Saturday, 15 August 2015

Tribute to Simon Humber




FIFA series creative director Simon Humber passed away earlier this year after struggling with cancer heroically. Simon is the loyal fans of Portsmouth team. In order to commemorate him, FIFA 16 contains Fratton Park.

FIFA executive producer David Rutter said earlier this year:" The people who develop the game need to spend a lot of time in contacting with the people. The collaboration of year after year makes the whole team more intimate. Simon and I work together for seven years, the other colleagues and I now feel that we lost a family member. As the father of UT mode, he also made a great contribution to Manager Mode. A lot of games features are developed under his leadership this year. "

In order to commemorate him, EA Canada and Portsmouth club started working together. Through visiting the stadium and visiting the staff, the production team strives to make the stadium with the history of 117 years get the perfect presentation in the game.

The general manager of Portsmouth club said on the fans message board: "Simon is very well known in the fans group. His love of life, his sense of humor and concern for others make all the people who have met him like him. His enthusiasms for Portsmouth, FIFA and football have become precious legacy he left to the world. Each Portsmouth fan looks forward to Fratton Park appearing in FIFA 16. I believe Simon would be proud of this. He must be very much hope that this can help the club he loves deeply. "

During the period of working in EA, , Simon took part in the production of a number of projects, including taking charge of chief producer in 2010 FIFA World Cup games and creative director in the latest a series of FIFA games.

EA SPORTS FIFA’s game engine designer Adam Bel said: "There are Simon’s sweats behind the several my favorite game features in FIFA. I'm glad that I once worked with him. We spent several hours on establishing and analyzing the Excel data list. These data would eventually become the foundation of programming. "

Simon was also actively taking part in the interaction in FIFA community. He contacted with the game players on the forum regularly or by e-mail.

Apart from adding the stadium itself, there is one detail is placed within the stadium to pay tribute to Simon. In FIFA 16 game, when you look at the direction of the goal, you'll see a wreath that tributes to Simon. This is the highest tribute that the club and the supporters offered to Simon in May of this year.

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