Electronic Arts (EA) is allegedly initiating another round of cuts, primarily impacting recruitment, customer support, trust and safety, and IT teams.<\/p>\n
EA confirmed it has entered into an agreement<\/a> to be acquired for $55 billion by an investment consortium comprises Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners<\/a>, back in September. In October, Electronic Arts addressed employee concerns regarding layoffs clarifying that there will be no “immediate changes” to its workforce<\/a>.<\/p>\n Now, just eight months on, Kotaku<\/a> is reporting that an unknown number of staff have been affected via anonymous sources and “12 separate public postings from individuals impacted by the layoffs.”<\/p>\n Members of EA’s Fan Care team were reportedly informed via an email from their head of department that employees would be expected to “adapt how [EA] works to better meet fans’ changing needs.”<\/p>\n The email added: “As part of this evolution, we are making or proposing to make changes to some roles, creating new roles, and moving certain work to different teams, locations, or service partners.”<\/p>\n GamesIndustry.biz has reached out to EA for comment. The company declined to provide Kotaku with a statement.<\/p>\n In March, EA laid off an unknown number of employees at four studios that worked on Battlefield 6<\/a>. Battlefield 6 had recently won Game of the Year at the UKIE Video Game Awards<\/a>, and sold more than seven million units in its first three days on sale<\/a> in October 2025, going on to become the best-selling game in the United States in 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n Electronic Arts also recently made redundancies at the Skate developer Full Circle<\/a>.<\/p>\n