Electronic Arts shuts down BioWare, cancels new Mass Effect
The closure is part of 400 job cuts across EA, and the in-development Mass Effect game was still in early development.
Electronic Arts has shut down BioWare and cancelled the Mass Effect project the studio was working on, as part of 400 job cuts across the company. The closure was reported by gamesindustry.biz.
The new Mass Effect game had been described as being in early development. A first trailer for it was shown almost six years before the closure, according to the facts surrounding the shutdown.
BioWare released a run of acclaimed games between 1998 and 2014, including Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Knights of the Old Republic, Jade Empire, Mass Effect and Dragon Age: Inquisition.
Dragon Age: Inquisition, released in 2014, was BioWare's last critical and commercial hit, more than a decade before the closure.
Electronic Arts was recently acquired by private equity owners before the studio closure.
Quick answers
Why did Electronic Arts shut down BioWare?
Electronic Arts shut down BioWare as part of 400 job cuts across the company.
Was the new Mass Effect game cancelled?
Yes. The Mass Effect project BioWare was working on was cancelled alongside the studio closure. It had been described as being in early development.
What was BioWare's last hit game?
Dragon Age: Inquisition, released in 2014, was BioWare's last critical and commercial hit.