EA Is Streamlining Operations by Canceling a Star Wars Project in Development at Respawn and Closing Battlefield Studio Ridgeline Games

[Peter_Brosdahl]

EA is streamlining operations and has canceled a first-person shooter from Respawn and the closing of Ridgeline Studios. News began breaking yesterday when it discovered (via GamesIndustry.biz) that its latest filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission indicated a possible staff reduction of 5% or roughly 670 employees. This followed a similar course of action which happened last March. Not too long after this latest filing updates began rolling out that EA is in the process of undergoing multiple changes which included a letter from EA CEO Andrew Wilson to staff titled "Continuing to evolve our business and teams", that laid out the publisher's current strategy.

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[Grimlakin]

Wow... Cancelling a star wars project. It just suck.