EA Lays Off Unknown Number Of People Ahead Of Expected $55 Billion Sale To Saudi Arabia

Electronic Arts has undergone yet another round of layoffs, seemingly impacting its recruitment, customer support, trust and safety, and IT teams.

Kotaku has learned about these layoffs both from sources aware of the situation as well as 12 separate public postings from individuals impacted by the layoffs. The total number of impacted employees is unknown, but Kotaku has found online postings both from people formerly in several remote roles in the U.S. as well as a number of laid-off individuals from EA’s office in Hyderabad, India. Multiple individuals laid off from the Hyderabad office had been with the company for more than ten years.

An email seen by Kotaku sent out last Wednesday to EA’s Fan Care (customer support) team by an internal department head alluded to the layoffs as part of work to “adapt how we work to better meet fans’ changing needs.”

“As part of this evolution, we are making or proposing to make changes to some roles, creating new roles, and moving certain work to different teams, locations, or service partners,” it continued.

EA has been undergoing rolling layoffs for the last few years. It laid off over 200 Apex Legends testers in 2023 over a Zoom call, an unknown number of individuals at Codemasters, then later that year laid off almost 800 people weeks after posting massive profits, followed by even more layoffs at BioWare in August. In 2024, EA laid off around 670 individuals. In 2025, additional layoffs took place at BioWare, followed by another company-wide layoff of around 300, including roughly 100 people at Respawn, and the shuttering of Cliffhanger Games. This year, EA has already laid off developers that worked on Skate and Battlefield 6 despite the latter becoming the best-selling premium game of 2025 in the U.S.

The company is currently in the process of going private in an estimated $55 billion deal which will see it sold to a group composed of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake Partners, and Affinity Partners, an investment firm founded by President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. The sale has not yet closed, but is expected to close sometime soon, as a July 22 deadline for EU antitrust approval looms. EA reported net revenue of $7.5 billion for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, up 1 percent year-over-year.

EA declined Kotaku‘s request for comment.

Additional reporting by Ethan Gach.