After releasing EA Sports WRC and F1 23, Codemasters becomes the latest studio hit with layoffs

Codemasters has become the latest entry on the long list of places throughout the games industry to be hit by layoffs this year. These cuts follow the releases of both EA Sports WRC and F1 23 by the studio, which was bought by EA back in 2021 for a tidy $1.2 billion. As of writing it’s unclear how many staff at codies have been affected by the measures.EA has confirmed that redundancies have taken place to IGN, but didn’t disclose the number of employees that have been or could be let go. In a statement, an EA spokesperson cited a need to make “small-scale organisational changes that align our teams and resources to meet evolving business needs and priorities” as the justification behind the layoffs. Read more