EA have closed up the Dublin branch of casual gaming funsters PopCap, according to reports and Tweets emerging this morning.
EA bought PopCap for $650 million last year, but later complained of “duplicative” roles within the company which meant the company’s Seattle arm lost fifty employees.
http://twitter.com/jpvaughan/status/250175834458054656
From other Tweets it appears employees had 30 days to prepare for the closure.
Bilbo_bobbins
thats a shame, EA cutting costs ? Never !
CR8ZYH0RSE
At 20 quid for bejeweled 3 how the hell have they closed?
Whoops,my bad,it’s EA we’re talking about here.On a serious note i hope those 30 days notice they got given were enough for them to find alternative employment.Good luck to them.
hazelam
so all that money ea make off their season pass crap is not going to keep studios going?
not that that’s news.
it’s starting to look like ea are getting into asset stripping these days.
TSBonyman
That’s a shame although EA are offering 300 jobs in Galway so it’s not all bad news.