EA shuts down EA Phenomic

Another victim of EA's restructuring efforts have come to light as German strategy outfit EA Phenomic have been closed down and all employees laid off. At its peak EA Phenomic employed 60 people at their offices close to Frankfurt in Germany. The studio has produced Battleforge, Lord of Ultima and Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances since they were acquired by EA. Before that they were best known for the SpellForce games.

Recently EA have moved away from the social space, closing down Playfish and many of its Facebook games, and it seems the free-2-play business is the next area to see cutbacks as EA looks to refocus on mostly big productions.