It’s all about «driving future growth,» you see.
Electronic Arts has reportedly laid off 300 and 400 people, according to a new Bloomberg report, including roughly 100 at Apex Legends studio Respawn Entertainment. Respawn has also cancelled at least two early-in-development projects, one of which was reportedly a Titanfall-based extraction shooter.
«As part of our continued focus on our long-term strategic priorities, we’ve made select changes within our organization that more effectively aligns teams and allocates resources in service of driving future growth», an EA rep said in a statement provided to the site.
Respawn separately confirmed its own layoffs and cancellations in a carefully massaged statement on X that, just like EA’s, manages to avoid the words «cancelled» and «layoffs» entirely.
