EA is reportedly laying off recruitment, customer support, safety, and IT staff
Electronic Arts is conducting a new round of layoffs impacting various internal departments across global locations.
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The brief
Electronic Arts is reducing its workforce, with roles in recruitment, customer support, safety, and IT specifically affected. Reductions are impacting operations in both the United States and Hyderabad, India. Battlefield studio personnel are also among those included in this latest round of job cuts.
Reporting from GamesIndustry.biz, Kotaku, Game Developer, tbreak.com, and Rock Paper Shotgun highlights the wide scope of these departmental changes. Coverage emphasizes that the personnel cuts follow the launch of the latest Battlefield title. Internal messaging cited a desire to better meet the changing needs of fans.
The total number of individuals impacted by these layoffs has not been confirmed. Coverage does not yet specify the long-term impact on studio operations or future project development timelines.
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Quick answers
Which departments are affected?
The layoffs affect staff in recruitment, customer support, safety, and IT, as well as Battlefield studio personnel.
Where are the layoffs taking place?
Reports indicate job cuts are occurring in the United States and Hyderabad, India.
How many employees are being laid off?
The exact number of individuals impacted remains unknown according to current reports.
Coverage (8)
- EA lays off yet another wave of staff in the run up to sale to Saudi Arabia Eurogamer · 1d ago
- Electronic Arts has made yet another round of layoffs Instant Gaming News · 1d ago
- Just before the deadline for their $48 billion deal, EA is laying off long-time employees Mein-MMO · 1d ago
- EA are making another round of layoffs as they seek "to better meet fans’ changing needs", according to reports Rock Paper Shotgun · 1d ago
- EA cutting jobs at Battlefield studios after game’s biggest launch ever tbreak.com · 1d ago
- Report: EA conducts layoffs in Hyderabad, India and the US Game Developer · 1d ago
- EA Lays Off Unknown Number Of Individuals In Fan Care And Recruitment Kotaku · 1d ago
- EA is reportedly laying off recruitment, customer support, safety, and IT staff GamesIndustry.biz · 1d ago
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