{"id":1521935,"date":"2026-03-09T16:31:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ea-lays-off-staff-across-battlefield-studios-following-last-years-record-breaking-battlefield-6-debut"},"modified":"2026-03-09T16:31:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:31:46","slug":"ea-lays-off-staff-across-battlefield-studios-following-last-years-record-breaking-battlefield-6-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/ea-lays-off-staff-across-battlefield-studios-following-last-years-record-breaking-battlefield-6-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"EA lays off staff across Battlefield Studios, following last year&#8217;s record-breaking Battlefield 6 debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ea-lays-off-staff-across-battlefield-studios-following-last-years-record-breaking-battlefield-6-debut.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Despite celebrating a record-breaking launch for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/battlefield-2025\">Battlefield 6<\/a> towards the end of last year, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/battlefield-6-dominates-steam-charts-ahead-of-worldwide-release-as-analyst-estimates-over-100m-in-pre-launch-sales\">saw it top Steam charts<\/a> and move 7m copies in only three days, EA has laid off an unspecified number of staff across its Battlefield teams.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ea-lays-off-staff-across-battlefield-studios-following-last-years-record-breaking-battlefield-6-debut\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ea-lays-off-staff-across-battlefield-studios-following-last-years-record-breaking-battlefield-6-debut\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite celebrating a record-breaking launch for Battlefield 6 towards the end of last year, which saw it top Steam charts and move 7m copies in only three days, EA has laid off an unspecified number of staff across its Battlefield teams. 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