I just read a news article on the BBC today, "Star Wars game cancelled as EA cuts 670 jobs". The game is Respawn's project so I am thinking the 670 jobs are at Respawn. I question how this will effect Apex Legends? Time will tell, I am sure we won't get any news here until they yank the cord on the server. What EA told the press makes absolute nonsense. Read the article and voice your thoughts. My hopes and prayers go out to the 670 former EA employees looking for work in today's market. Sad very sad.

@XubunnytwoSomeone called Zorg at EA and told him to fire 500,000 people so he fired a million. It's just like that.

@Xubunnytwo Your title for this post is a bit misleading. Her is a bit more inclusive news piece of what is likely going on and in it https://nordic.ign.com/apex-legends/79420/news/respawns-star-wars-fps-is-canceled-but-work-on-next-jedi-game-black-panther-and-iron-man-will-contin Quoting the news article: "EA is focusing on in-house franchise such as Apex Legends in a pivot away from "future licensed IP." IGN understands that EA intends to reorient its business and development plans to focus on a handful of its biggest franchises, including EA Sports, Apex Legends, Star Wars: Jedi, Iron Man, Black Panther, Battlefield, Need for Speed, Dragon Age, Skate, and The Sims. IGN also has learned that a team is still working in pre-production on the next Mass Effect, though Bioware's current focus remains on Dragon Age." I think it is safe to say, Apex is safe.

@Airish85 Epic cut 16% last fall. Microsoft cut like 1900 employees in the games division recently and Riot cut like 11% of theirs. Every company is doing it. And from my experience even companies that do not need to do it will do it if everyone else is, just to cut some of the low performing away.

Relax guys. They will always need that one employer whose job it is to routinely ban me every time I attempt to create an Apex Legends account.

@reconzero I am pretty sure that guy worked for GM in Flint back in the 1980's but he went by the name Roger Smith back then.@Asmodeus566 sorry you don't trust the BBC news. I normally sit down with my cup of coffee in the morning and hit 3 news services online. This was breaking news on the BBC today, I have no idea how many people in total work at Respawn, but Star Wars sequel is a great loss. People losing jobs under EA is just bad no matter how they want to spin it. I linked the article to the posting and felt it does pertain to this game since Respawn is in the mix.

EA Cuts Jobs at Respawn: 670 Jobs Lost

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Asmodeus566
Hero+
1 year ago
@Xubunnytwo

Your title for this post is a bit misleading.

Her is a bit more inclusive news piece of what is likely going on and in it https://nordic.ign.com/apex-legends/79420/news/respawns-star-wars-fps-is-canceled-but-work-on-next-jedi-game-black-panther-and-iron-man-will-contin

Quoting the news article:

"EA is focusing on in-house franchise such as Apex Legends in a pivot away from "future licensed IP."

IGN understands that EA intends to reorient its business and development plans to focus on a handful of its biggest franchises, including EA Sports, Apex Legends, Star Wars: Jedi, Iron Man, Black Panther, Battlefield, Need for Speed, Dragon Age, Skate, and The Sims. IGN also has learned that a team is still working in pre-production on the next Mass Effect, though Bioware's current focus remains on Dragon Age."

I think it is safe to say, Apex is safe.
Airish85
1 year ago
1+1

Fortnite/Epic Games announcing a big coop with Disney (Star Wars, Marvel, cartoons etcetc). https://youtu.be/Yf2bRcSIUsE?si=3_utE2RNxmc9r5Yl

EA focusing on in house stuff and cutting jobs.
Looks like they lost account/licensing deal and had to cut jobs because of it.

Understandable and sad situation. But could also mean Apex gets more interest inside the company => improvements on the game (or even better Apex 2.0 done correctly from the start 🤞)
hayhor
Hero
1 year ago
@Airish85 Epic cut 16% last fall. Microsoft cut like 1900 employees in the games division recently and Riot cut like 11% of theirs. Every company is doing it. And from my experience even companies that do not need to do it will do it if everyone else is, just to cut some of the low performing away.
ialwaysgetb4nne
1 year ago
Relax guys. They will always need that one employer whose job it is to routinely ban me every time I attempt to create an Apex Legends account.
reconzero
Seasoned Ace
1 year ago
@Xubunnytwo

Someone called Zorg at EA and told him to fire 500,000 people so he fired a million. It's just like that.
Xubunnytwo
1 year ago
@reconzero I am pretty sure that guy worked for GM in Flint back in the 1980's but he went by the name Roger Smith back then.

@Asmodeus566 sorry you don't trust the BBC news. I normally sit down with my cup of coffee in the morning and hit 3 news services online. This was breaking news on the BBC today, I have no idea how many people in total work at Respawn, but Star Wars sequel is a great loss. People losing jobs under EA is just bad no matter how they want to spin it. I linked the article to the posting and felt it does pertain to this game since Respawn is in the mix.
Airish85
1 year ago
@hayhor So 670 jobs out ~13 000 means they cut significantly less than the competitors. Also if you look closely the cuts were targeting certain studios & projects like the new Star Wars FPS game that was in development that support my theory of losing the IP license to Epic.
Asmodeus566
Hero+
1 year ago
@Xubunnytwo

BBC is fine. No worries there.

I just found the IGN article to be a bit more in depth and informational.
hayhor
Hero
1 year ago
@Airish85They didn't lose the IP license. Respawn is still making the next Jedi game. The SW game that was cut was an entirely new Mandalorian game that was in very early development. Disney is specifically targeting fortnite. They already have skins for SW and other Disney stuff. Now fortnite will probably have modes and stuff that are related. Who knows. They invested a lot in Epic.
el7uarvszheo
1 year ago
Maybe ea started to understand how bad company respawn is. They can't fix simple things for months and when they fix it, they create another issue. I don't think any company will right mind give a serious project to respawn.

So maybe ea realised that respawn milking them for money. It should be the opposite, the publisher needs to milk development company for money lol