Roger (Caller from Kansas City)

God, let's talk about Dexter soon. I'll have a lot of things to say. Over the past few years, Respawn, best known for Apex Legends and Titanfall, has been hiring for a new IP incubation team with job openings, explicitly asking candidates to have experience designing multiplayer FPS experiences.

God, let's talk about Dexter soon. I'll have a lot of things to say. Over the past few years, Respawn, best known for Apex Legends and Titanfall, has been hiring for a new IP incubation team with job openings, explicitly asking candidates to have experience designing multiplayer FPS experiences.

But whatever they were working on has been canned, according to former executive assistant and production coordinator Emily Evans. Sharing the news on LinkedIn, Evans said she had been involved with the project for the past year before its unexpected shutdown. Quote, the unannounced incubation project I was a part of for the past year has been canceled, Evans said.

But whatever they were working on has been canned, according to former executive assistant and production coordinator Emily Evans. Sharing the news on LinkedIn, Evans said she had been involved with the project for the past year before its unexpected shutdown. Quote, the unannounced incubation project I was a part of for the past year has been canceled, Evans said.

This isn't the first Respawn project to be cut before even making it to the official announcement. A first-person shooter set in the Star Wars universe also met the chopping block in January 2024 as part of layoffs at EA. Originally announced in 2022 and helmed by veteran developer Peter Hirschman, it had generated some buzz before EA Entertainment president Laura Miel confirmed its cancellation.

This isn't the first Respawn project to be cut before even making it to the official announcement. A first-person shooter set in the Star Wars universe also met the chopping block in January 2024 as part of layoffs at EA. Originally announced in 2022 and helmed by veteran developer Peter Hirschman, it had generated some buzz before EA Entertainment president Laura Miel confirmed its cancellation.

EA has also made changes to other studios, Ridgeline Games, which was leading development on a single-player Battlefield campaign, and was shut down.

EA has also made changes to other studios, Ridgeline Games, which was leading development on a single-player Battlefield campaign, and was shut down.

I also want to bring in a little bit from Jeff Grubb, because I watched his Game Mess Morning this morning, and it was really good, and he has a lot more information on this, but specifically he wanted to note that this was the team that was making the Star Wars FPS game. They...

I also want to bring in a little bit from Jeff Grubb, because I watched his Game Mess Morning this morning, and it was really good, and he has a lot more information on this, but specifically he wanted to note that this was the team that was making the Star Wars FPS game. They...

canceled that game, and then they were trying to make that and take some of those assets and take some of those ideas, make it into its own IP. He doesn't know specifically what that game was, like this game we're talking about right now, but it was canceled, and no, it is not Titanfall. No Titanfall thing, to his knowledge, is being developed over at Respawn actively.

canceled that game, and then they were trying to make that and take some of those assets and take some of those ideas, make it into its own IP. He doesn't know specifically what that game was, like this game we're talking about right now, but it was canceled, and no, it is not Titanfall. No Titanfall thing, to his knowledge, is being developed over at Respawn actively.

They're throwing things at the wall. They don't know what they're doing. Yeah, no, it's especially, you mentioned Apex, but also Jedi, right? Like they have, like they have the Jedi game. The third one is coming out. It's going to happen, right? And that game is going to be extremely successful. Yeah.

They're throwing things at the wall. They don't know what they're doing. Yeah, no, it's especially, you mentioned Apex, but also Jedi, right? Like they have, like they have the Jedi game. The third one is coming out. It's going to happen, right? And that game is going to be extremely successful. Yeah.

Yeah, and I think the thing that really connected the dots for this story for me of like, oh, is this worrying to, oh, I don't think this is as worrying is the Jeff Grubb statement of this was a Star Wars thing that fell through that didn't work out. Then they tried to make this into something else. And I feel like that rarely works, right?

Yeah, and I think the thing that really connected the dots for this story for me of like, oh, is this worrying to, oh, I don't think this is as worrying is the Jeff Grubb statement of this was a Star Wars thing that fell through that didn't work out. Then they tried to make this into something else. And I feel like that rarely works, right?

Like it's trying to take a Star Wars thing that is a Star Wars thing, right? And then make this into, okay, let's make it a new IP. I don't know. I mean, that's the thing is I bet that it happens more often than we think.

Like it's trying to take a Star Wars thing that is a Star Wars thing, right? And then make this into, okay, let's make it a new IP. I don't know. I mean, that's the thing is I bet that it happens more often than we think.

Yeah, and I'm interested because I would love if Respawn were to figure out another third pillar of their business. I know that they have Apex, they have Jedi. I know that Vince out there is making the Battlefield game, but he's also Respawn and going back and forth potentially. I want them to have something else. I would love for them to build that new thing.

Yeah, and I'm interested because I would love if Respawn were to figure out another third pillar of their business. I know that they have Apex, they have Jedi. I know that Vince out there is making the Battlefield game, but he's also Respawn and going back and forth potentially. I want them to have something else. I would love for them to build that new thing.