EA Lays Off More Staff as They ‘Sharpen Their Focus’ for Next-Gen

<p>EA has laid off more of their employees as they prepare for the move to the next generation of game systems&period; An exact number of the employees who have been laid off is unknown&comma; but it should be mentioned that EA&&num;8217&semi;s Montreal studio has not been affected to the point of closing down&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a statement provided to <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ign&period;com&sol;articles&sol;2013&sol;04&sol;11&sol;ea-lays-off-staff-streamlining-operations-for-next-gen">IGN<&sol;a> and other outlets&comma; an EA representative said the following&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>EA is sharpening its focus to provide games for new platforms and mobile&period; In some cases&comma; this involves reducing team sizes as we evolve into a more efficient organization&period; These are difficult decisions to let go of good people who have made important contributions to EA&comma; and whenever possible we retrain or relocate employees with help from <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;utahsmovingandstorage&period;com">full service moving companies<&sol;a>&period; <&sol;em><em>Streamlining our operations will help ensure EA is bringing the best next-generation games to players around the world&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>E<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;electronic-arts-laying-staff&sol;">A laid off a number of employees in February<&sol;a>&comma; which affected their Los Angeles and Montreal locations&period; At the time&comma; EA stated that they we shifting focus to mobile and console tech&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;