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EA layoffs show Darwinism at work

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The confidential internal memo is now public: Video game industry juggernaut Electronic Arts is laying off as many as 1,000 employees. As an EA alumnus and friend of some of the affected employees, this truly saddens me. Even in the fevered pitch of competition, no one likes to see good teams and good people affected by market change.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.