UPDATE: 2025/04/29 16:15 EST BY KYLE GRATTON

Respawn Layoffs Part Of Wider Cuts At Electronic Arts

A subsequent story from IGN has confirmed that EA has cut roughly 300 jobs total, including the approximately 100 affecting Respawn Entertainment. Screen Rant's original story on the Respawn layoffs continues below.

Star Wars game's cancellation happened alongside layoffs across EA's subsidiaries, drastically slashing the publisher's employee count.

As reported by IGN, a tweet from the official Respawn announced the layoffs. "We've made the decision to step away from two early-stage incubation projects and make some targeted team adjustments across Apex Legends and Star Wars Jedi," the announcement reads. Respawn says the affected employees will be able to explore "new opportunities within EA." According to IGN, the two canceled projects were a multiplayer FPS and an extraction shooter in the Titanfall universe.

Roughly 100 Employees Affected By Respawn Canceling Two Games

Respawn Now Working On Three Known Projects

Per IGN, "roughly 100 individuals are affected by the changes" at Respawn. The layoffs have impacted a range of the studio's divisions, including development, publishing, and quality assurance. For those that have moved to other EA studios, some have landed at EA Motive, which is working on an Iron Man game, or one of the other so-called Battlefield Studios – DICE, Criterion, and Ripple Effect – which are creating the next Battlefield entry, currently undergoing playtests.

Respawn's now canceled multiplayer FPS appears to have been the project that followed the aforementioned Star Wars FPS, which was set to feature a Mandalorian as the playable character. The core team from the Mandalorian game moved onto this multiplayer FPS, before it too was canceled and many of its developers laid off.

The Titanfall extraction shooter, according to Bloomberg, was code-named R7. Apex Legends is itself a Titanfall spin-off, taking place in the same setting, but the mech FPS series has not had a proper installment since 2016's Titanfall 2.

Canceled Respawn Entertainment Projects Dash Hopes For Titanfall 3

Respawn Renews Investment In Apex

Respawn's newly abandoned projects are another blow to fans' hopes for a third Titanfall. The series started with a focus on multiplayer, but the sequel is widely celebrated as one of the more inventive first-person shooter campaigns, in addition to its beloved multiplayer gameplay. Apex Legends uses the setting to host its battle royale, and one of the canceled projects, R7, reportedly would have taken a similar tack: another Titanfall spin-off in the extraction shooter genre.

Many studios seem to think the extraction shooter genre is ripe for another hit. Just this year, we expect Bungie's Marathon, Embark Studios' ARC Raiders, and Good Fun Corporation's Hunger to enter the scene.

Following R7's cancelation, according to Respawn's announcement, Apex Legends is getting renewed investment, "not just delivering competitive, innovative seasons – but expanding what Apex can be." This leaves Respawn Entertainment with three known projects in development: ongoing for Apex Legends, the sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, and its collaborative work with Bit Reactor on the newly announced Star Wars Zero Company.

Sources: Respawn Entertainment/Twitter (via IGN), Bloomberg