Word of mouth has 80 people being laid off from EA Mythic today.  The information started coming out on Friday, and folks officially got the axe today.

However, no word out of EA headquarters on what this means.  Our insiders tell us that EA corporate may be laying off up to 1000 people worldwide, and that the Mythic properties themselves are going into “maintenance mode”.  Seeing as most of the folks laid off were in the creative departments at Mythic, this makes sense — you can’t be producing a new expansion or writing new content if all of your writers are gone.

Word of mouth continues to say that most of the ex-Mythic folks are trying for positions over at Bioware, another EA property, with their unnamed MMO project.  Good luck to them, I say.  Bioware has a dedication toward deep content, at least.  Let’s hope that this translates to more content job openings.

Update: Confirmation of 1500 layoffs for EA.