electronic arts mass layoffs in the Australian studio fire monkeyswhich develops mobile games. According to Kotaku magazine sources, inventory should be cut by two-thirds. General manager Joe Donoghue will also lose his position. The team must be converted to support one title – The Sims Freeplay.
So far, the studio has supported a couple of racing games in addition to the mobile version of The Sims. Real Racing 3 And Need for Speed: Unlimited. Both have to move to India for financial reasons. Indian studio Hyderabad will also take over development. Sims Mobile.
There was also a cancellation of development Real Racing 4. This has already been canceled after the first wave of layoffs in 2019 and then reinstated. EA is no longer looking to develop racing games at Firemonkeys.
In total, Electronic Arts lays off 6% of all employees. The restructuring also affected the Respawn studio. Unity, Riot Games or Microsoft are also significantly reducing the number of employees.
Source :Indian TV
