After laying off Battlefield 6 developers, EA pays its CEO $38M

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Post by robin_reala » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 12:54 PM UTC

After laying off Battlefield 6 developers, EA pays its CEO $38M
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Re: After laying off Battlefield 6 developers, EA pays its CEO $38M

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Post by elmer2 » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 1:30 PM UTC

This is the usual cycle of game developers. There are usually layoffs after a project, even if it's successful.

It's why I never chose game development as a career.

Re: After laying off Battlefield 6 developers, EA pays its CEO $38M

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Post by JoeAltmaier » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 2:16 PM UTC

elmer2 wrote: post #2

This is the usual cycle of game developers. There are usually layoffs after a project, even if it's successful. It's why I never chose game development as a career.

Contractors same deal. Work on some big company moonshot style thing and just as it's all in the can, you're let go.

Re: After laying off Battlefield 6 developers, EA pays its CEO $38M

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Post by know-how » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 2:26 PM UTC

JoeAltmaier wrote: post #3

elmer2 wrote: post #2

This is the usual cycle of game developers. There are usually layoffs after a project, even if it's successful. It's why I never chose game development as a career.

Contractors same deal. Work on some big company moonshot style thing and just as it's all in the can, you're let go.

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Re: After laying off Battlefield 6 developers, EA pays its CEO $38M

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Post by kbelder » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 4:31 PM UTC

elmer2 wrote: post #2

This is the usual cycle of game developers. There are usually layoffs after a project, even if it's successful. It's why I never chose game development as a career.

That's true, but in this case, I would have naively thought they would immediately start work on Battlefield 7.