Apex Legends developer Respawn Leisure laid off a number of builders earlier this week, and canceled an unannounced, incubated mission.
In response to IGN, a “small” variety of workers have been let go as a part of the mission’s finish. At the very least considered one of these exits was voluntary, however a former government assistant (in a now-deleted LinkedIn put up) revealed the mission she’d been hooked up to since 2024 was gutted.
This mission is believed to be a multiplayer shooter Respawn had been hiring for over the previous 12 months. It is also the developer’s third mission 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 have been canceled by guardian firm EA.
The primary was reportedly a single-player sport set in the identical universe as Titanfall and Apex Legends, codenamed ‘Titanfall Legends.’ EA canceled the mission 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 mission, a single-player Star Wars action-FPS. Its demise got here alongside the shuttering of Battlefield developer Ridgeline Video games, and each have been casualties of a 5 % workers discount throughout EA’s workforce.
Not a lot was identified about this just-canceled mission, however in accordance with journalist Jeff Grubb, it was being dealt with by the workforce behind the Star Wars sport. 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 sport, which would be the first entry with out director Stig Asmussen on the helm, Respawn helps develop a Star Wars technique title. That mission, developed by Bit Reactor, was unaffected by EA’s cuts again in 2024.
