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Following the shocking closure of legendary RPG studio BioWare , Electronic Arts has posted a lengthy missive laying out its plans for " EA's next chapter ," which sounds very much like cuts almost across the board.

I'll spare you the corporate gobbledygook about challenging assumptions, confronting assumptions , and imagining new possibilities , and cut straight to the chase: The plan is to do fewer things with fewer people focusing on its biggest franchises. What that works out to practically:

Shooters : More Battlefield , more Apex Legends , and "bringing together our Respawn and DICE studios to collaborate on a future project."

Action-adventure : Marvel's Iron Man and the third Star Wars Jedi game are still happening, but "beyond that, we will concentrate our efforts on fewer simultaneous, large-scale projects."

EA Sports : Full commitment to EA Sports FC , plus a new American football game creatively codenamed "Project Gridiron," and…