Two months after selling to Saudi Arabia in the biggest leveraged buyout in history, Electronic Arts is overhauling its gaming portfolio and laying off 400 people in its first wave of major post-sale cuts . A broad overview of the plan was shared with staff today in a joint email from chief studios officer Cam Weber and chief operating officer David Tinson. In it, the two laid out what games the publisher will still be investing in and which ones it’s changing directions on. Mass Effect is out. Star Wars Battlefront 3 is in.
“Today, we’re the number one publisher in Western HD gaming,” the email, a copy of which was shared with Kotaku , said near the top. “That’s an extraordinary position to lead from, and one we should be proud of. Yet our industry is changing quickly.…