Codemasters plans to lay off some employees in the immediate future, marking its second round of downsizing in less than two years, the company has announced. This is the second Electronic Arts subsidiary to have confirmed layoffs in the last few days.
In late April 2025, Codemasters announced that it wouldn't be renewing its World Rally Championship license, which was used as the basis for its successful WRC series. While a limited version of the company's license runs until 2027, work on its latest rally game—EA Sports WRC, released in 2023—has already ceased.
In its latest round of staff cuts, EA is laying off an unknown number of developers at Codemasters, the studio behind F1 and Grid franchises.
This new reality of no longer having a WRC license will lead to some near-future layoffs, with Codemasters confirming as much to VGC. While the studio is still coy with details, a company representative said that the group started looking at "reducing some roles" lately. Not all of the planned role reductions will necessarily lead to layoffs, as Codemasters has noted it is also exploring opportunities for affected employees elsewhere under the EA corporate umbrella.
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