Posted 2/29/2024, 8:07:45 AM
EA Announces More Layoffs, Cancels Star Wars Game and Closes Studio Amid Shift to Established Franchises
- Electronic Arts (EA) announces layoffs of around 5% of its workforce, impacting approximately 670 employees
- This comes less than a year after EA's last round of layoffs amounting to 6% of staff
- EA is cancelling unnamed future games based on licensed IPs to focus on owned IPs and established franchises
- The company has cancelled the in-development Star Wars FPS by Respawn Entertainment
- EA is closing down Ridgeline Studios, which was working on a Battlefield game, without the studio ever shipping a title