VANCOUVER, B.C. - Video game maker Electronic Arts is cutting 1,500 jobs, including several at its Canadian operations, as part of a company-wide restructuring.
A Canadian spokesman for the company said the reductions are "significant" at its operations in the Vancouver suburb of Burnaby.
EA would not break down the cuts by region. Before the layoffs, EA had about 2,700 employees across Canada, including 1,500 in Burnaby, B.C. and the rest in Montreal and Edmonton.
EA says it is restructuring to focus on games that have higher profit margins.
The cuts came Monday, while EA reported a second-quarter loss of US$391 million in what's been a difficult year for the video game industry.
Earlier in the day, EA also announced it bought Playfish Inc., the creator of popular social networking games such as "Who Has the Biggest Brain" and "Pet Society," for US$275 million.
