EA cancels 'Titanfall' project in wake of company-wide layoffs

The recent news of large-scale layoffs in the electronic arts industry continues to attract industry attention, and the layoffs have also affected one of the industry's giants, Electric Arts (EA). According to Bloomberg, EA has laid off more than 300 employees this time, about one-third of which comes from Respawn Entertainment studio, which has created the "Titanfall", "Apex Heroes" and "Star Wars Jedi" series.

Respawn Studios issued a statement on its official X account on Monday, saying the layoffs resulted in the cancellation of two "early incubation projects".

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Bloomberg reports that one of the projects was cancelled earlier this year, while the other is a multiplayer escape shooting game set in the Titanfall universe. It is not clear how the game is going to be developed, but according to Bloomberg, it is still far from being released.

While we can’t fully understand EA’s financial situation, it’s worth noting that many of the games developed by Respawn Studios for EA have achieved great commercial success. Star Wars Jedi Survivors have achieved commercial success, and Apex Heroes has generated billions of dollars in revenue since 2019. With these successes, EA CEO Andrew Wilson earned $25.6 million in revenue in the last fiscal year.

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