I was able to reach EA today and they have confirmed that the memo from EA Senior VP Rusty Rueff to EA employees wordwide is in fact authentic. Unfortuantely, they were unwilling to comment. Here's the entire email from Trudy Muller spokeswoman with Electronic Arts Corporate Communications:

Hi Brian,
It is a real communication, yes.
I don't have any additional comments on it.

Thanks Brian.
Trudy

It's amazing to me that a company of this size is willing to bite the bullet and admit they screwed up and to do so in a way that they had to realize would leak out. This could go a long way toward fixing the increasingly unbearable work conditions at many of the industries largest companies.

EA promises changes in leaked internal memo

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