If this is true, it's pretty shocking. Granted the COO is not necessarily one of the top creative people, but I know Schofield was basically the main architect/advocate of Dead Space and had a huge hand in forming Redwood/Visceral and making them the creative home for "mature" and intense gaming at EA.
It's kind of discouraging to see them go; I hope EA's not getting cold feet after the mediocre sales of Dead Space and Mirror's Edge, and I hope they keep making serious (if derivative) material at Visceral.







