EA CEO John Riccitiello leaves company

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Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello will leave his position after six years as company head. His temporary successor elaborated on the transition in a blog post.

Riccitiello took over leadership of the publisher in 2007. He and Probst "mutually agreed" now is the best time to bring in new candidates, after the company's financial performance failed to meet yearly expectations.

"EA is an outstanding company with creative and talented employees, and it has been an honor to serve as the company's CEO," Riccitiello said in a release. "I am proud of what we have accomplished together, and after six years I feel it is the right time for me pass the baton and let new leadership take the company into its next phase of innovation and growth. I remain very optimistic about EA's future--there is a world class team driving the company's transition to the next generation of game consoles."

Connor Sheridan
Connor Sheridan
Former GamesRadar+ News Writer

I got a BA in journalism from Central Michigan University - though the best education I received there was from CM Life, its student-run newspaper. Long before that, I started pursuing my degree in video games by bugging my older brother to let me play Zelda on the Super Nintendo. I've previously been a news intern for GameSpot, a news writer for CVG, and was formerly a staff writer at GamesRadar+.