In memoriam of all the studios and IPs that were lost over the years
The gaming community has become increasingly disgruntled with EA over the past few years. Shutting down BioWare, the beloved development studio behind Mass Effect, was the straw that broke the camel's back, causing an uproar on social media platforms and leading some fans to take action in the real world.
Gamers feared for the future of several development studios following EA's buyout involving Saudi Arabia's private investment fund, Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners, and private equity firm Silver Lake. A former EA manager foresaw the closure, but players were still appalled when it became official in October. Despite recent failures, BioWare was the studio that developed some of EA's most iconic video games, such as the Mass Effect trilogy, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and the Dragon Age series.
It was painful to see BioWare being shut down, especially knowing that the studio had been working on Mass Effect Universe, the next installment in the series, for over half a decade. As more news about the canceled game surfaced, fans' discontent only grew. Each new detail that came out seemed to fuel their fire, leading to petitions and protests, both offline and online.
For Halloween, a displeased fan decided to set up a graveyard outside the EA offices in their town. The graveyard wasn't created only to honor BioWare, the last to be affected; it was created in memory of the several development studios shut down by Electronic Arts.
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