According to a reliable industry tipster, EA Chicago is closing its doors. Here's our info in full:

Just heard from some friends still working at EA Chicago that the studio is being closed. A company meeting to announce this is going on right now. Also, the Def Jam Icon sequel is canceled. No word on who will be finishing the Marvel fighting game. Roughly 170 people work at EA Chicago now.

As of right now, some employees seem to be locked out while others are in the midst of a meeting. And while we assume that at least some of those 170 employees will be shuffled around EA, we've written EA for confirmation and more details.

So at this moment the news is still technically a rumor, but it's looking fairly solid nonetheless.

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