EA Outlines Three Strategic Priorities as BioWare Edmonton Shuts Down
EA is trading breadth for concentration: closing BioWare and naming only a few large action-adventure projects, while protecting Battlefield, Apex, and sports, which tells investors where the company thinks its remaining leverage is.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
EA published "Building EA's Next Chapter" on October 22, laying out three priorities: strengthen core franchises, expand into new platforms and markets, and transform sports business. The post confirms BioWare's Edmonton studio will close. EA will focus action-adventure on Marvel's Iron Man and the next STAR WARS Jedi entry, keep investing in Apex Legends, revive Fight Night, and develop open-world football game Project Gridiron.
The statement frames the cuts as a selection problem. Franchises and global communities are named as EA's greatest opportunity and also where the hardest choices are required, and the BioWare Edmonton closure is the clearest example of that logic in practice.
Action-adventure work narrows to Marvel's Iron Man and the next STAR WARS Jedi game. Shooter stays funded through Battlefield 6 and Apex Legends, and sports carries the revival of Fight Night and Project Gridiron, an open-world American football game. A DICE and Respawn collaboration is also in the works; Variety reports it is Star Wars: Battlefront 3.
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