In recent days, a new news from the Electronic Arts company, which came to the agenda with jobs and cancelled projects. Ridgeline Games, founded in 2021, working on a single-player Battlefield game according to the information released.
EA company is going to shrink
Seattle-based studio was founded in the late 2021, and the story-oriented and single-player experience in the Battlefield universe was plastered. However, the co-founder of the studio last week was confirmed that Marcus Lehto was separated from the company for personal reasons. Lehto noted that the Ridgeline studio was not news from the closing plans by reacting to the news on the X on Wednesday.
On the other hand, the head of EA Entertainment Laura Miele announced that about 700 people will take out of work and reported that the Ridgeline team will also be completely distributed. Miele said that some developers who will work on multiplayer experience in the progressing process for the Battlefield series will pass to the Los Angeles-based Ripple Effect studio.
Gut punched to see EA lay off my team. So many very talented giants who were incredibly precious to the Battlefield franchise. https://t.co/N3lYSjeO6z
— Marcus Lehto ???? (@game_fabricator) February 28, 2024
