EA closes Mass Effect and Dragon Age creator BioWare after 30 years
EA closes Mass Effect, Dragon Age creator BioWare after 30 years of game development
EA is shutting down BioWare, the studio behind Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, after thirty years of game development. Bloomberg reports EA is also laying off 400 employees, 50 of them from BioWare's new Mass Effect project, which has been canceled, while a Sims project code-named Project Lotus is canceled and Project Evergreen is being prioritized. BioWare said in a social media statement that its focus is on supporting its team through the transition.
EA is closing BioWare after thirty years and disclosed 400 layoffs and several project changes, giving readers a view of how far the restructuring reaches.
Source: Game Developer · gamedeveloper.com