- EA canceled the Black Panther game from Cliffhanger Games and closed the studio
- The president of EA Entertainment, Laura Miele, told staff that the decision had been made to “refine our goal and put our creative energy behind the most important growth opportunities”
- In the future, EA will focus on franchises like Battlefield, The Sims, Skate and Apex Legendswhile also supporting games such as patterns Ironthe third Star Wars: Jedi game, and Mass effect 5
Electronic Arts canceled the cliffhanger games’ Black panther Game and closed the studio.
In an email sent to the staff (as shown and reported by IGN), the president of EA Entertainment, Laura Miele, shared the announcement and declared that the decision to cancel the game and close the studio was to “refine our goal and put our creative energy behind the most important growth opportunities”.
The number of employees affected by the decision has not been confirmed at the moment, but IGN understands that the total number of layoffs is less than 300 roles that were reduced last month through Rapawn and several other studios.
It is also understood that EA has dismissed some people from its mobile and central teams.
“These decisions are difficult,” Miele wrote in email. “They affect people with whom we have worked, have learned and shared real moments. We do everything we can to support them – including the search for opportunities within EA, where we have managed to help people land in new roles.”
Miele’s email also mentioned that EA will now focus on a small handful of franchises in the future, as Battlefield,, SimsSkate, and Legends Apex.
The president also said that EA would continue to invest in the reasons Iron Game and Respawn’s Third Star Wars: Jedi game, the Mass effect 5While maintaining your mobile business
Cliffhanger’s Black panther The project was announced in 2023 and was worked by developers who previously directed the Shadow of Mordor series.
The platforms were not confirmed at the time, and there was no trailer to accompany the revelation of the game, but we knew that it was an “black Panther Black Panther” game “in the third person”.
At the time, the project manager Kevin Stephens said that the game was going to be a “final and authentic Black panther experience”.
“Wakanda is a rich superhero sandbox, and our mission is to develop an epic world for players who love Black Panther and who want to explore the Wakanda world as much as we do,” said Stephens.
