Respawn Star Wars Shooter Cancelled Amid EA Mass Layoff

Respawn’s unnamed Star Wars first-person shooter, first confirmed by EA in January 2022, has reportedly been canceled because the writer pulls again on licensed video games amid a big spherical of layoffs.

On February 28, IGN reported that Respawn’s still-in-development Star Wars FPS had been canceled. The information was shared through a memo to workers from EA’s leisure president Laura Miele.

“It’s at all times onerous to stroll away from a mission, and this choice shouldn’t be a mirrored image of the staff’s expertise, tenacity, or ardour they’ve for the sport,” wrote Miele. “Giving followers the subsequent installments of the long-lasting franchises they need is the definition of blockbuster storytelling and the best place to focus.”

In keeping with IGN, the staff engaged on this now-cancelled Star Wars sport can be moved to different initiatives together with Apex Legends, Iron Man, Black Panther, and a 3rd installment within the fashionable third-person motion sequence, Star Wars: Jedi.

Kotaku has contacted EA for extra details about the canceled sport.

This information comes as EA confirmed extra cuts have been taking place on the writer. Earlier at present, EA introduced it was shedding round 670 individuals. An electronic mail from CEO Andrew Wilson advised staff the layoff course of can be “largely accomplished by early subsequent quarter.” This spherical of layoffs at EA is a part of beforehand reported cuts at Codemasters and Glu Cellular.

Wilson’s electronic mail mentioned that is half of a bigger plan at EA to pivot away from licensed IP, which the writer doesn’t consider can be profitable within the “altering trade.” It was beforehand reported by GameIndustry.biz that this led to no less than one sport being canceled, which seems to have been Respawn’s Star Wars FPS. This can be the identical Mandalorian-themed motion sport that was reported earlier this month.