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It already feels like 2025 is going to be the year that the gaming industry lays everyone off, but the cuts just keep on coming as yet another studio has had massive lay offs. This time it is EA, who are cutting more than 300 jobs across the company, including around 100 jobs cut at Apex Legends studio Respawn Entertainment.

The news was initially reported by Bloomberg, who claimed that “between 300 and 400 positions” had been eliminated at EA, including the aforementioned cuts at Respawn Entertainment. As a result, Respawn have had to cancel two “early-stage incubation projects.” While neither the studio or EA have confirmed this, Bloomberg reports that one of those projects was an extraction shooter set in the Titanfall universe.

In addition to the cancelled Titanfall game, Respawn has said that the teams behind Star Wars Jedi and Apex Legends had been impacted by the cuts.

EA confirmed in the original report that layoffs had been made, though they didn’t acknowledge the extent of the job losses. “As part of our continued focus on our long-term strategic priorities, we’ve made select changes within our organisation that more effectively aligns teams and allocates resources in service of driving future growth.” Which is Corporate Speak for they’re cutting costs to boost profits.

With mounting job losses in the sector and uncertainty about how President Trump’s fascination with tariffs will impact the industry, it is a tough time to be working in video games. If teams that make popular, well-received live-service games aren’t safe from cuts, who is?

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