EA Lays Off Staff Across All Battlefield Studios Following Record-Breaking Battlefield 6 Launch

EA has laid disconnected an chartless fig of individuals from crossed its Battlefield teams, including workers astatine Criterion, Dice, Ripple Effect, and Motive Studios, IGN understands.

Individuals are being informed that the layoffs are taking spot arsenic portion of a "realignment" crossed the Battlefield studios, arsenic the squad continues its ongoing, unrecorded work enactment for Battlefield 6 pursuing launch. All 4 studios volition stay operational, though the layoffs look to beryllium impacting a assortment of teams crossed aggregate studios and offices. IGN has reached retired to EA for remark connected full fig and types of roles impacted, arsenic good arsenic for the circumstantial reasons for the layoffs.

Battlefield 6 was the best-selling crippled of 2025 successful the United States. It sold a "record shattering" 7 cardinal copies successful 3 days and was the champion motorboat ever for a crippled successful the franchise. While its run received a spot of a mixed effect from critics including us, we gave its multiplayer an 8/10 astatine launch.

However, the months since Battlefield 6's motorboat person seen the crippled statesman to conflict from spot to patch. Fans person criticized a fig of updates owed to reasons ranging from cosmetics to movement, and 3 months in, Steam reviews person fallen to "Mixed" from a "Mostly Positive" start. Major issues reported see disapproval of dense monetization, usage of generative AI for in-game cosmetics, and less contented updates than expected. The disapproval was dense capable that the teams delayed the commencement of Season 2 to let much clip to instrumentality assemblage feedback. EA precocious published a three-month roadmap for its expected updates.

Steam concurrents person besides dropped importantly pursuing Battlefield 6's large launch, erstwhile it deed a immense 747,440 peak. Steam concurrents are now, typically, successful the tens of thousands. For example, Battlefield 6 deed 67,000 highest concurrent players connected Valve's level yesterday. Of course, Steam numbers bash not overgarment the full representation of a game's popularity oregon success, fixed Battlefield 6 is besides disposable connected PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S. But they bash springiness america a consciousness of wherever a crippled is at, and successful Battlefield 6's lawsuit the drop-off whitethorn person been much melodramatic than EA had expected. Meanwhile, the free-to-play Battlefield conflict royale, Redsec, has had problems of its own, with a 'Mostly Negative' Steam idiosyncratic reappraisal standing for caller posts.

These layoffs travel conscionable months aft the unexpected decease of Battlefield franchise caput Vince Zampella successful a car accident. They besides travel arsenic EA is preparing to beryllium acquired by an capitalist radical composed of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners for astir $55 billion. However, the acquisition has not yet closed (it's expected to adjacent successful the archetypal 4th of the 2027 fiscal year, oregon April, May, and June of this year). IGN understands internally, EA is stating that the layoffs are unrelated to the acquisition.

Rebekah Valentine is simply a elder newsman for IGN. Got a communicative tip? Send it to [email protected].