Layoffs at EA Across All Battlefield Studios
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Layoffs at EA Across All Battlefield Studios

1:02:23 Mar 9, 2026
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Mike Minotti and Jan Ochoa take over while Grubb is at GDC to start the week with your video game news! We see breaking news of massive layoffs happening at EA over their Battlefield studios, Nintendo sueing the US Government, Final Fantasy 7 Part 3 remake news, and even more! 0:00 - Intro5:14 - Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs13:40 - Shinji Mikami’s new studio, ‘Unbound’, is building a ‘AAA original IP’  for consoles and PC 19:30 - Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 Director Reveals Gameplay Mechanics and Locations Fans Can Expect 28:40 - BREAK28:59 - WarioWare series director Goro Abe has left Nintendo29:10 - Falcom announces Dragon Slayer Project for console36:50 - Amazon hikes Pokopia price as new Pokémon game seemingly sells out everywhere41:00 - Monster Hunter Stories 3 Reviews46:03 - Slay the Spire 2 hits nearly 575,000 concurrent players, almost beating Silksong's record49:42 - Layoffs at EA55:20 - Valve insists it will release Steam Machine and Steam Frame in 2026, after blog said it ‘hoped’ to
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