Little greater than two weeks in the past at time of writing, EA introduced it could be shedding 5% of its workforce, or 670 individuals as a part of a strategic shift.
That layoff, we now know, contains builders at Respawn Leisure, arguably the ‘crown-jewel’ studio on the EA Leisure facet of the enterprise. Much more egregious, the Apex Legends staff was impacted.
Degree designer on Apex Legends Aaron Stump took to Twitter to place out a message of assist to his now former teammates he’s upset to see go, confirming the Apex staff had been impacted.
“The Apex staff was hit with layoffs at this time,” stated Stump. “It sucks seeing a few of the individuals I’ve labored with for nearly 3 years now get let go. Hopefully, they land on their ft sooner relatively than later.”
It’s unknown simply what number of members of the Apex Legends staff had been impacted by this spherical of layoffs, although one specific developer who’s been let go is the worldwide social media lead for Apex Legends, Alex Ackerman.
Apex Legends is likely one of the greatest battle royale, reside service video games within the business, and has been one in all EA’s greatest money-makers lately.
It’s regularly upsetting to see builders laid off even if the tasks they work on and the video games they assist deliver to life are succeeding.
Hopefully these impacted are capable of finding new positions as quickly as potential.
Supply – [Aaron Stump on Twitter by way of VGC]
