Mass layoffs have been introduced EA, with the corporate set to chop round 670 jobs, which is roughly 5% of its whole workforce. EA has stated that as a part of its restructuring, it’s trying to pivot away from creating video games primarily based on license IP, however with numerous upcoming EA titles becoming that description, questions have been raised over what their standing is.
No less than two of them are confirmed to be secure. In an announcement to GamesIndustry, an Digital Arts consultant has confirmed that its two upcoming Marvel titles primarily based on Iron Man and Black Panther are nonetheless in growth.
Iron Man is in growth at Motive Studio, the workforce behind 2023’s Lifeless Area remake, as a single participant action-adventure sport. Being constructed on Unreal Engine 5, it’s at present nonetheless in pre-production, and job listings have recommended it might have an open world setting.
Black Panther, in the meantime, is being labored on by the newly-established Cliffhanger Video games, and will probably be an open world, single participant, action-adventure title, purportedly touting expansive choice-and-consequence mechanics that may permit gamers to form their very own tales.
Stories had beforehand indicated that EA’s partnership with Marvel would additionally cowl a 3rd sport, although its standing stays unknown.
Not all upcoming EA titles primarily based on licensed IP have survived the culling, nevertheless. Respawn Leisure’s single participant Star Wars FPS has been cancelled.
In the meantime, Battlefield studio Ridgeline Video games has been shut down.
