EA is adjusting its future focus of game development.IGN confirmed this morning that EA canceled the Black Panther game and closed developer Cliffhanger Studios, which EA explained was because the company intends to turn its focus to some specific game series.Previously, EA interrupted its cooperation with WRC, and Codemasters suspended the development of rally racing games.
EA Entertainment President Laura Miele told IGN that the company is focusing on "a small group" of game series, including Battlefield, The Sims, Apex Heroes, Skateboarding, etc.This means EA won't develop Star Wars: Frontline 3, although fans and former developers have recently strongly called on EA to develop Star Wars: Frontline 3.
However, Miele also clarified that EA Motive Studio will continue to develop the third game, "Iron Man" and "Star Wars Jedi", and will also maintain its mobile game business, and BioWare will continue to develop new work "Mass Effect".
The reason why EA Sports is not mentioned is because Miele is in charge of the EA Entertainment department, which is an independent gaming department.IGN understands that the EA Sports unit is not affected.
IGN also learned that EA's Black Panther game project is just one of the three games that EA and Marvel have reached a collaboration. In addition to Black Panther, there are also Iron Man and an unannounced game.IGN says the cooperation between EA and Marvel will continue.
"Our partnership with Marvel remains strong, and our long-term collaborations with multiple games continue," Miele told IGN.
Foreign netizens dig graves:
Dani Lalonders, a former Sweet Baby employee and assistant narrative designer at EA Black Panther, once publicly proudly claimed that his previous development team was not white.She deliberately and actively avoided hiring white people to participate in the production of her previous indie game ValiDate because she was worried that the presence of white people would bring an "unsafe" work environment to non-white members of the development team.