It’s been a turbulent few years for the Battlefield franchise, and up to date developments haven’t made issues any smoother. Final month, it was introduced that Marcus Lehto – common supervisor of Ridgeline Video games, a studio shaped to develop narrative-driven Battlefield campaigns – had left EA, and shortly afterward, it emerged that amidst EA’s mass layoffs, Ridgeline Video games had been shuttered fully.

Unsurprisingly, within the aftermath of these occasions, the aforementioned Lehto isn’t feeling too sunny about his time at Digital Arts. Taking to Twitter, Lehto acknowledged that he hasn’t been “saying a lot” about EA, explaining that that’s as a result of he doesn’t have “something optimistic to say” concerning the firm, about his departure, or about how his studio was affected by the corporate’s layoffs.

“Not been saying a lot right here since I don’t have something optimistic to say about EA, my latest departure, and the way so many, together with my workforce, are struggling because of the trade sweeping layoffs,” Lehto stated. Apparently sufficient, Lehto has additionally appreciated a tweet in response to his personal that labels EA as “the epitome of company greed.”

On the time of Ridgeline Video games’ closure, EA’s president of leisure and expertise Laura Miele stated that Lehto had “made a private determination to depart the mission”, and that Criterion Video games had now taken over future single-player Battlefield improvement.

Not been saying a lot right here since I don’t have something optimistic to say about EA, my latest departure, and the way so many, together with my workforce, are struggling because of the trade sweeping layoffs.

— Marcus Lehto 🇺🇦 (@game_fabricator) March 15, 2024