EA has not revealed the actual number of people laid off today. They did, however, confirm that the PopCap HD studio was unaffected. PopCap HD is the studio that worked on Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare.
“The changes we made today at PopCap were painful and we’re sorry to lose some of our friends and colleagues,” studio general manager John Vechey said in a statement via email. “But it was also necessary in order to stay on course with our future plans for mobile games, live services, and new IP. PopCap is a studio that made its name building great games that the world can fall in love with, and that’s what we’ll continue to do.”
(via GI)
I wonder if this isn't a "changing of the guard" layoff thing than just "projects are done and we gotta let some people go."
Anyone heard any side news about that?