- EA has canceled Cliffhanger Games’ Black Panther play and closed the studio
- EA Entertainment -President Laura Miele told the staff that the decision was made to “sharpen our focus and put our creative energy behind the most significant growth opportunities”
- In the future, EA will focus on franchises like Battlefield, The Sims, Skate and Apex LegendsWhile I also support games like Motive’s Iron Manthe third Star Wars: Jedi Play, and Mass Effect 5
Electronic art has canceled cliffhanger -games’ Black Panther Play and closed the studio.
In an E email sent to the staff (as seen and reported by IGN), EA Entertainment shared, Laura Miele message and said that the decision to cancel the game and close the study was to “sharpen our focus and put our creative energy behind the most significant growth opportunities.”
The number of employees affected by the decision has not been confirmed at this time, but IGN understands that the total number of redundancies is smaller than the 300 roles that were cut last month over Respawn and several other studios.
It is also understood that EA has dismissed some individuals from its mobile and central teams.
“These decisions are difficult,” the Miele IE email wrote. “They affect people we have worked with, learned from and shared real moments with. We do everything we can to support them – including finding opportunities in EA, where we have been successful in helping people land in new roles.”
Mieles E -Mail also mentioned that EA will now focus on a small handful of franchises in the future, just as BattlefieldAt SimsSkate and Apex Legends.
The president also said EA will continue to invest in motive Iron Man Play and Respawns Third Star Wars: Jedi Play, tea Mass Effect 5While it also maintains its mobile business
Cliffhangers Black Panther The project was announced in 2023 and was worked on by developers who previously led Shadow of Mordor series.
Platforms were not confirmed at that time and there was no trailer to accompany the game’s reveal, but we knew it was an “original, third-person, single-player Black Panther Game”.
At the time Project Lead Kevin Stephens said the game would be a “final and authentic Black Panther experience”.
“Wakanda is a rich superhero sandbox, and our mission is to develop an epic world for players who love Black Panther and want to explore Wakanda’s world as much as we do,” Stephens said.
