Electronic Arts has announced a change in strategy that will lay off 5% of its employees and cancel several projects, including Respawn’s Star Wars shooter. In this respect says On the company’s website.
As part of the restructuring, approximately 670 people will lose their jobs, several offices around the world and support for some monetization-focused gaming services such as MLB Tap Sports and F1 Mobile Racing will end.
The company plans to increase its focus on developing games based on its own intellectual property and abandon the release of games based on licensed brands. At the same time, work on the three-film Star Wars: Jedi, as well as Black Panther and Iron Man projects, will continue. However, Respawn’s in-development Star Wars shooter has been canceled.
EA also announced the closure of the Ridgeline studio. Some of its employees will move to the Ripple Effect studio and collaborate with the DICE and Criterion teams on the next chapter of Battlefield, which is being developed under the direction of Vince Zampella and Byron Beede.
Electronic Arts also assured that they will continue to work on the next installment of Mass Effect, but right now BioWare’s main focus is Dragon Age Dreadwolf.
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