Bioware shut down, Next Mass Effect canceled

[Doublezero]

Bioware is being shut down. No new Mass Effect game. Good.

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Electronic Arts (EA) to shut down BioWare and cancel the next Mass Effect

After Electronic Arts (EA) was sold off, the inevitable has happened - they're doing some restructuring and cutting jobs. This was announced on the official EA website today, in a post from Cam Weber, President and CSO, and David Tinson, President and COO.

They don't exactly go into too much detail on what's changing but they did confirm that BioWare is closing and Mass Effect development stopped:

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"As we focus on these larger opportunities, we've had a small team at BioWare working on early-development for Mass Effect. We've made the decision not to move forward with this development, which means we’re closing the studio and our Edmonton workspace. BioWare is a legendary studio that helped define the role-playing genre, and we do not take this decision lightly."

Also confirmed is their two upcoming action-adventure games with Marvel’s Iron Man and the next Star Wars Jedi game. After that, they said they will "concentrate our efforts on fewer simultaneous, large-scale projects, ensuring that every game we build in this space is fully set up for success".

EA will also continue investing in Battlefield, Apex Legends, EA SPORTS, The Sims and skate. However, the skate team are being downsized too, which is not a big surprise since the latest release is not exactly too popular.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/electronic-arts-ea-to-shut-down-bioware-and-cancel-the-next-mass-effect/

[Doublezero]

 

[RitualClarity]

Wasn't there a clame that they were shutting down any future Mass Effect game after that last shit show? I seem to recall them saying that back then. 

[Doublezero]

5 hours ago, RitualClarity said:

Wasn't there a clame that they were shutting down any future Mass Effect game after that last shit show? I seem to recall them saying that back then. 

I vaguely remember hearing that Mass Effect was on hiatus after Andromeda flopped.

[Doublezero]

More YouTuber victory laps and Dragon Age cringe.

 

[Kendo 2]

The secret Sims they were working on cut.  Heh-heh.

[RitualClarity]

1 hour ago, Doublezero said:

I vaguely remember hearing that Mass Effect was on hiatus after Andromeda flopped.

Ha, You know, you are probably right.  I guess it shows how much I cared about Mass Effect after that flop and what Bioware was putting out even then. 

[RitualClarity]

43 minutes ago, Kendo 2 said:

The secret Sims they were working on cut.  Heh-heh.

Good lord.. we really needed an other Sims game. (lol... not).