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BioWare Officially Shutting Down and New Mass Effect Canceled

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BioWare Officially Shutting Down and New Mass Effect Canceled

It's the end of an era for one of gaming's most revered studios

Electronic Arts is making big cuts, including laying off staff and shutting down storied developer BioWare, the studio behind the Mass Effect and Dragon Age franchises. The closure of BioWare means that the next Mass Effect game, colloquially known as Mass Effect 5, which was announced in 2020, has been canceled.

In a letter to staff on Wednesday, EA chief operating officer David Tinson and chief studios officer Cam Weber told employees that executives have "taken a hard look at our business" and will focus on the publisher's proven hits, including Apex Legends, Battlefield, and sports games like Madden, Bloomberg reports.

According to Bloomberg, around 400 EA employees are being laid off, including about 50 at BioWare.

EA plans to continue developing a new Star Wars Jedi title, Marvel's Iron Man, and what sounds like a new Star Wars Battlefront game, with Respawn and DICE co-developing the new Star Wars shooter. EA is "pausing development" on a Sims game codenamed Project Lotus and will refocus efforts on a different project in the franchise codenamed Project Evergreen.

Official BioWare social media accounts confirmed the news of the studio's fate publicly.

"For more than 30 years, BioWare has been more than a studio. It has been a home for storytellers, developers, and the players who brought our worlds to life," the developer said in a statement.



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