Report claims EA shut down BioWare to make Star Wars Battlefront 3

Bloomberg reported that one of the main reasons EA closed BioWare was its choice to put resources into Star Wars Battlefront 3 instead of the Mass Effect game in development. Citing anonymous sources, the report says EA executives weighed an $18 billion debt from its acquisition by Saudi Arabia's investment fund and judged a new Star Wars game more likely to succeed than a new Mass Effect. EA said the decision followed months of planning and review but did not address the specifics.