The EA has shut down the CliffHhenger Games and canceled the team’s upcoming Black Panther Games. This year marks the third round of pruning on the publisher.
Black Panther was first announced in July 2023 as part of the three-market partnership between EA and Marvel in July 2023. The first game for that initiative is an upcoming Iron Man title developed by Motiv Studio, the team behind the 2023 Dead Space Remake and Star Wars Squadron. Black Panther was the second title; The third game is yet to be announced.
The EA formed the Cliffhanger game in Seattle to develop a black panther. At the time of its disclosure, Black Panther was very early in development; Cliffhanger was still hiring employees. Because of this, we know very little about what will be beyond this game which Cliffhzenger described as “single-player story-powered action-adventure game” at that time. It also featured the first singles role of character in a video game, which appeared in supporting roles earlier.
In an unfortunate turn of fate, Cliffhenger was led by Kevin Stephens under the leadership of Monolith Productions. The employees of the clifhenger partially consisted of pre-monolith talent, who worked on the mid-earth: Shadow of Mordor. Monolith Productions was closed by Warner Bros. in February and its own superhero game, Wonder Woman, canceled.
Ign The report said that the employees of CliffHhenger were informed about the shutdown through an email of EA Entertainment Chairman Laura Mile. He explained that the closure was part of the large goal of EA, “put our attention behind the most important development opportunities” because the publisher’s purpose is to focus on developing a small batch of franchisees: the battlefield, Apex Legends, The Sims, and Skate. Despite this initiative, the email of the Miele also states that the motive will be in the production production of the Iron Man, the third star Wars of Respon, JD game and the next mass effect of bioware. EA Sports, which is a separate division from EA Entertainment, is also said to be unaffected by today’s events.
Employees working in EA’s mobile and central teams were also affected. Miele States EA will work to find new positions for employees affected in other parts of the company. It is not clear how many employees have lost their jobs, though Ign It is believed that the number is less than 300.
The news follows the time of the priest who hit the publisher in the last April, which included 100 employees in the Respon Entertainment. As a result, incubation projects were canceled which included a Titanfall title. BioWare also witnessed pruning in January, which was purified with the aim of focusing on all resources on developing the next mass influence. In February 2024, EA closed over 650 employees and canceled an upcoming star Wars First-Person Shooter by Respon. In that particular phase of the trim, CEO Andrew Wilson said that the publisher was “moving away from the development of future licensed IP that we do not believe that our changing industry will succeed in.”
Black Panther fans now have only Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra to look forward to Hydra. Under the leadership of Skydance New Media and led by former unwanted creative lead Amy Henig, Captain America and Black Panther Azuri, T’Chla’s grandfather, a soldier and a Vakandan detective, are battling Hydra during the Second World War. The title was recently delayed in 2026.
