American Video Games company Electronic Arts ( The EA has decided to shut down the renowned BioWare studio and cancel the development of the new section of the series “Mas Effect,” within a broad business restructuring.
The decision to close the studio in Edmonton, Canada, has been communicated to employees on 21 October. According to reports, cuts across the company affect about 400 jobs, including approximately 50 bioWare employees.
This development comes after a 55 billion-dollar deal on the purchase of EA by a consortium of investors, led by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund ( PIF, along with Silver Lake and Affinity Partners.
Founded in 1995, BioWare is one of the best-known videogame industry studios, which has created successful titles such as the Baaldurs Gates. Knights of the Old Republic, Dragon Age and Mass Effect.
After buying from the EA in 2007, the study continued to develop popular RPG sound games. In recent years, however, he faced difficulties developing projects and results that did not meet expectations.
Among them were Mass Effect: Andromeda and “Anthem,” and also “Dragon Age: The Veilguard) failed to achieve expected sales results.
The closure of the studio also marks the end of the project for the new part of Mass Effectı, whose development was announced in 2020, but still located in early stages.
Under the new strategy, the EA aims to focus investments on less projects with greater commercial potential. The company plans to continue investments in the news series “Battlefield” and “Apex Legensess,” as well as other projects, including the new game Star Wars Jedidí and March Iron Mané.
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