Apex Legends developer Respawn Leisure laid off a number of builders earlier this week, and canceled an unannounced, incubated undertaking.
In accordance with IGN, a “small” variety of workers had been let go as a part of the undertaking’s finish. No less than one in all these exits was voluntary, however a former govt assistant (in a now-deleted LinkedIn submit) revealed the undertaking she’d been connected to since 2024 was gutted.
This undertaking is believed to be a multiplayer shooter Respawn had been hiring for over the previous 12 months. It is also the developer’s third undertaking to be canceled in as a few years. Respawn has a number of groups and has tried to department past Apex Legends and the Star Wars Jedi video games, however each makes an attempt had been canceled by father or mother firm EA.
The primary was reportedly a single-player recreation set in the identical universe as Titanfall and Apex Legends, codenamed ‘Titanfall Legends.’ EA canceled the undertaking in 2023 throughout a weak monetary quarter that 12 months, and since its director Mohammad Alavi left the studio a 12 months prior.
In 2024, Respawn canceled its second undertaking, a single-player Star Wars action-FPS. Its demise got here alongside the shuttering of Battlefield developer Ridgeline Video games, and each had been casualties of a 5 p.c employees discount throughout EA’s workforce.
Not a lot was recognized about this just-canceled undertaking, however in accordance with journalist Jeff Grubb, it was being dealt with by the staff behind the Star Wars recreation. Respawn’s final main launch was 2023’s Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, which was ported to last-gen consoles in 2024.
Together with the third Jedi recreation, which would be the first entry with out director Stig Asmussen on the helm, Respawn helps develop a Star Wars technique title. That undertaking, developed by Bit Reactor, was unaffected by EA’s cuts again in 2024.
