{"id":513566,"date":"2026-03-09T19:50:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T19:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/513566\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T19:50:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T19:50:06","slug":"battlefield-6-studios-reportedly-hit-with-layoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/513566\/","title":{"rendered":"Battlefield 6 Studios Reportedly Hit With Layoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Battlefield 6 was the best-selling premium video game in 2025, according to Circana<\/a>. That wasn\u2019t enough, though, to save the people who worked on it from layoffs. Electronic Arts has reportedly laid off an unknown number of developers across Battlefield Studios\u2019 teams, including workers at series creator Dice.<\/p>\n

On March 9, IGN reported<\/a> that Battlefield publisher EA had laid off an unconfirmed number of individuals and informed them that these cuts are part of a \u201crealignment\u201d across all of the studios that work on Battlefield 6. All four studios that make up Battlefield Studios\u2014Dice, Criterion, Ripple Effect, and Motive Studios\u2014will reportedly remain open and will continue to support Battlefield 6\u2018s live-service seasons and updates.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve made select changes within our Battlefield organization to better align our teams around what matters most to our community,\u201d said EA in a statement. \u201cBattlefield remains one of our biggest priorities, and we\u2019re continuing to invest in the franchise, guided by player feedback and insights from Battlefield Labs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Battlefield 6 launched last October and quickly became one of the biggest games of the year<\/a>. According to Circana, EA\u2019s gritty military shooter outsold even Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 in 2025 to become the best-selling premium video game in the United States. But that seemingly wasn\u2019t enough to ensure the people working on the game could keep their jobs.<\/p>\n

As previously reported in 2025, EA spent over $400 million on Battlefield 6<\/a> and allegedly had some wild expectations for the game. Some devs told Ars Technica that EA wanted Battlefield 6 to bring in 100 million players. Battlefield 1, previously the most successful entry in the franchise, only hit around 30 million players. Workers told the outlet that EA\u2019s goals seemed both unreasonable and near impossible. Those expectations might explain why, despite BF6\u2018s big, successful launch, EA is cutting workers. Another possible factor? That big Saudi deal.<\/p>\n

EA is currently in the middle<\/a> of preparing to be bought by Saudi Arabia\u2019s Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake Partners, and President Donald Trump\u2019s son-in-law Jared Kushner\u2019s Affinity Partners. As announced in September, the consortium is planning to buy EA for $55 billion, and shortly after announcing the deal, EA promised<\/a> no \u201cimmediate changes\u201d to its workforce. EA\u2019s shareholders have already approved the deal<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Update: 3\/9\/26, 1:00 p.m. ET: Added comment from EA about the layoffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Battlefield 6 was the best-selling premium video game in 2025, according to Circana. That wasn\u2019t enough, though, to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[20441,2539,74],"class_list":["post-513566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-battlefield-6","tag-layoffs","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}