EA’s External Development Intelligence team is responsible for managing external partner relationships and identifying new partners to support EA game teams. Areas they cover include; art, animation, engineering (all platforms), porting, game modes/features development, live services support, VFX, Audio and QA. This presentation will cover emerging trends XDI has discovered from speaking with 100’s of game industry service providers and developers worldwide and the potential impact these trends will have on external development and game development, in general.