Electronic Arts creates Worldwide Studios division and hands rising star Patrick Söderlund the keys

Electronic Arts is one of the best-performing game makers on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and now the company is shifting around its developers to bring them together under one unit to help consolidate its position.

The publisher revealed today that it has formed EA Worldwide Studios and moved the development house DICE’s Frostbite graphics team outside of that group and into the company’s central technology team. In a blog post today, EA chief executive Andrew Wilson explained that this shakeup is meant to help it deliver better content to more people around the world across a wider variety of devices. Former EA Studios vice president Patrick Söderlund will now take on the role of executive vice president in charge of EA Worldwide Studios. The heads of every studio within the publisher will now report to him, and they will work together to create new properties while maximizing the value of the company’s current brands.