Mass Effect petition reaches 220,000 signatures as Owlcat shares it
A Change.org campaign asks EA to fund Mass Effect properly or license the IP to another studio, and Owlcat Games has shared it on social media.
A Change.org petition calling on Electronic Arts to keep Mass Effect alive has gathered around 220,000 signatures as of publication, according to Rock Paper Shotgun. Owlcat Games, the developer of The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, shared the petition on its social media.
The petition asks EA to commit to continued development of Mass Effect with proper funding, staffing and time. As an alternative, it asks the publisher to license the Mass Effect IP to another studio.
The text of the petition does not mention BioWare by name, the studio that made the original Mass Effect games.
Four days before the article's publication, EA announced it was closing BioWare. According to the article, the publisher has also gone into historic debt.
Former BioWare employees recently aired their abandoned plans for Mass Effect 5.
Quick answers
How many signatures does the Mass Effect petition have?
Around 220,000 signatures as of the article's publication, according to Rock Paper Shotgun.
What does the petition ask EA to do?
It asks EA to commit to continued Mass Effect development with proper funding, staffing and time, or to license the Mass Effect IP to another studio.
Who shared the petition?
Owlcat Games, developer of The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, shared it on social media.