EA Axes Battlefield Staff in Shock Move After BF6's Record Sales Triumph

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Gameguru Mania News - Mar,09 2026 -

EA Axes Battlefield Staff in Shock Move After BF6's Record Sales Triumph - briefly
(hx) 06:07 PM CET - Mar,09 2026 - Post a comment / read (4)
Electronic Arts has laid off an unknown number of employees across its Battlefield studios—including DICE, Criterion, Ripple Effect, and Motive—as part of a "realignment" to bolster live service support for Battlefield 6.
Despite the game selling 7 million copies in three days to become 2025's best-selling U.S. title with a Steam peak of 747,440 players, concurrent counts have plummeted to around 67,000 amid criticism of heavy monetization, AI cosmetics, delayed Season 2, and problematic patches that shifted Steam reviews to "Mixed."
EA stated the changes aim to "better align our teams around what matters most to our community," affirming Battlefield as a top priority guided by player feedback.
The layoffs, occurring months after franchise head Vince Zampella's death, are unrelated to EA's pending $55 billion acquisition set to close in Q1 2027. Individuals are being informed that the layoffs are taking place as part of a "realignment" across the Battlefield studios, as the team continues its ongoing, live service support for Battlefield 6 following launch. All four studios will remain operational, though the layoffs seem to be impacting a variety of teams across multiple studios and offices.

IGN asked EA for comment on total number and types of roles impacted, as well as for the specific reasons for the layoffs. An EA spokesperson told IGN: "We’ve made select changes within our Battlefield organization to better align our teams around what matters most to our community. Battlefield remains one of our biggest priorities, and we’re continuing to invest in the franchise, guided by player feedback and insights from Battlefield Labs."

last 10 comments:

Csimbi	(12:23 AM CET - Mar,10 2026 )
EA is shit.

NakedFaerie

(05:14 AM CET - Mar,10 2026 )

When they take a good singleplayer game and make it multiplayer they ruin it.

Whats the better game right now? Last weekedn there was 2 big names came out. Marathons test and resident evil requiem.
Well, marathon saw 105\% of what they were expecting and RER got the most sales for any RE game and was the top hit that weekend.

PROVING singleplayer games ARE still a winner.
The article I go this from said in the last 10 years only 1 multiplayer game has ever won game of the year. NO it wasnt CoD or battlefield, they never have.

Wasnt it the last 2 battlefields have no singleplayer campaign? CoD doesnt so I tried it for free on gamepass and didnt even finish the first mission. Its all multi and team based. You cant do it singleplayer so its a never buy for me. As battlefield is multiplayer based and has been for the last many versions of its games its also not in my buy list CoD was as it did have a great story and the singleplayer campaign was great.

NO game can have a multiplayer campaign. It just doesnt work. Even the team based ones dont work. Someone will always go too fast and you miss parts and they talk through the cutscenes or skip them.
NO, campaigns are a singleplayer thing.

So as long as they are based on multiplayer expect it to be a cash cow and expensive. and an endless money bucket to play.

Singleplayer games are the way to go.

So as battlefield are ending their team it looks like we wont be getting another battlefield game.

The big companies have no idea what real gamers want. We want a game we can enjoy NOT be indoctrinated into being an online warrior.
They are making drones the new soldiers and means of war. So the more you pay those multiplayer games and keep killing in war based games the more chance they will try to recruit you into a job with drones or soon controlling a robot on a battlefield for real.

Laugh all you want, but if you think about it, its all real and true.