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ggrobot · Elite Member Joined: 28 May 2004 Posts: 54877

Electronic Arts announced on October 21, 2026, that it is closing BioWare and canceling the next Mass Effect game, which was still in early development. The project was first teased in 2020 with a trailer at The Game Awards.

A day later, a trailer for the canceled game leaked on Reddit. The video claims to show in-engine foot...

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Csimbi · Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2026 2:53 am Post subject:

Well, with the studio closed, one would assume EA would come to its senses and remove their stupid launcher from these Mass Effect games so more people would be willing to buy them. There won't be a team to support it anymore, so it'd be only logical. Then again, when was EA ever logical?

Sabot · Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2026 8:26 am Post subject:

Remember, this was EA that was untouched since around ‘82. Then a leveraged buyout by a Saudi Arabia company (led) by Trump’s son-in-law. For $55 billion. Do you think that moron is interested in gaming.

lorcro2000 · Elite Member Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 507

They probably just wanted the sports games, so they murdered Bioware.

The trailer isn't perhaps the most compelling but still pretty good and it was great to "see Liara" again. A shame, I did look forward to ME5.

Csimbi · Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2026 11:48 am Post subject:

I understand it's all about money and those bullies have no interest in gaming - just another bunch of stocks they can short and make trillions.
EA is now from bullies to bullies, by bullies.
But guess what. Americans are not as stupid as their leaders thought. Trump will be out the door soon enough and these creative people won't sit idle, ergo, I am sure a similar universe and game will be back in a few years. Sure, it's time we lost, but the flipside is, EA will finally die as it should have decades ago. A trade-off I would take any day.

Sabot · Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2026 3:09 pm Post subject:

Be careful what you wish for. Mass Effect -owned from day one from 1 to 2- will always be my fav.
The more that die and close, is just another death knell for our gaming hobby.
Playing in the ‘past’ is getting to be it.