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Marcus Lehto Says Former Ridgeline Developers Were Miscredited in Battlefield 6

Lehto contends the shuttering of Ridgeline during EA’s 2024 layoffs left key campaign contributors buried or missing in the final roll.

Overview

  • Posting on LinkedIn, the former Ridgeline boss said he and several colleagues were not properly credited after working one to two-and-a-half years on the game’s campaign foundation.
  • He shared an edited credits image naming five people he says were omitted entirely: Andres Naranjo, Rohan Knuckey, Jessica Moore, Dan Carr, and himself, and said many others were placed only in a closing Special Thanks section.
  • Reporting notes a caveat from Lehto’s own comments that some of the disputed names appear elsewhere in the credits, introducing nuance to the complaint.
  • Ridgeline was closed during EA’s February 2024 layoffs, with staff moved to Ripple Effect as Battlefield Studios teams, including Criterion, DICE and Motive, completed the project.
  • EA has touted Battlefield 6 as the franchise’s biggest launch with about 7 million copies sold, and outlets have not reported a detailed EA response to the specific crediting claims.