EA is getting bought out: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250929186526/en/EA-Announces-Agreement-to-be-Acquired-by-PIF-Silver-Lake-and-Affinity-Partners-for-%2455-Billion

I have never seen a buyout not result in at least some layoffs. My heart goes out to folks who will, inevitably and regardless of their great personal work, be caught up in the giant mechanisms around them.

Please provide support, where you can, to the people working across the world at EA, or at subsidiaries. I worked at io-interactive when the news broke that Square Enix was selling the company. It's a hell of a thing to go through, ontop of all the regular game development work you still need to do.