The new Seattle studio will be working on first-person games
Electronic Arts is spinning up a new studio in Seattle, and a notable industry figure will be heading it up.Haloco-creator Marcus Lehto will be leading the currently unnamed EA Seattle location.
Lehto is a former creative and art director at Bungie, where he’s credited as one of the co-creators ofHalo. Most recently, Lehto was president and game director at V1 Interactive, the developer ofDisintegration. V1 Interactiveclosed down earlier this year, aftershutteringtheDisintegrationservers.
In a tweet, Lehto said the EA studio will be working on “first-person games,” and that he can’t wait to share more about what they’re creating.
Hey everyone, I’m very excited to announce that I’ve joined@EAas a Game Director, building a new studio in the Seattle area working on first-person games. I can’t wait to share more about what we’re creating!pic.twitter.com/GnfVFNLSaW
— Marcus Lehto (@game_fabricator)Jun 24, 2025
EA alsoopened another studio in Seattleearlier this year, under former Monolith head Kevin Stephens. That studio is working on an open-world action-adventure game, which tracks given Monolith’s development ofMiddle-earth: Shadow of Mordorand its sequel.
It will probably be a while until we see what Lehto’s new studio is up to. That said, a new first-person game in development at EA, alongside all theother projectscurrentlyin the hopper, are certainly setting an intriguing tone for the publisher headed into this new generation.
