UPDATE 28/2: Marcus Lehto has now commented on his departure from EA, stating it was voluntary but a “very tough decision” to make.
“Yes, I left EA on my own accord,” Lehto confirmed on social media platform X, before thanking the Battlefield community and wishing his former colleagues at EA the best. He continued by saying that he would now take some time away from making games to figure out what he wants to do next.
In the meantime, I will be taking time away from games to see what, if anything, I want to do next.
— Marcus Lehto (@game_fabricator) February 27, 2024
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ORIGINAL STORY 25/2: Halo co-creator and Battlefield game director Marcus Lehto has left EA.
Lehto – who had been heading up Seattle-based Ridgeline Games, an EA studio dedicated to the Battlefield franchise – has seemingly scrubbed all mentions of Battlefield and EA from their social media bio, as well as updated their LinkedIn to state they’ve now left EA.
As spotted by “Battlefield connoisseur” DANNYonPC and Insider Gaming, Ridgeline Games currently has no job openings on its careers site, and Ridgeline’s co-founder and art director, Chris Matthews, also left the studio in January 2024 to join Halo developer 343 as studio art director.