Development superstar Jade Raymond joins Electronic Arts to work on Star Wars

Big-name developers don’t usually jump from one big publisher to another, but that’s exactly what is happening with Jade Raymond.

The former Ubisoft Tornoto managing director announced today that she has opened a new development house called Motive Studio in Montreal under the Electronic Arts umbrella. She will act as the director of Motive while simultaneously overseeing Dead Space developer Visceral Games. Raymond will also work closely with the Mass Effect studio BioWare in Montreal. The first game that Raymond and Motive will work on is the new, untitled Star Wars adaptation that Visceral is making under creative director Amy Hennig.