Weāve heard from a couple of sources that EA is cutting jobs today with estimates of as much as 10% of the workforce. EA wonāt comment on teams affected or the headcount, but this means that fewer people are working at the company that brings you everything from Madden to Battlefield to The Sims.
Hereās their official statement:
In recent weeks, EA has aligned all elements of its organizational structure behind priorities in new technologies and mobile. This has led to some difficult decisions to reduce the workforce in some locations. We are extremely grateful for the contributions made by each of our employees ā those that are leaving EA will be missed by their colleagues and friends.
These are hard but essential changes as we focus on delivering great games and showing players around the world why to spend their time with us.
As of last year, the company employed about 9,000 people.
EAās Montreal studio, which created the recent Army of Two: Devilās Cartel, appeared to be all but shut down earlier this year. EA has repeatedly declined to specify if thatās the case, though widespread layoffs there and in the studioās mobile devision, do seem to have occurred.
https://lastchance.cc/ea-lays-off-staff-may-have-shut-down-army-of-two-devel-5986029%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
EA has declined to confirm whether its Partners program has, as rumored last night and echoed by one of our sources, been shut down. The Partners program was used to sign top outside studios like Epic, Insomniac and Respawn to make games for EA. The former two made Bulletstorm and the forthcoming Fuse. Respawn, staffed by the people who made Call of Duty great, is at work on what is probably a new shooter and that will be shown at this yearās E3 in June.
https://lastchance.cc/report-ea-shutting-down-its-partners-label-480366810%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
The companyās CEO, John Riccitiello, stepped down last month.
https://lastchance.cc/ea-ceo-john-riccitiello-steps-down-5991181%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
