{
  "id": 15934550,
  "title": "EA cancels unannounced The Sims project, trims the Skate team and plans to lay off 400 workers: \"We're the number one publisher in Western HD gaming\"",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/ea-cancels-unannounced-the-sims-project-trims-the-skate-team-and",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-21T19:01:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Eurogamer",
    "slug": "eurogamer",
    "url": "https://www.eurogamer.net/ea-cancels-sims-skate-400-layoffs"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Not only is EA closing down BioWare and cancelling the next Mass Effect - Electronic Arts has now announced a heap of drastic changes that include cutting 400 jobs across the company, pausing development on a project connected to The Sims, and bringing together Respawn and DICE. Read more",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}