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Electronic Arts employees are speaking out about deteriorating conditions inside the company, describing morale as 'terrible' and calling EA 'a cold dead place that's slowly decaying as leadership pilfers every last cent'. Workers blame forced AI adoption and poor management decisions, with one summarising the culture as 'EA executives cannot fail, only be failed.' The claims add to growing criticism of leadership at major games companies.

Electronic Arts workers are speaking out about conditions inside the games giant, claiming staff morale has collapsed under internal AI mandates and what they describe as poor management. Employees paint the company as 'a cold dead place that's slowly decaying as leadership pilfers every last cent', with criticism aimed at executives who, in their words, 'cannot fail, only be failed'. The account was reported by PC Gamer.

EA has shut down BioWare this month, and a postmortem circulating online claims the studio's collapse was driven mainly by EA executives backing Star Wars Battlefront 3 over a fifth Mass Effect game. Commenters are debating whether the publisher's priorities doomed the studio behind Mass Effect and Dragon Age.

Former BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk says business-focused executives, many of whom have never made games, wrongly believe AI can recreate great games. His comments come as EA is reported to have cancelled Mass Effect 5, adding to debate over studio cutbacks and the industry's growing reliance on AI-driven development.