EA Shuts Down Battlefield Single-Player Developer Ridgeline Games - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 March 2024 / 2,824 Views
As part of a round of layoffs, Electronic Arts has announced it is shutting down Ridgeline Games.
The studio was founded in late 2021 and was developing a Battlefield single-player game. Some of its developers will be moved to work at Ripple Effect, which is based in Los Angeles.
Danny Isaac and Darren White at Criterion Games will be overseeing future Battlefield single-player games following Marcus Lehto leaving the company this week, according to IGN.
"Gut punched to see EA lay off my team," said Lehto via Twitter after he found out EA was doing a round of layoffs. "So many very talented devs who were incredibly valuable to the Battlefield franchise."
EA is laying off five percent of its workforce. The publisher had 13,400 employees at the end of March 2023, which would mean around 670 people will be let go.
The publisher is closing some offices and sunsetting some live service games, as well as moving away from developing future games based on licensed IP that they do not believe will be successful as the industry continues to change.
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