EA Lays Off 670, Cancels Respawn Star Wars FPS | Game Mess Mornings 02/29/24

Grubb and Shawn go over more industry layoffs including 670 people from EA, Saber Interactive escaping Embracer Group, and the Yuzu team’s brief response to Nintendo’s legal action against the emulator.

0:00:00 Intro
0:02:38 EA Laying Off Around 670 People, “Sunsetting” Unspecified Games
0:24:04 EA Shuttering Marcus Lehto’s Ridgeline Games With Some Moving to Ripple Effect to Continue Work on Battlefield
0:27:21 EA has canceled Respawn’s Star Wars first-person shooter
0:33:02 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake Dev Saber Interactive Escapes Embracer in $500 Million Deal
0:37:10 Insomniac calls this week’s layoffs ‘a solemn and unprecedented moment’ for the studio
0:41:00 505 GAMES IS CLOSING OFFICES IN GERMANY, SPAIN, AND FRANCE
0:43:12 Remedy Secures Its Connected Universe By Taking Control Of Control
0:45:39 Neil Druckmann doesn’t think he has many large games left in him
0:48:49 Yuzu devs respond
0:55:02 Sega appoints ex-Disney exec as head of transmedia
0:58:06 Polls & outro
0:58:35 SMILE! Chocobo break. 🙂
1:00:22 Polls & outro, continued

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