Following its decision to cut six percent of its workforce last March, EA has announced another round of layoffs – this time affecting 5 percent of staff (around 670 employees) – as it moves away from “future licensed IP” toward its “owned IP, sports, and massive online communities”.
In an email to staff announcing today’s layoffs, EA CEO Andrew Wilson said the cuts were part of a continuing effort to “optimise our global real estate footprint to best support our business”.
In order to achieve its goals, Wilson said EA will be “streamlining [its] company operations”, “sunsetting games and moving away from development of future licensed IP that we do not believe will be successful in our changing industry”. Additionally, it’ll “double down on our biggest opportunities — including our owned IP, sports, and massive online communities”.
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