Polygon.com / 30.05.25

It feels like a long time since EA has known what it is for

On Wednesday, it emerged that Electronic Arts has canceled a single-player Black Panther game and shuttered the developer Cliffhanger Games. The studio was founded two years ago expressly to make the game. The news is devastating for the developers, of course, and dispiriting for gamers and Marvel fans. But its not surprising. Its the latest in a long line of cutbacks and cancellations from a publisher that seems deeply unsure of itself outside of its comfort zone of live service and sports. EAs CEO Andrew Wilson foreshadowed the Black Panther cancellation in early 2024. Announcing a wave of layoffs the first of several in the past 18 months he said EA would be moving away from development of future licensed IP that we do not believe will be successful in our changing industry, instead focusing on our owned IP, sports, and massive online communities. EA has cancelled Star Wars projects too (although it does still have an Iron Man game in development). Wilson seems to have decided publi...
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