EA is about to gut itself in a bid to help settle its self-inflicted and eye-watering $18 billion debt. $170 million of that will come from "organisational efficiencies", which basically means widespread restructuring. And that basically means a bloodbath in terms of layoffs and potential studio closures. But the publisher has told debt investors that it will cut $700 million in annual costs including $170 million in "organizational efficiencies," per Bloomberg. In other words: mass layoffs — Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier.bsky.social) 2026-08-05T00:34:00.106ZThis has been the worry ever since the buyout was first announced.