Digital Arts has introduced that it’s shedding roughly 670 folks, and as you may think, a variety of studios owned by the corporate are set to be impacted. One of many extra extreme circumstances is Ridgeline Video games, which is being shuttered solely. This follows the studio’s head and narrative director Marcus Lehto lately saying his departure.
The studio’s closure was revealed in a press release by EA’s president of leisure and know-how, Laura Miele, who acknowledged that growth of future Battlefield single participant content material is being taken over by Criterion Video games, which was confirmed to be engaged on the franchise final September, whereas some members of the crew at Ridgeline may also be provided roles at Ripple Impact Studios, which is growing a standalone multiplayer Battlefield expertise (allegedly a free-to-play battle royale title).
“Our imaginative and prescient for Battlefield is bold and thrilling,” Miele wrote. “The mission is making significant progress, because of the sturdy management of Vince Zampella and Byron Beede and devoted studios dedicated to constructing a Battlefield platform our followers will love. At present, now we have the biggest Battlefield crew within the franchise’s historical past, with passionate folks in place throughout the globe and our studios organized to learn from each franchise and native management.
“Marcus Lehto lately made a private choice to depart the mission. To make sure our work continues uninterrupted, we instantly appointed management at Criterion to supervise our single-player work. As a part of this transformation, we’ll be winding down Ridgeline as a standalone studio in Seattle, with some crew members becoming a member of Ripple Impact. They’ll proceed to work with groups throughout DICE, Ripple, and Criterion as they construct the subsequent Battlefield expertise.”
EA first confirmed in 2021 that it had established a brand new studio in Seattle to work on narrative-driven single participant campaigns for future Battlefield instalments, earlier than formally unveiling the studio as Ridgeline Video games the next 12 months. Later, it was confirmed that the crew was working with DICE on the subsequent Battlefield recreation. Latest studies have claimed that the title is focusing on an October 2025 launch.
One other studio that has been impacted by Digital Arts’ mass layoffs is Respawn Leisure, with EA having confirmed that the studio’s single participant Star Wars FPS has been cancelled.
