doors to get to their work stations and entry is restricted to holders of magnetic-strip cards.
Many of the office’s staff translate video games developed by the firm in English into 17 European languages.
Advertisement
"Our job is to make sure that the translation matches the context and the development of the game," Laurent Gabas, a 25-year-old French games tester and former languages student, told Sky.
Comments
Hmm...
"The location has nothing to do with me being Spanish", Jaime added.
Hmm...
"The location has nothing to do with me being Spanish", Jaime added.
Leave a Comment
HOT TOPICS
PS3 Slim already in production? 11
Pachter: PS3 will trump 360 by 2015 11
Warner Bros boss questions pre-owned 9
‘80s home computer war becomes comedy show 9
US: Sony's PS3 titles struggle to hit 1m 9
UK console installed base tops 24m 6
Sony planned UMD-free PSP 'from the beginning' 5
Reborn Woolworths bursts into life 3
Last.FM free to XBL Gold members 3
Blu-ray sales boom in UK 2
RELATED STORIES
ABOUT US
MCV is the leading trade news and community site for all professionals working within the UK and international video games market. It reaches everyone from store manager to CEO, covering the entire industry. MCV is published by Intent Media, which specialises in entertainment, leisure and technology markets