Frank Gibeau on EA’s digital ecosystems, Star Wars games, and Titanfall (interview part two)

Electronic Arts has some gigantic properties in the video game business, including FIFA Soccer, Star Wars Battlefront (an upcoming title under license from Disney), and Respawn Entertainment’s widely acclaimed Titanfall. The man who has to make the biggest decisions about those releases is EA Labels president Frank Gibeau, who runs the division at Electronic Arts that produces most of its blockbusters.

Among Gibeau’s big titles coming this fall are Titanfall, Battlefield 4, the latest batch of EA Sports titles, and the zany shooter Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare. That’s a big slate, but EA faces more competition than ever from all directions. If the publisher is going to win, Gibeau has to make the right bets.