Electronic Arts to Cut 400 Jobs, Shutter Development Studio BioWare

Electronic Arts, the video game company also known as EA, is set to lay off hundreds of staff members and shutter its development studio BioWare. The company will cut about 400 jobs, an estimated 3% of its workforce, according to a Wednesday report from Bloomberg. It's said 50 of those positions come from the shut down BioWare studio. In a memo to staff, obtained by the outlet, Chief Operating Officer David Tinson and Chief Studios Officer/President Cam Weber explained to employees that they had "taken a hard look at our business" over the last several months. The executives shared that . . .