Motive Studio

Type| Subsidiary
Industry| Video games
Founded| 13 July 2015; 10 years ago (2015-07-13)
Founder| Jade Raymond
Headquarters|

Montreal

Canada

Number of locations

| 2 studios (2018)

Key people

| Patrick Klaus (general manager)

Number of employees

| >100[1] (2017)
Parent| Electronic Arts
Website| ea.com/studios/motive

Motive Studio (also known as EA Motive and Motive) is a Canadian video game developer and studio of Electronic Arts (EA) based in Montreal. Motive focuses on action-adventure games and creating new intellectual properties.[2][3]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Games developed
* 2.1 Cancelled
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## History

Motive Studio was founded within Electronic Arts (EA) by Jade Raymond, a former Ubisoft executive and producer, at the helm. Her appointment was announced on 13 July 2015.[4]

Kim Swift was hired as Motive's design director in January 2017.[5] The Montreal studio of BioWare, another EA developer, was merged into Motive in August 2017.[6] A Vancouver branch for Motive was announced in June 2018.[7] Following Raymond's departure in 2018, Patrick Klaus, a former managing director for Ubisoft Quebec, was hired by EA as senior vice-president and Motive's general manager.[8]

While Motive had been working on Star Wars titles from the formation of the studio, the studio also had a second project under the working name Gaia that it had been developing. Motive nor EA had said much of this game outside of a 2020 promotional video showing a few seconds of footage from it, and calling it "a highly ambitious, innovative new game that puts the power and creativity in your hands". According to Bloomberg News, while part of Motive was working on Star Wars Battlefront II, the other portion was working on Gaia; once Battlefront II had shipped, its team was absorbed into the Gaia team by 2018 and caused some cultural clashes within the studio, causing some of the studio executives to leave, followed by Raymond later that year. Gaia had to be rebooted following these departures, extending its development time. Further, according to Bloomberg, as a result of a review of its current slate of projects in February 2021, EA cancelled the development of Gaia, though Motive will continue on with other projects.[9] The first title to be released from the studio was Software:Star Wars: Squadrons.

Venture Beat reported that Motive was working on a revival of the Dead Space series starting with a remake of the first game, in the same vein as the Resident Evil 2 remake.[10] It was released on January 27, 2023 and received favorable reviews from critics.[11]

In September 2022, EA announced that Motive is working on an action-adventure Iron Man game with Marvel Games.[12] In April 2024, Battlefield 6, the next installment of the Battlefield series, was also announced, shortly after the closure of Ridgeline Games, who had previously worked on the same project. It was revealed on July 24th, 2025, and is set to be released on October 10th, 2025.[13]

## Games developed

Year  | Title  | Platform(s)  | Notes  | Ref(s).

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2017  | Star Wars Battlefront II | Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | In collaboration with DICE and Criterion Games | [14]
2020  | Software:Star Wars: Squadrons | Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S  | N/A  | [15]
2023  | Dead Space | Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S  | Remake of the 2008 video game of the same name | [16]
2025  | Battlefield 6 | In collaboration with DICE, Criterion Games, and Ripple Effect Studios, as part of Battlefield Studios; mainly worked on multiplayer maps and single-player content  | [13][17]
TBA  | Untitled Iron Man game  | TBA  | In collaboration with Marvel Games | [12]

### Cancelled

* Project Ragtag[18][19]
* Gaia[20]

