Unfortunately, some employees of the British studio will not be wished a Merry Christmas. Codemasters. Electronic art decided to fire an unspecified number of people. It was not even specified which team was being fired.
Codemasters focuses on racing games, creating F1 and WRC. They also include the creators of Project Cars from Slightly Mad Studios. Looks like this year’s games F1 23 And EA Sports WRC Didn’t sell as expected.
In a statement to US-based IGN, EA explained that the video game industry is constantly evolving and they are committed to offering players amazing games and services. But sometimes this requires organizational change and adapting teams and resources to changing business needs and priorities.
This is not the first time Codemasters has been fired. He was already a year ago has stopped development of a new part of Project Cars and an unspecified number of people were released. It was explained that the Project Cars series was not attractive enough for EA Sports.
Electronic Arts bought Codemasters in 2021 for $1.2 billion. Shortly after, Codemasters CEO and CFO Frank Sagnier and Rashid Warachia left the company. EA’s goal is to become a major racing game company.
Source :Indian TV
