At the end of last month, EA announced that they would be laying off 5% of its staff, or about 670 employees. EA CEO Andrew Wilson said that the layoffs were due to ongoing restructuring to better support their business. Now, developers at Respawn have revealed that several of its employees were impacted as part of the wider cuts at EA.
Several developers at Respawn including Level Designer Aaron Stump and Senior Writer Peter Stewart took to social media and shared their thoughts on those who were impacted at the studio.
Other devs such as Alex Ackerman took to social media and revealed that they were affected even after being at the company for five years.
In addition to the layoffs, several projects were also affected. This includes the cancelation of Respawn’s upcoming FPS which reportedly was going to be a Mandalorian game where players would take on the role of a Mandalorian bounty hunter and capture or kill bounties for rewards.