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Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ and its No. 2-ranked graduate video gaming school in North America, the Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy<\/a>, are featured in a BloombergBusiness article<\/a> about Orlando’s growing gaming industry.<\/p>\n

The article follows the rise of Electronic Arts, which operates the Orlando division behind the Madden sports games.<\/p>\n

The video game giant is now looking to Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ to expand its graduate program for video game developers that EA helped created in 2004. As part of this upcoming expansion, the article mentions Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½’s planned campus in downtown Orlando and the slew of startup rival video game companies in the area.<\/p>\n

At Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½, video gaming students “get access to professional-grade gave development tools, such as a gymnasium-size motion capture studio…Many of the graduates are going to work on sports games at EA, which maintains a close relationship with the [Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½] program and sends employees to speak to classes,” the article says.<\/p>\n

Read the full story on BloombergBusiness’ website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ and its No. 2-ranked graduate video gaming school in North America, the Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy, are featured in a BloombergBusiness article about Orlando’s growing gaming industry. The article follows the rise of Electronic Arts, which operates the Orlando division behind the Madden sports games. 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