Apex Legends and Star Wars: Jedi Development Rebirth cancels another incubation project, affecting about 100 employees

EA canceled another incubation project today at Respawn Entertainment, while freeing many people at the same time in its incubation, Apex Legends and Star Wars: Jedi Teams Searpers.

Respawn announced in a post today in Today’s Studio that “decided to stay away from two early incubation projects and make some targeted team tweaks at Apex Legends and Star Wars Jedi.” One of these canceled incubation projects is the same It has been reported in March. another, Bloomberg Reportis an extracted shooting game in Titanfall Universe, named R7.

“These decisions are not easy and we are deeply grateful to each teammate who has been affected, whose creativity and contribution have helped regenerate the status quo today,” the Post continued. “We are providing meaningful support to those affected, including exploring new opportunities within the EA.”

IGN learned that about 100 people were affected by these changes, including Apex Legends for developers, publishing and quality check workers, as well as smaller individuals on the Jedi team and incubating projects. IGN also learned that at least some (though not all) of the incubation projects reported in March have been transferred to Iron Man for EA Motive, Battlefield and other projects. When asked, EA declined to comment on the exact number of affected individuals, saying it provided 30 days to find new opportunities within the organization and is working to find roles for as many individuals as possible within the organization.

Rebirth internally will continue to Apex Legends and the next iteration of the game, the next entry in the Star Wars: Jedi series, and support the upcoming Bit Reactor Star Wars game, Star Wars: Zero Company. EA declined to say whether any other incubation projects are currently underway.

In addition to these changes, Daniel Suarez's senior vice president of operations rebirth will be promoted to General Manager of Resprawn and will report directly to Vince Zampella. Previously, Zampella was also the GM Respawn of the studio he founded. Zampella will continue to oversee the battlefield and rebirth as GM Group and EVP.

especially, Just last FebruaryEA told investors that Apex Legends is “not the direction we want” and has been around for a while. CEO Andrew Wilson said Respawn is currently undergoing a major update called “Apex 2.0.”

“Our expectation is that Apex will also be one of these franchises and will have a larger, more meaningful update to the wider gaming experience (Apex 2.0) over the long-term timeframe, if you prefer. This will not be the final avatar of Apex.”

These changes continue to EA trends in cancelled projects, layoffs and restructuring. It started in 2023 Cancel 50 jobs in BioWare And one Unknown numbers moreand then continue 670 workers fired All company, including There were about twenty workers at the time of rebirth And canceled several projects. Recently, EA has recombined biological organisms. Transfer developers to other projects and Liberate others.

Rebekah Valentine is a senior journalist at IGN. You can find her post on bluesky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Is there a story tip? Send it to [email protected].

Previous versions of this article incorrectly stated that about 100 people were employed at the time of rebirth. This has been modified on the title and on the title. The article has also been updated to add more details about the projects ongoing in Respainn and Developer reallocations.