Electronic Arts has endured another wave of layoffs, shuttering one of its studios and scrapping another highly anticipated project. According to IGN, the studio working on EA's next Black Panther game, Cliffhanger Games, has closed, hence the game has been shelved. In 2023, the untitled Black Panther game was initially revealed. Although the game was advertised as an open-world, third-person, single-player action-adventure game set in Wakanda, not much has been revealed about it in the years afterward.

The game was being created by Cliffhanger Games, a recently established triple-A development studio in Seattle that was composed of seasoned professionals who had contributed to some of the biggest video game titles in the world.  Kevin Stevens, the former leader of Monolith Productions studio, who was in charge of the Middle-earth games' development, was directing the Black Panther game with the help of seasoned directors from Halo, god of War, and Call of Duty. 

Even though I didn't know much about the game, the mere idea that it had one of Marvel's most well-known superheroes created a great deal of excitement.
 
Although EA has not directly responded to inquiries from the media, an internal memo sent to employees clarified that the recent layoffs and cancellations are being carried out in order to "sharpen our focus and put our creative energy behind the most significant growth opportunities."
 
Over the past few months, EA has experienced several rounds of layoffs that have affected hundreds of former employees and all departments inside the organization.  

"These decisions are hard," Miele wrote. "They affect people we’ve worked with, learned from, and shared real moments with. We’re doing everything we can to support them — including finding opportunities within EA, where we’ve had success helping people land in new roles."

About 300 to 400 workers were let go by EA just last month, including about 100 at Respawn Entertainment, the company behind Titanfall and Apex Legends.  A new Titanfall game that was in the early stages of production was also canceled as a result of this.
 
The company-wide reorganization that included these layoffs was initially revealed last year.  Andrew Wilson, the CEO of EA at the time, had admitted that the impact will be felt by about 5% of the company's employees.
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G GOWTHAM

29/05/2025 10:55 AM