Maxis and others appear hit by 400-strong layoff wave

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Apparently the cliché "when it rains, it pours" also applies to corporate feculence. In addition to shutting down storied RPG makers BioWare , EA are reportedly cutting staff at The Sims developers Maxis, as well as Skate studio Full Circle and Battlefield 6 co-devs Ripple Effect.

EA's internal announcement - first made public by Bloomberg - allegedly declared that 400 staffers would be laid off. That greatly outnumbers the 50 or so that were working at BioWare, but the memo failed to specify which other studios would be affected. Vertical Slice have since reported that Maxis and Ripple Effect are among EA's targets, citing multiple LinkedIn posts by laid-off staff. Numerous Full Circle devs have also revealed their own redundancies.

Many of the affected are experienced staff who've been with their respective studios for years.…