A total of seven EA-owned studios are alleged to be hit by the publisher’s mass-layoff operations.
Pandemic, EALA, Maxis, Rupture Studios, Mythic, Tiburon and Black Box are all thought to be downsized as EA looks to shed 900 developers from its global workforce.
EA has declined to comment on where the layoffs have occurred.
Develop has the full story.
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