Yesterday, Titanfall and Star Wars Jedi developer Respawn Entertainment revealed that it would lay off a number of employees and cancel two "early-stage incubation" projects. Now, it's emerged that these layoffs were part of a wider EA staff cut wave.
Respawn's layoffs were announced yesterday, but the studio didn't announce the numbers. Now, though, a Bloomberg report is claiming that the Respawn layoffs ran to around 100 employees, and that they were part of a wider layoff wave that saw "between 300 and 400" EA employees lose their jobs.
An EA spokesperson told Bloomberg that the cuts were part of "select changes within our organization that more effectively aligns teams and allocates resources in service of driving future growth".
Bloomberg goes on to say that one of Respawn's canceled projects, codenamed R7, was "an extraction shooter set in the Titanfall universe". The report also claims that said project wasn't anywhere near being released.
As Bloomberg points out, reports of EA and Respawn's layoffs come after what has been a relatively tough year for the publisher in terms of revenue. Back in January, EA admitted that big-name releases Dragon Age: The Veilguard and EA Sports FC 25 had underperformed, contributing to a "mid-single-digit...
