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Electronic Arts is the publisher of the first game from Hazelight, new studio from Brothers creators

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Electronic Arts has signed a deal to publish the first game from Hazelight, a new Swedish developer that counts Josef Fares, an award-winning filmmaker and writer/director of the game Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, as its studio head.

Fares and other veterans of Starbreeze Studios created the new studio to focus on “story driven experiences and innovation to deliver titles that are highly original yet elegant and mature.” EA announced the news at the BAFTA 2014 awards on Friday. The move shows that EA is serious about its focus on quality, which is the new mandate of its chief executive, Andrew Wilson.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.