Digital Arts has canceled its Black Panther sport and closed down developer Cliffhanger Video games. IGN, which first reported the information, cites an inner e mail through which EA Leisure president Laura Miele notified workers concerning the adjustments made to “sharpen our focus and put our artistic vitality behind probably the most vital development alternatives.”
“These selections are exhausting,” Miele wrote, per IGN. “They have an effect on folks we’ve labored with, discovered from, and shared actual moments with. We’re doing all the pieces we will to assist them — together with discovering alternatives inside EA, the place we’ve had success serving to folks land in new roles.”
The e-mail continues, detailing that EA will now shift sources to the traditionally profitable Battlefield, The Sims, Skate, and Apex Legends sequence. Miele additionally mentioned {that a} sport based mostly on Iron Man continues to be within the works, as is the third entry in Respawn’s Star Wars Jedi sequence and BioWare’s subsequent entry in Mass Impact.
EA beforehand laid off round 300 staff throughout each Respawn Leisure and Digital Artwork’s Fan Care groups in April 2025. Selection reported on the time that EA had successfully canceled the following Titanfall sport and one other unnamed sport in “early-stage incubation.”
Polygon has contacted EA for remark and can replace this story with any additional data we obtain.
Black Panther was first introduced by Marvel Video games, EA, and Cliffhanger Video games in 2023. The sport was a part of a three-game deal that Marvel Video games reached with EA that additionally consists of an Iron Man sport developed by Motive. EA established the Seattle-based Cliffhanger Video games in 2023 to work on the Black Panther sport, which coincided with the 57th anniversary of the hero. The studio, led by former Monolith govt Kevin Stephens, was staffed by builders identified for engaged on sequence like Halo, God of Battle, and Name of Obligation.
In keeping with a Marvel press launch, the Black Panther sport was set to be “an authentic, third-person, single-player Black Panther sport…that empowers gamers to expertise what it’s wish to tackle the mantle of Wakanda’s protector, the Black Panther.”