EA Has Stopped Development on the Project CARS Franchise - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 08 November 2022 / 2,216 Views
Electronic Arts in a statement to GamesIndustry announced it has ended developing in the Project CARS franchise.
"Today we announced internally an update to our racing portfolio. Following an evaluation of the next Project CARS title and its longer-term growth potential, we have made the decision to stop further development and investment for the franchise," an Electronic Arts spokesperson told GamesIndustry.
"Decisions like these are very hard, but allow us to prioritise our focus in areas where we believe we have the strongest opportunity to create experiences that fans will love. We are focusing on our strengths in our racing portfolio, particularly licensed IP and open-world experiences, and expanding our franchises to be more socially-led with long-term live services that will engage global communities.
"Games are at the heart of sports and racing entertainment, and with shifting fan expectations, we recognise the need to evolve our games beyond pure play, providing experiences for fans to also watch, create and connect with their friends.
"We are working with everyone impacted by this decision to place them into suitable roles across our EA Sports and racing portfolio, as well as other parts of EA, wherever we can. Our priority now is on providing as much support as possible to our people through this transition."
The series was developed by Slightly Mad Studios with the first entry releasing in 2015 with the latest mainline entry, Project CARS 3, releasing in 2020. The mobile entry, Project CARS GO, released in 2021.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Remember when they scammed Wii U owners for money? Then said it would come to Switch and lied about that as well? lol
Wasn't it originally marketed as a Wii U exclusive?
Any developer willing to sell to EA has a plan to shut down the company. EA has a disastrous record of shutting great studios, that selling to them is extremely selfish.
As far as I'm concerned if you sell you EA you are betraying your own workers, and surrendering your legacy to a horrible company in EA.
Also, the Bioware "doctors" who sold to evil EA have been fully protected by the complicit games media, who are engaged in a coverup of not criticising former leaders of companies who sold to EA.
Project cars 3 was the final nail in the coffin
Fair enough, racing games are a tough market. Need for Speed has brand name and is more arcade for EA, so it's not needed in their line up after Codemasters purchase. While Gran Turismo and Forza win in the sim department. However, would prefer they use Slightly Mad to try something else maybe? Not just ship them off to other teams.
I give them credit for trying to establish a new series. Can't fault them for ending it if the numbers didn't work.
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