portal VentureBeat announces that the publisher Electronic Arts has decided Interrupt Developing two of its previously announced mobile games at once and closing another purchased in-house studio.
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First, the life of the online shooter Apex Legends Mobile, which became the best of 2022 according to Apple and Google, is coming to an end. server turn off on the morning of May 2nd. Microtransactions are no longer available, the game has disappeared from digital stores.
Poor quality and frequency of updates are cited as the main reasons for the closure. Respawn Entertainment developers do not refund money for completed in-game purchases.
Apex Legends Mobile will be released internationally on May 17, 2022
Secondly, the multiplayer shooter Battlefield Mobile from the Industrial Toys studio will not survive a full version. The mobile game didn’t fit into the updated vision of the Battlefield franchise.
“We are committed to unlocking the tremendous potential of Battlefield. The hard work on the development of Battlefield 2042 continues, and several of our studios are in pre-production for future Battlefields.— assured in Respawn.
In November 2022, Battlefield Mobile went into open beta testing in several eastern countries
As for the studio closing, Electronic Arts has decided to disband Industrial Toys, which it bought in 2018 and was founded by industry veteran and Halo co-creator Alex Seropian.
Industrial Toys is EA’s newest closed studio. In the past, publisher Westwood Studios (2002), Origin Systems (2004), Pandemic Studios (2009), Mythic Entertainment (2014), Visceral Games (2017) and a few others ceased to exist.
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