More Layoffs Have Taken Place at EA

<p>EA has revealed the hard news that more of their employees have been laid off&comma; as the company continues to move towards new tech and mobile&period; In a <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ea&period;com&sol;news&sol;ea-organizational-update&quest;sourceid&equals;Origin&lowbar;AFF&lowbar;LS315&amp&semi;c&equals;TnL5HPStwNw&amp&semi;LSsiteID&equals;TnL5HPStwNw-XLeXXuG5qnGS31RYUBYHWQ">post of their own site<&sol;a>&comma; they had this to say&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;In recent weeks&comma; EA has aligned all elements of its organizational structure behind priorities in new technologies and mobile&period;  This has led to some difficult decisions to reduce the workforce in some locations&period;  We are extremely grateful for the contributions made by each of our employees – those that are leaving EA will be missed by their colleagues and friends&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>These are hard but essential changes as we focus on delivering great games and showing players around the world why to spend their time with us&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;kotaku&period;com&sol;layoffs-at-ea-today-481149396">Kotaku<&sol;a> reports that at least 10&percnt; of EA&&num;8217&semi;s total employees have been affected&comma; yet EA has not given specifics on who&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This is yet another set of layoffs that comes after EA laid off staff in both <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;ea-lays-off-more-staff-as-they-sharpen-their-focus-for-next-gen&sol;">April<&sol;a> and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;electronic-arts-laying-staff&sol;">February<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;