Director of cancelled Battlefield game doesn’t “have anything positive to say about EA” amid layoffs

Evidently, no one is free from the waves of layoffs that have been rocking the gaming industry as of late. Marcus Lehto has the kind of pedigree most studios would kill for, racking up art director, creative director and project lead credits on every game in the legendary Halo series—but even his team wasn’t immune, leaving a bad taste in Lehto’s mouth that he’s been none too shy about expressing.

Lehto’s team, which was working on the next single-player Battlefield game, was among those affected by EA’s far-reaching layoffs, fostering no small amount of discontent in the veteran game developer, who posted his thoughts on X, formerly Twitter, on March 16.