Electronic Arts Reportedly Lays Off 300 to 400 Employees, Respawn Cancels 2 Games - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 29 April 2025 / 3,114 Views
Electronic Arts is reportedly laying off between 300 and 400 employees, according to a person familiar with the cuts speaking with Bloomberg.
"As part of our continued focus on our long-term strategic priorities, we’ve made select changes within our organization that more effectively aligns teams and allocates resources in service of driving future growth,' said Electronic Arts spokesman Justin Higgs in a statement.
The layoffs include 100 people at Respawn Entertainment, which is also cancelling two games that were in early development. One of the games, codenamed R7, was an extraction shooter set in the Titanfall universe.
Respawn in a post on social media said it "made the decision to step away from two early-stage incubation projects and make some targeted team adjustments."
The developer is best known for developing Apex Legends and the Star Wars Jedi games. It will continue to work on the next entry in the Star Wars Jedi series and on new seasons and an overhaul of Apex Legends.
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Let's be honest, who would care if EA went under? EA probably had a lot of dead weight.
Probably so their CEO can have a golden toilet.
thats the growth the speak off 100% :)
Coles CEO in Australia has a Golden Toilet in his office. No joke, it's a thing
Or to paying to cover up their golden showers.
BOTH kinds.
The slaughter continues
EA Exec: "I'm going to make a hard choice to demonstrate my value" (fires 300-400 underlings and cancels their projects).
EA Chief Exec: "Well done! Here's a raise and promotion for doing the hard thing! I'll give myself a bonus for hiring you in the first place. That's the core of EA values, doing the hard things!"
Former EA Employee: "Did I just waste my time at the studio? Why did I get fired?"
EA Exec: "It was a hard decision for us all! Talk to HR." (Calls security).
EA… You’re being kind of a d*** recently.
Recently?
I blame the Series S
Ea and Ubisoft both scum of the earth,
Respawn is the only dev making ea money and yet fires em like it's nothing
Fuck u EA
I assume the sports games do okay. But EA seems much less significant at this point yet their value is still very high.
Madden and EA Sports FC print money
