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Oct 29, 2026
Brad EllisHOST
Earlier this year, the company told investors it had planned to save up save up to $700 million in part by cutting research and development costs.
Brad EllisHOST
In a letter to staff Wednesday reviewed by Bloomberg, CA Chief Operating Officer David Tinson and Chief Studios Officer Cam Weber wrote that, quote, over the past several months, we've taken a hard look at our business and we'll cut some projects, including the next Mass Effect game, which was an early development at BioWare.
Brad EllisHOST
EA said it will continue investing in sports games, the online shooter Apex Legends and action adventure projects, including the next Star Wars Jedi title and a new game starring Marvel's Iron Man.
Brad EllisHOST
The company also said it plans to continue the Battlefield franchise and that its Respawn and DICE studios will collaborate on a new project, which is likely to be another entry in the Star Wars Battlefront series.
Rob TierneyHOST
Now, even that remaining team is being eliminated.
Rob TierneyHOST
In an official statement published Wednesday, EA Chief Operating Officer David Tinson and Chief Studios Officer Cam Webber confirmed that development on the next Mass Effect would not continue.
Rob TierneyHOST
The executives explained that EA was concentrating its investments on fewer projects, rather than supporting numerous expensive productions simultaneously.
Rob TierneyHOST
They confirmed that the decision to abandon the next Mass Effect also meant closing BioWare and its Edmonton workspace.
Bob WulffHOST
Because Battlefront 3 has been confirmed.
Bob WulffHOST
According to Variety, EA's Cam Weber, president and chief studios officer, and David Tinson, president and COO, don't like those guys, confirmed that the publisher is seeing strong success with first-person live service shooters, particularly Battlefield 6, not only for the future Battlefield titles plan, but the execs also said EA will be bringing together Respawn and DICE Studios to collaborate on a future project called Variety claims that from multiple sources have confirmed that the project is Star Wars Battlefront 3.
Bob WulffHOST
So it's
Will WulffHOST
DICE.
JoshHOST
And drastic cuts have come just a few months after EA went private in a leveraged buyout worth $55 billion, backed in a large part by the Saudi public investment fund, as well as the U.S. private equity firm Silver Lake and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners.
JoshHOST
In a memo sent to staff today, Cam Weber, president of Chief Studios Officer and David Tinson, president and COO, described EA as the number one publisher in Western HD gaming, but that our industry is changing quickly.
JoshHOST
Players have more choices than ever for their time and attention.
JoshHOST
Competition is intensifying and some of our biggest opportunities for growth are beyond the markets and platforms and business models where EA has traditionally been strongest, they said.
Simone de RochefortHOST
Um...
Simone de RochefortHOST
According to Jason Schreier at Bloomberg, EA Chief Operating Officer David Tinson and Chief Studios Officer Cam Webber said they're cutting 400 jobs, including 50 at BioWare, which is, you know, that studio had already been shrunk and shrunk and shrunk by layoffs after the failure of only selling millions of copies of Dragon Age Vale Guard last year.
Simone de RochefortHOST
And they're also canceling the next Mass Effect game, which was in development under a small team.
Simone de RochefortHOST
More on that later.
DolphHOST
The message doesn't specifically reference the layoff of around 400 employees at Electronic Arts reported by Bloomberg, but it does say some of the changes announced today are difficult, especially for the people and teams across the company who are already affected, which is the sort of mealy-mouthed guffaw put out by the C-suites when they don't want to say with clarity that they just hacked out a significant chunk of their workforce.
DolphHOST
One other thing I find interesting about this announcement is attributed to Cam and David, who I assume are Cam Webber and David Tinson, recently installed near the top of EA as President and Chief Studios Officer and President and Chief Operating Officer.
DolphHOST
The name of Andrew Wilson, Electronic Arts CEO, is rather notably absent.
DolphHOST
Make that of what you will, but for the record, EA confirmed that Wilson is still the Chief Executive.
Dylan BlightHOST
It is the first major move or restructuring of any sort that EA has done since it went private as a company earlier this year after Saudi Arabia's public investment funds, Silverlake, acquired it.
Dylan BlightHOST
In a memo Variety obtained, President Cam Webber and Chief Studios Officer David Tinson said, quote, over the past several months, we've taken a hard look at our business, how we operate and what it will take to lead in this next era of interactive entertainment.
Dylan BlightHOST
We've made the decision not to move forward with Mass Effect, which means we're closing the studio and our Edmonton workspace.
Dylan BlightHOST
Bioware is a legendary studio that helped define the role-playing genre, and we do not take that decision lightly.
16 MINS LATER
Dylan BlightHOST
But they also, it's a reading from you again for this one.
Dylan BlightHOST
They say, not only is EA closed down by way of cancelling the next Mass Effect, Electron asks, blah, blah, blah.
Dylan BlightHOST
In a memo, first thing to start from a publisher line, David Tinson, Cam Webber, said, quote, today we're the number one publisher in Western HD gaming.
Dylan BlightHOST
That's an extraordinary position to lead from and one we should be proud of.
Dan FinityHOST
Per Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, these cuts represent about 3% of EA's total staff and roughly 50 at BioWare.
Dan FinityHOST
A letter sent to staff today from EA's COO David Tinson and Chief Studios Officer Cam Weber said that they've taken a hard look at our business and we'll cut projects including the next Mass Effect game.
Dan FinityHOST
As we focus on these larger opportunities, we had a small team at BioWare working on early development for Mass Effect.
Dan FinityHOST
The letter reads, we've made the decision not to move forward with this development, which means we're closing the studio in our Edmonton workplace.
JoshHOST
Earlier this year, the company told investors that it had planned to save up to $700 million in part by cutting research and development costs.
JoshHOST
In a letter to staff Wednesday reviewed by Bloomberg, EA Chief Operating Officer David Tinson and Chief Studios Officer Cam Weber wrote that, quote, Over the past several months, we've taken a hard look at our business, and we'll cut some projects, including the next Mass Effect game, which was an early development at BioWare.
JoshHOST
EA said it will continue investing in its sports games, the online shooter Apex Legends, and action-adventure projects, including the next Star Wars Jedi title and a new game starring Marvel's Iron Man.
JoshHOST
The company also said it plans to continue the Battlefield franchise and that its Respawn and DICE Studios will collaborate on a new project, which will likely be another entry in the Star Wars Battlefront series.
Klein FeltHOST
as well as the U.S. private equity firms Silver Lake and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners.
Klein FeltHOST
In a memo sent to staff today, which was a few days ago as of recording, Cam Weber, President and Chief Studios Officer, and David Tinson, President and COO, described EA as, quote, the No. 1 publisher in Western HD gaming, but that our industry is changing quickly.
Klein FeltHOST
Quote, So, Bioware is done.
Klein FeltHOST
This was earth shattering news earlier in the week.
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