Digital Arts Inc. canceled a recreation primarily based on the favored Apex Legends and Titanfall franchises, in keeping with three folks acquainted with the matter.
The sport, which hadn’t been publicly introduced, was in manufacturing at EA developer Respawn Leisure. On Tuesday, EA, one of many world’s greatest online game publishers, gave a disappointing outlook for income within the present quarter. The corporate stated it was canceling the Apex Legends cellular recreation in addition to a cellular model of Battlefield and shuttered Industrial Toys, the studio behind it. EA additionally delayed the extremely anticipated Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, one other title in growth at Respawn.
Administration knowledgeable the unnamed recreation’s staff of about 50 people who EA will attempt to discover positions for them throughout the firm. Anybody who can’t be positioned might be given severance packages and laid off, in keeping with the folks acquainted with the matter, who requested to talk anonymously as a result of they weren’t licensed to talk to the press. An EA spokesperson declined to remark.
The canceled venture, code-named TFL or Titanfall Legends, was a single-player recreation set within the universe shared by the Apex Legends and Titanfall video games. It was directed by veteran designer Mohammad Alavi till he left the corporate in early 2022. Though the sport hadn’t been marketed, EA had hinted at it a number of occasions.