EA Cancels “Titanfall 3,” Fires Over 300 Staff

Gaming giant Electronic Arts has cancelled a third entry in the acclaimed “Titanfall” franchise, and laid off more than 300 of its employees.

Around one-third of the cuts were made at EA-owned developer Respawn, which was developing the new “Titanfall” and an additional project. Both of those were in “early-stage incubation”.

The layoffs mainly affect the teams working on its ongoing live-service game “Apex Legends” and the famed “Star Wars Jedi” franchise that has a third entry on the way following ‘Fallen Order’ and ‘Survivor’.

The company is dubbing them “targeted team adjustments” in a statement posted on social media. They say they still support both of those titles:

“For ‘Apex Legends,’ that means not just delivering competitive, innovative seasons — but expanding what ‘Apex’ can be While the team will continue to refine gameplay and bring new ideas to upcoming seasons, we’re also investing in what’s next for the franchise – exploring bold experiences that push the boundaries of competitive play while staying true to the spirit of competition, creativity and integrity that our community expects. Within the Star Wars universe, we’re excited to keep building new stories — with the next chapter of the ‘Star Wars Jedi’ series aiming to raise the bar again for storytelling and gameplay.”

Response to the news has been as expected, users on social media platforms slamming the company for putting quarterly projections over retaining developers and joking about games being released in an even more broken state than usual.

EA shares declined by over 16% in January, a loss of $6 billion in market value, after a pre-earnings announcement indicated that “FC 25” and “Dragon Age: The Veilguard” had failed to meet sales expectations.

Bloomberg was the first to report on the sackings and scrapping of “Titanfall 3”.

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