EA sluit studio Phenomic

EA heeft besloten om de deuren van hun studio Phenomic te sluiten. Phenomic is onder andere bekend van free-to-play-games als Lord of Ultima en Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances.

"As part of EA's realignment in recent weeks, we have announced internally a small adjustment to some development staff to better focus our teams against priority growth areas. The decision to let people go is not something we take lightly and we are working to ensure that impacted employees are treated fairly and with respect for their contributions to EA, and with assistance to find other job opportunities."

"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"

De Duitse studio was opgericht in 1997 en heeft de RTS serie SpellForce ontwikkeld. Dit is ook meteen de grootste series die de studio heeft gemaakt. In haar beste periode had Phenomic zestig personeelsleden. EA geeft verder aan niet van plan te zijn om van het free-to-play concept af te stappen.