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Title: EA cancels Black Panther game and closes studio developing it

Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 21:32:58 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/gaming/ea-cancels-bl...

EA is cancelling its Black Panther game and closing the studio creating it,
Cliffhanger Games, as part of a larger round of layoffs at the company, IGN
reports. The third-person action-adventure game was originally announced in
July 2023 as one of several Marvel projects being developed at EA studios.

IGN writes that a smaller number of people are being laid off than the
previous round of cuts that impacted Titanfall developer Respawn, but EA is
still eliminating roles outside of Cliffhanger, including people on the
publisher's "mobile and central teams." EA is reportedly telling staff that
the layoffs are a way to "sharpen our focus and put our creative energy
behind the most significant growth opportunities."

As of right now, those "opportunities" include an Iron Man game in
development at EA Motive, the next Star Wars Jedi game from Respawn, and new
entries in a few key franchises, like The Sims, Battlefield, Skate and Apex
Legends. Beyond that, the company has EA Sports and the next Mass Effect
game, though Bioware has gone through multiple rounds of layoffs since 2023,
so there's uncertainty there, too. In a similar way to how it approached
Bioware's restructuring, IGN reports that EA is trying to find roles for at
least some Cliffhanger Games staff in other parts of the company.

Engadget has contacted EA for comment and will update this article if we hear
back.

EA growing disinterest in licensed games as been public since at least
February 2024, when CEO Andrew Wilson announced that the company was "moving
away from development of future licensed IP that we do not believe will be
successful in our changing industry." The company recently announced a new
strategy game using the Star Wars license ΓÇö Star Wars Zero Company ΓÇö but
that seems more like an outlier than the norm.

EA's Black Panther game wasn't the only project featuring the character ΓÇö
Amy Hennig's Marvel 19943: Rise of Hydra hasn't been cancelled yet ΓÇö but it
does seems strange the company gave up so easily. Black Panther made over
$1.3 billion during its original run in theaters. It seems entirely possible
the same audience that enjoyed the movie would show up for a new game
featuring their favorite Marvel character.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/ea-cancels-bl...
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