EA Lays Off Staff Across All Battlefield Studios Following Record-Breaking Battlefield 6 Launch

EA has laid out an unknown variety of people from throughout its Battlefield groups, together with employees at Criterion, Dice, Ripple Effect, and Motive Studios, IGN understands.

Individuals are being knowledgeable that the layoffs are going down as a part of a “realignment” throughout the Battlefield studios, because the group continues its ongoing, reside service assist for Battlefield 6 following launch. All 4 studios will stay operational, though the layoffs appear to be impacting quite a lot of groups throughout a number of studios and workplaces.

IGN requested EA for touch upon complete quantity and kinds of roles impacted, in addition to for the particular causes for the layoffs. An EA spokesperson informed 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.”

Battlefield 6 was the best-selling game of 2025 in the United States. It offered a “record shattering” 7 million copies in three days and was the best launch ever for a game in the franchise. While its campaign received a bit of a mixed response from critics including us,we gave its multiplayer an 8/10 at launch.

However, the months since Battlefield 6’s launch have seen the sport start to wrestle from patch to patch. Fans have criticized quite a few updates resulting from causes starting from cosmetics to motion, and three months inSteam opinions have did not “Mixed” from a “Mostly Positive” begin. Major points reported embody criticism of heavy monetization, use of generative AI for in-game cosmetics, and fewer content material updates than anticipated. The criticism was heavy sufficient that the groups delayed the start of Season 2 to permit extra time to implement group suggestions. EA recently published a three-month roadmap for its anticipated updates.

Steam concurrents have additionally dropped considerably following Battlefield 6’s huge launch, when it hit an enormous 747,440 peak. Steam concurrents at the moment are, usually, within the tens of hundreds. For instance, Battlefield 6 hit 67,000 peak concurrent gamers on Valve’s platform yesterday. Of course, Steam numbers do not paint the entire image of a recreation’s reputation or success, given Battlefield 6 can also be obtainable on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S. But they do give us a way of the place a recreation is at, and in Battlefield 6’s case the drop-off could have been extra dramatic than EA had anticipated. Meanwhile, the free-to-play Battlefield battle royale, Redsec, has had issues of its personal, with a ‘Mostly Negative’ Steam person evaluation ranking for latest posts.

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