The bloodletting continues at Digital Arts, which has confirmed an IGN report that the Black Panther recreation introduced in 2023 has been cancelled. Developer Cliffhanger Video games is being closed because of the cancellation, and individually EA can also be making different layoffs throughout a few of its different groups, though the variety of individuals being put out of labor is unknown.
The cancellation of the Black Panther recreation was relayed to workers in an electronic mail despatched by EA Leisure and Know-how president Laura Miele, in line with the report. Miele stated within the electronic mail that the choice to halt the mission and shutter the studio was essential to “sharpen our focus and put our artistic power behind probably the most important development alternatives.”
Meaning Battlefield, The Sims, Skate, and Apex Legends, Miele stated, though EA will even proceed work on the Iron Man recreation introduced in 2022, the brand new Star Wars: Jedi recreation in growth, and the subsequent Mass Impact recreation.
“These selections are exhausting,” Miele wrote within the electronic mail. “They have an effect on individuals we’ve labored with, discovered from, and shared actual moments with. We’re doing every part we will to assist them—together with discovering alternatives inside EA, the place we’ve had success serving to individuals land in new roles.”
The top of the Black Panther recreation and shutdown of Cliffhanger—which, once more, was based lower than two years in the past—comes lower than a month after EA laid off between 300 and 400 workers and cancelled two “incubation initiatives.” That occurred simply three months after the corporate made important cuts to BioWare following the failure of Dragon Age: The Veilguard to satisfy gross sales projections.
