Electronic Arts reportedly plans to shut its EA Partners label, which has provided contract-based publishing services for independent developers since 1997. Game Informer says it received word of the company’s plans from multiple anonymous sources, who also claimed that the move won’t affect EA’s involvement with Respawn Entertainment’s first game or Insomniac’s upcoming Fuse.
Should Game Informer’s report prove accurate, the closure of EA Partners would form part of ongoing company-wide restructuring as EA attempts to "sharpen its focus to provide games for new platforms and mobile". The streamlining of EA’s business has seen the publisher make a series of worldwide layoffs, while long-serving CEO John Riccitiello resigned in March.
