The troubling recent trend of mass video game industry layoffs continued this week. This time, it was Electronic Arts, considered one of the industry's biggest third-party video game publishers. Per Bloomberg,

In the latest blow to the video game labor community, Electronic Arts has confirmed layoffs at Apex Legends developer Respawn and the cancellation of two "incubation" projects at the studio. About 100 people at Respawn have been affected by the changes, a report said.

Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, citing people familiar with the cuts, writes that between 300 and 400 positions are being eliminated at EA, with about 100 of those