# “Morale Has Been Terrible” – EA Workers Criticise Publisher’s Cost-Cutting After Latest Layoffs

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/morale-has-been-terrible-ea-workers-criticise-publishers-cost-cutting-after-latest-layoffs/
- Published: 2026-10-28T13:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T13:32:54+00:00
- Original publisher: Nintendo Life
- Original article: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/10/morale-has-been-terrible-ea-workers-criticise-publishers-cost-cutting-after-latest-layoffs
- Topics: Art, Business, Companies, Culture, Entertainment, Gaming

## Key points

- EA’s latest cuts eliminated around 400 jobs.
- Workers reported poor morale and pressure to use AI.
- EA plans to prioritise sports, Apex Legends, Star Wars Jedi and Battlefield.

## Summary

After EA cut around 400 jobs, including announcing BioWare’s closure, current and former employees described poor morale and a growing divide between staff and executives. Their anonymous accounts portray a workplace where cost-cutting, management’s push to use generative AI and a focus on live-service projects have left workers feeling unsupported.

Staff said teams were expected to maintain workloads with fewer people, while AI tools were made difficult to avoid. They also described layoffs as secretive: colleagues were not told who had been dismissed, and some workers received termination news in Zoom meetings with other participants hidden. The cuts followed EA’s acquisition by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, which reportedly left the publisher with about $18 billion in debt; EA says it will prioritise sports games, Apex Legends, Star Wars Jedi and Battlefield.

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