EA Execs Admit To Deeper Cuts – And Medal of Honor Revival

Gamespot is reporting on an investor conference call in which Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello copped to chopping down the publisher's slate of games moving forward. "The way we are looking at it now, there are approximately 50 there this year, and something in the high 30s next year. So when you consolidate this thing, it is about a 50 percent cut over two years," said Riccitiello. "Anything that doesn't measure up to be in a very high profit contributor and unit seller got cut from this point going forward."

One nugget of interesting news was buried amid all the doom and gloom of layoffs and canceled projects. EA Games president Frank Gibeau dropped a tidbit about the company's long-dormant wartime FPS, saying, "In the months ahead, you'll hear more about our plans to revitalize core IP, including the Medal of Honor franchise." This is no consolation to the 1,500 people who recently lost their jobs or the creative folks behind now-dead games, but we'll take any spark of hope we can find.

It could be argued that Medal of Honor hasn't been the same since the crew at 2015 jumped ship years ago to form Infinity Ward and made Call of Duty, but the franchise still holds a certain amount of cachet with gamers. Perhaps Battlefield developer DICE could take a shot at a more cinematic take on wartime action?