{"id":501746,"date":"2026-02-26T22:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T22:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/501746\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T22:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T22:42:10","slug":"roles-will-be-impacted-ea-announces-layoffs-from-burnaby-based-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/501746\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Roles will be impacted&#8217;: EA announces layoffs from Burnaby-based studio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Electronic Arts (EA) has announced layoffs that have impacted a wide range of roles at Full Circle, the studio behind one of its newest and most popular games.<\/p>\n<p>Burnaby-based Full Circle posted the news in an update to fans of Skate, posted online on Wednesday, Feb. 25.<\/p>\n<p>According to Full Circle, the studio is continuing to transform as skate. continues to evolve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re reshaping Full Circle to better support Skate\u2019s long-term future,\u201d posted Full Circle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese shifts mean making changes to our team structure, and some roles will be impacted.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"EA Layoffs\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2247449\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/EA-Layoffs-1024x1024.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2247449\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">EA<\/p>\n<p>Full Circle is an AAA video game development studio that was founded in 2021 as part of EA\u2019s network.<\/p>\n<p>Its LinkedIn profile lists it as having between 51 and 200 employees, with Skate being its current project.<\/p>\n<p>Tens of millions of gamers have played Skate since it launched in early access this past September, according to Full Circle.<\/p>\n<p>The number of team members impacted by today\u2019s layoffs has not yet been revealed. Daily Hive has reached out to EA for more details.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"1077 great northern way vancouver electronic arts\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1966682\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1077-great-northern-way-vancouver-electronic-arts-1-1024x576.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1966682\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kenneth Chan\/Daily Hive<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe teammates affected are talented colleagues and friends who helped build the foundation of Skate,\u201d added Full Circle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ea.com\/ea-studios\/full-circle\/news\/an-update-from-fullcircle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">online<\/a>. \u201cTheir creativity and dedication are deeply ingrained in what players experience today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis decision is not a reflection of their impact, and we\u2019re committed to supporting them through this transition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several developers affected by the EA layoffs posted updates on LinkedIn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been impacted by the layoffs at Full Circle,\u201d said one former employee. \u201cIf your team needs an Environment Artist and Designer with 9 years of experience, I\u2019m looking for work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey everyone, unfortunately, today was my last day at Full Circle,\u201d shared another. \u201cIf you are looking for a passionate and creative 3D artist, please reach out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>EA has held a number of layoffs over the past few years.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds were impacted as <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/electronic-arts-layoffs-april-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">massive layoffs hit EA Sports and Respawn<\/a> in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/ea-layoffs-employees-february-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">company announced layoffs that impacted roughly 5 per cent of its workforce<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And just one year earlier, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/canada\/electronic-arts-bioware-layoffs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">EA conducted mass layoffs from the famed developer BioWare<\/a> in what the company described as an \u201cextremely difficult day.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Electronic Arts (EA) has announced layoffs that have impacted a wide range of roles at Full Circle, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-501746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}