Uncertain Times

Cost cutting is rampant in the games industry right now with major developers and publishers cutting their staff significantly, but in a surprising development, EA's also cutting people from its celebrated Tiburon studios who are responsible for the Madden and Tiger Woods series among others.

If even Tiburon's being hit by cutbacks then the industry may have been hit harder by the US economic slump than many previously estimated. At the very least, it's probably safe to assume that we'll see cuts to the hockey, baseball and golf teams before we see anyone cut from the coveted Madden assembly.

Source: http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21931