EA Shutters BioWare, Creator of Mass Effect, Dragon Age, KOTOR and More - CNET
Video game publisher Electronic Arts is closing the venerable studio BioWare, maker of legendary series like Mass Effect and Dragon Age, it announced on Wednesday.
Recent years have seen record layoffs across the gaming industry as companies scaled back expansion during the COVID-19 pandemic, disrupting tens of thousands of careers and closing many studios. The shuttering of BioWare is a symbolic and substantial blow, presumably ending multiple fervently adored game series and carrying implications for the industry at large. The closure reportedly involves around 400 layoffs, about 50 of which were at BioWare, according to Bloomberg.
EA confirmed in a blog post Wednesday that the closure of BioWare accompanies the choice to stop development on the next game in the Mass Effect series, which BioWare first teasedon Nov. 7, 2020 — otherwise known as N7 Day to fans, an in-universe reference that has become an annual day to...
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