Rebirth has quietly canceled the multi-person FPS incubation project

Apex Legends Developer Respawn canceled an incubation project this week and laid off many people working on the project in the process.

This news is the first Reported by Insider Gameswho sourced a now-not-storeable LinkedIn post from a former production coordinator, wrote: “My unannounced incubation project for the past year was cancelled this week, so I joined a group of very talented and kind people in the gaming industry who are looking for new roles.”

IGN was able to independently confirm that Rebirth had cancelled an unannounced incubation project. IGN understands this Multiplayer FPS (at least one post was listed last year) Spinned by members of an internal team that previously worked on Star Wars FPS on Respawn Was cancelled last year. IGN can also confirm that many have been fired as part of the cancellation. Although we cannot confirm the exact number, sources familiar with the project have characterized it as “small”. IGN also identified at least one person related to the project, and they have clarified that LinkedIn's departure was voluntary.

This continues the ongoing trend of EA’s cancellations, layoffs and restructuring, which begins in 2023 Cancel 50 jobs in BioWare And one Unknown numbers more. Almost a year ago, when the company's elimination was still 670 workers fired The entire company and closed several projects, including the aforementioned Star Wars FPS. As part of these cuts, About twenty workers who were reborn were unemployed. Since then, EA has reorganized BioWare, Transfer developers to other projects in-house and Let go of another key figure of unknown number.

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