Apex Legends developer Respawn Leisure laid off a number of builders earlier this week, and canceled an unannounced, incubated challenge.
In keeping with IGN, a “small” variety of staff have been let go as a part of the challenge’s finish. No less than one among these exits was voluntary, however a former govt assistant (in a now-deleted LinkedIn put up) revealed the challenge she’d been hooked up to since 2024 was gutted.
This challenge is believed to be a multiplayer shooter Respawn had been hiring for over the previous yr. It is also the developer’s third challenge 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 recreation set in the identical universe as Titanfall and Apex Legends, codenamed ‘Titanfall Legends.’ EA canceled the challenge in 2023 throughout a weak monetary quarter that yr, and since its director Mohammad Alavi left the studio a yr prior.
In 2024, Respawn canceled its second challenge, 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 p.c employees discount throughout EA’s workforce.
Not a lot was recognized about this just-canceled challenge, however based on journalist Jeff Grubb, it was being dealt with by the workforce 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 challenge, developed by Bit Reactor, was unaffected by EA’s cuts again in 2024.
