Justin Tak Chan

Moby ID: 279429

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Justin Tak Chan was born in St. John’s, NL, and grew up in Clarenville. He graduated from Clarenville High School in 1995.

In 2001, he graduated from the University of Waterloo on the Dean’s Honours List with a Bachelor of Applied Science in System Design Engineering.

He worked with a couple of IT firms in Toronto before he joined Electronic Arts in Burnaby. Chan became an integral part of the FIFA Soccer Gameplay Team, and helped create many of the features in the popular video game franchise.

Chan died Aug. 6, 2011, while trying to rescue his girlfriend, who had been swept away in the Cheakmus River, in Whistler B.C.

Electronic Arts had a memorial screen in the opening of its FIFA Soccer 12 that read ‘In Loving Memorial of Justin Tak Chan.’

source: http://www.thepacket.ca/news/local/2014/5/6/medal-of-bravery-for-former-clarenville-3714619.html

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FIFA Soccer 12 (2011, Macintosh)	In loving memory of
FIFA Soccer 08 (2007, Xbox 360)	Programming Team
UEFA Champions League 2006-2007 (2007, Xbox 360)	Programming Team
FIFA Soccer 07 (2006, Xbox 360)	Programming Team

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Justin Tak Chan

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4 games with Electronic Arts Vancouver
4 games with EA Sports
4 games with Electronic Arts, Inc.
3 games with Electronic Arts GmbH
1 game with Virtuos Ltd.
1 game with Technicolor India Pvt Ltd
1 game with Union des Associations...
1 game with Gamesload
1 game with TransGaming Technologies Inc.
1 game with Sony DADC Europe GmbH

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