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Electronic Arts Chairman W.M. (Trip) Hawkins III announced Tuesday that he is leaving that post to work on the second business he founded, 3DO Co., a video machine developer that has lost $66.8 million since it went public last year. Electronic Arts plans to name a new chairman to succeed Hawkins in July. Both San Mateo, Calif.-based Electronic Arts and 3DO of Redwood City, Calif.

Electronic Arts Chairman W.M. (Trip) Hawkins III announced Tuesday that he is leaving that post to work on the second business he founded, 3DO Co., a video machine developer that has lost $66.8 million since it went public last year. Electronic Arts plans to name a new chairman to succeed Hawkins in July. Both San Mateo, Calif.-based Electronic Arts and 3DO of Redwood City, Calif.