Respawn Layoffs Part Of Wider Cuts At Electronic Arts
A subsequent story from IGN has confirmed that EA has cut roughly 300 jobs total, including the approximately 100 affecting Respawn Entertainment. Screen Rant's original story on the Respawn layoffs continues below.
Respawn Entertainment has just been hit with another round of layoffs after multiple early-development projects were canceled. The Apex Legends and Star Wars Jedi developer went through a similar process just over a year ago, when a Star Wars game's cancellation happened alongside layoffs across EA's subsidiaries, drastically slashing the publisher's employee count.
As reported by IGN, a tweet from the official Respawn account announced the layoffs. "We've made the decision to step away from two early-stage incubation projects and make some targeted team adjustments across Apex Legends and Star Wars Jedi," the announcement reads. Respawn says the affected employees will be able to explore "new opportunities within EA." According to IGN, the two canceled projects were a multiplayer FPS and an extraction shooter in the Titanfall universe.
Per IGN, "roughly 100 individuals are affected by the changes" at Respawn. The layoffs have impacted a range of the studio's divisions, including development, publishing, and quality assurance. For...
