EA Cuts 1500 Jobs

10 Nov 2009 at 11:29:33 by Andy Alderson

EA has revealed plans to cut 1500 staff by April 2010.

According to GamaSutra, the cuts were confirmed before an earnings call yesterday and will include staff from EA Redwood Shores, Tiburon, Mythic, and Black Box.

"EA is performing well, with quality, sales and segment share up so far this year," said CEO John Riccitiello.

"We are making tough calls to cut cost in targeted areas and investing more in our biggest games and digital businesses."

GamaSutra’s sources have apparently confirmed that an unknown amount of redundancies have already been made at Tiburon and Black Box (home of the Madden and Skate series respectively, while Warhammer Online developer Mythic has reportedly lost 80 staff already.

Also yesterday, EA announced a $300m USD acquisition of social gaming company Playfish, which creates games for Facebook, MySpace and the iPhone. 

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