Earlier in the present day, Digital Arts introduced that it will be shedding 5% of its employees. On high of that, the corporate introduced that it might be transferring away from sure video games primarily based on licensed IP, with Respawn’s upcoming FPS Star Wars sport reportedly being canceled
Though EA would not explicitly say that the canceled sport was Respawn’s FPS Star Wars sport, it is price mentioning that each one indicators level to that. Earlier this month, it was reported that the studio was engaged on a Star Wars Mandalorian sport that may happen in the course of the top of the Galactic Empire. At present, that is the one sport that appears to suit the outline of what EA is describing.
The upcoming Mandalorian sport was extremely anticipated for numerous causes. Before everything, it was as a result of it was being made by the identical studio that labored on Titanfall 2, a sport that was usually effectively-acquired. This, sadly, is a tragic development that EA has executed previously, canceling a sport that Respawn was engaged on. In response to a former developer, the studio had been engaged on Titanfall 3 for ten months earlier than EA canceled it.
Because of an IGN report, we all know that the folks engaged on the unannounced Star Wars sport have been reassigned to different initiatives, together with Apex Legends, Iron Man, Black Panther, and the Jedi collection.
Sadly, EA’s layoffs are simply one in all many this yr. Just lately, Sony laid off 900 builders, and final week, Till Daybreak and The Quarry developer Supermassive Video games introduced that it might be shedding 90 of its workers.