## References

1. ↑ Takahashi, Dean (9 May 2017). "Jade Raymond's EA Motive studio now employs more than 100 people". https://venturebeat.com/2017/05/09/jade-raymonds-ea-motive-studio-now-employs-more-than-100-people/.
2. ↑ Pereira, Chris (15 October 2015). "EA Wants to Expand Into the GTA, Assassin's Creed "Gigantic Action" Game Genre". https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ea-wants-to-expand-into-the-gta-assassins-creed-gi/1100-6431450/.
3. ↑ Saed, Sherif (17 November 2015). "EA working on its own action game in the style of Assassin's Creed". https://www.vg247.com/2015/11/17/ea-working-on-its-own-action-game-in-the-style-of-assassins-creed/.
4. ↑ Molina, Brett (13 July 2015). "EA launches Montreal studio with ex-Ubisoft developer". https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2015/07/13/jade-raymond-motive-ea/30081383/.
5. ↑ Makuch, Eddie (19 January 2007). "Portal, Left 4 Dead Developer Kim Swift Joins EA". https://www.gamespot.com/articles/portal-left-4-dead-developer-kim-swift-joins-ea/1100-6447075/.
6. ↑ Kerr, Chris (1 August 2017). "EA confirms BioWare Montreal is merging with Motive". https://www.gamedeveloper.com/production/ea-confirms-bioware-montreal-is-merging-with-motive.
7. ↑ Kerr, Chris (1 June 2018). "Battlefront II developer EA Motive expands with Vancouver opening". https://gamasutra.com/view/news/319217/Battlefront_II_developer_EA_Motive_expands_with_Vancouver_opening.php.
8. ↑ Sinclair, Brendan (12 December 2019). "Motive GM establishes means and opportunity". https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-12-12-motive-gm-establishes-means-and-opportunity.
9. ↑ Schreier, Jason (February 25, 2021). "Electronic Arts Cancels 'Gaia' Game After Years in Development". Bloomberg News. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-25/electronic-arts-cancels-gaia-game-after-years-in-development.
10. ↑ Grubb, Jeff (July 1, 2021). "Dead Space remake is in the works at Motive". Venture Beat. https://venturebeat.com/2021/07/01/dead-space-remake-is-in-the-works-at-motive/. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
11. ↑ "Dead Space Reviews". https://www.metacritic.com/game/dead-space/. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Marvel Entertainment and Motive Studio team up for an all-new Iron Man video game" (in en). ea.com. 2022-09-20. https://www.ea.com/news/all-new-iron-man-video-game/.
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Klaus, Patrick. "Motive joins Battlefield" (in en). ea.com. https://www.ea.com/ea-studios/motive/news/motive-joins-battlefield-update-from-patrick-klaus-gm.
14. ↑ Sarkar, Samit (29 March 2017). "Star Wars Battlefront 2 officially announced". https://www.polygon.com/2017/3/29/15113292/star-wars-battlefront-2-ea-celebration.
15. ↑ Skrebels, Joe (15 June 2020). "Star Wars: Squadrons Officially Revealed, Out in October". https://www.ign.com/articles/star-wars-squadrons-release-date-details-trailer-multiplayer.
16. ↑ Fillari, Alessandro (July 22, 2021). "Dead Space Remake Announced, Developed By EA Motive". https://www.gamespot.com/articles/dead-space-remake-announced-developed-by-ea-motive/1100-6494273/.
17. ↑ "EA has confirmed a planned release window for its new Battlefield game". 4 February 2025. https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ea-has-confirmed-a-planned-launch-window-for-its-new-battlefield-game/.
18. ↑ Karmali, Luke (July 13, 2015). "Jade Raymond Starts New Studio To Work On Amy Hennig's Star Wars Game". IGN. http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/07/13/jade-raymond-starts-new-studio-to-work-on-amy-hennigs-star-wars-game.
19. ↑ Schreier, Jason (October 27, 2017). "The Collapse Of Visceral's Ambitious Star Wars Game". Kotaku. https://kotaku.com/the-collapse-of-viscerals-ambitious-star-wars-game-1819916152.
20. ↑ "EA reportedly cancels unannounced Assassin's Creed-like action game codenamed Gaia" (in en). Gamesradar.com. 2021-01-29. https://www.gamesradar.com/ea-reportedly-cancels-unannounced-assassins-creed-like-action-game-codenamed-gaia/.

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