Earlier this week, Battlefield director (and former Halo co-creator) Marcus Lehto made an abrupt departure from Ridgeline Games, and while it wasn't entirely clear what was going on behind the scenes at the time, EA has now confirmed mass layoffs.
As part of this, EA has announced the closure of this studio. As previously noted, Lehto was at the helm of this studio which was working on a new single-player installment in the Battlefield series. Some of the developers at Ridgeline will reportedly be folded into the fellow Battlefield developer Ripple Effect.
According to IGN, Danny Isaac and Darren White at Criterion Games will now oversee the single-player work on the series. Along with the closure of Ridgeline and the cancellation of a Star Wars FPS, EA is also sunsetting multiple mobile games including The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth which has been out for less than a year.