EA lays off staff and cancels a Titanfall game

Electronic Arts is reportedly eliminating “between 300 and 400 positions” and scrapping a crippled acceptable successful the Titanfall universe, codenamed R7, that was successful the works astatine Respawn Entertainment, according to Bloomberg.

“As portion of our continued absorption connected our semipermanent strategical priorities, we’ve made prime changes wrong our enactment that much efficaciously aligns teams and allocates resources successful work of driving aboriginal growth,” EA spokesperson Justin Higgs said successful a connection to Bloomberg.

In a statement posted connected X, Respawn explains that it had to cancel 2 games that were successful “early-stage incubation” and “make immoderate targeted squad adjustments” crossed Apex Legends and Star Wars Jedi. “These decisions aren’t easy, and we are profoundly grateful to each teammate affected,” the station says. 

IGN reports that astir 100 employees astatine Respawn were laid off, including developers, QA workers, and publishing staffers. IGN besides says that immoderate workers were moved from Respawn implicit to EA Motive’s Iron Man game, the Battlefield series, “and different projects.”

Additionally, Respawn’s SVP of operations Daniel Suarez is present GM of the workplace and volition study straight to its co-founder and CEO Vince Zampella. In 2021, EA enactment Zampella successful complaint of the Battlefield franchise arsenic portion of an interior shakeup.