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EA Closes BioWare and Cancels the Next Mass Effect Project
· New York time
Electronic Arts is shutting down BioWare after more than three decades and canceling its next Mass Effect project, Ars Technica reports. The closure comes as the parent company lays off 400 people. The decision ends both a studio operation and work on a future installment of a major game series. For employees, it means lost jobs; for players, the next planned project will not proceed. The business significance reaches beyond nostalgia. A publisher is withdrawing from an established production effort rather than merely changing its release date. Roleplaying games traditionally offer elaborate branching decisions. The corporate version has produced a much shorter menu. There is no dialogue option that persuades the quarterly planning document to fund one more adventure.
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