A brand new report has claimed that EA has canceled improvement of its upcoming Black Panther sport, with the studio behind the sport additionally apparently having been shuttered.
The report comes courtesy of IGN, which claims to have seen an inner e-mail from EA Leisure president Laura Miele saying the choice. Within the e-mail, Miele reportedly stated the choice was to permit the corporate to “sharpen [its] focus” and “put inventive vitality behind probably the most vital progress alternatives,” one thing that apparently didn’t embody an enormous finances Marvel-licensed online game.
IGN was unable to verify the quantity of builders laid off through the determination, with EA declining to remark, however the publication stated it understands the quantity to be lower than the roughly 300 roles lower at Respawn and different studios final month.
“These choices are exhausting,” Miele reportedly wrote within the e-mail to workers. “They have an effect on folks we’ve labored with, realized from, and shared actual moments with. We’re doing every thing we are able to to assist them — together with discovering alternatives inside EA, the place we’ve had success serving to folks land in new roles.”
The sport is the second big-budget superhero sport to be canceled in 2025, after Monolith Productions’ Marvel Lady sport was canceled in late February. WB Video games, Monolith’s dad or mum firm, additionally introduced on the time that Monolith can be shutting down, in addition to two different studios beneath the WB Video games banner — Multiversus developer Participant First Video games and Warner Bros. Video games San Diego.
The choice additionally comes after the announcement of Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra’s delay to 2026, with the Amy Hennig-led sport now scheduled to be launched early subsequent yr. The sport is being developed by Skydance Video games and can be printed by Plaion.
Three different big-budget superhero video games are additionally in improvement at varied studios: Marvel’s Wolverine, which is being developed by Spider-Man developer and Sony subsidiary Insomniac Video games, Marvel’s Blade, in improvement at Arkane Lyon, a Bethesda studio that’s subsequently a subsidiary of Microsoft, and Marvel’s Iron Man, developed by EA Motive. No launch date has been set for these video games.
