EA, which in the past has been dubbed the “Studio Terminator” by many players, has a high chance of being hit again. EA recently admitted to the media GamesIndustry.biz that it will discontinue development and investment of the “Project CARS” series.
The “Project CARS” series is a racing game developed by the British game studio Slightly Mad Studios. The three series of works are all published by Bandai Namco. The first two jobs have good momentum, but in the face of the high license fees in the auto industry, the third job is a bit weak.
In 2019, Codemasters acquired Slightly Mad Studios for $ 30 million, and in 2021 Codemasters originally wanted to acquire Take Two, but right now EA killed Cheng Yaojin in half, with a higher $ 1.2 billion Codemasters being acquired, then Slightly Mad Studios became the grandson of EA studio.
This is a game made by Slightly Mad Studios, EA’s Codemasters studio. It is not known if Slightly Mad Studios will close, but EA’s response is that “it will do its best to put the staff in the right places to get through this difficult time”.
Earlier this year, Slightly Mad Studios also announced that “Project CARS” and “Project CARS 2” are being removed due to the expiration of the car and track licenses, showing that EA had other plans for the games. ran at the beginning.
By the way, EA still has racing game series like “F1”, “Need For Speed”, “DIRT” and “Grid”.
