EA is planning to cut a significant number of jobs, it's been claimed, and 'poor' performance of big budget titles such as Star Wars: The Old Republic and Battlefield 3 are said to be the cause.
Startup Grind reports the cuts were originally scheduled to happen on April 9, although the site claims "they're coming very soon".
According to multiple sources, EA is is planning to layoff between 500 and 1,000 people, which is between 5 - 11% of total company employees.
ZoomThe site claims Battlefield 3, which it spent $30 million marketing and only generated $13 million from, and Star Wars: The Old Republic, which received similar treatment and has supposedly already seen subscription numbers decline, are big contributing factors to the cuts.
The site also points out that EA has had a rocky year so far. It paid a pretty penny for casual game dev PopCap, its chief financial officer Eric Brown left, and it was voted the worst company in America.
Not nice news, if true.
