Former Battlefield 6 developer slams EA for leaving himself and other Ridgeline staff out of the credits

"These talented developers worked tirelessly for 1 to 2.5 years, gathering the instauration of the game"

Former Ridgeline Games brag and Halo co-creator Marcus Lehto has spoken retired against the diminished practice of definite aged Ridgeline colleagues successful Battlefield 6's credits, pointing retired that immoderate person been "entirely omitted" contempt their years of enactment laying the "foundation" for EA's caller FPS.

Ridgeline were erstwhile beauteous cardinal to Battlefield 6. Back successful 2022, they were unveiled arsenic the creators of the adjacent Battlefield singleplayer campaign, but EA unopen them down successful the people of wide layoffs implicit February 2024, with immoderate Ridgeline unit being transferred to different Battlefield studio, Ripple Effect.

"I'm disappointed to spot that galore of my erstwhile teammates from Ridgeline Games were not decently credited successful the caller merchandise of Battlefield 6," Lehto wrote successful a LinkedIn station yesterday.

"These talented developers worked tirelessly for 1 to 2.5 years, gathering the instauration of the game, earlier I near voluntarily and the workplace was subsequently shuttered," helium went on. "Despite their important contributions, astir who were laid disconnected were relegated to a 'Special Thanks' conception astatine the precise extremity of the credits -- and respective were omitted entirely, including myself.

"Out of respect for my colleagues and the awesome enactment they poured into this project, I privation to instrumentality a infinitesimal to decently admit them -- listing their names and roles arsenic I would person preferred them to look successful the credits. Game improvement is simply a squad effort, and each contributor deserves just acknowledgment."

Specifically, Lehto cites bundle engineers Jessica Moore and Dan Carr, pb tech creator Rohan Knuckey, and pb quality creator Andres Naranjo arsenic having been unfairly overlooked. He credits himself arsenic vice president, workplace wide manager and franchise director. Here's a video of the afloat authoritative BF6 recognition reel, for context.

Incomplete crediting of developers is 1 of the persistent evils that affects large fund games. Developers whitethorn labour connected a crippled for the champion portion of a decennary and travel distant without an due namecheck, due to the fact that they near oregon were laid disconnected earlier shipping. External contributors and radical successful certain, devalued areas of crippled instauration are much prone to being near out. Sometimes, the menace of a withheld recognition is utilized arsenic a cudgel to halt radical resigning from roles they hate.

All that said, it's worthy noting that Lehto's speechmaking of Battlefield 6's credits is simply a spot sketchy. As helium acknowledges successful the comments connected that LinkedIn post, 3 of the radical helium says EA person omitted are really cited elsewhere successful the credits.