Electronic Arts shut down its BioWare studio and canceled the next 'Mass Effect' game amid layoffs

Updated 2026-10-24 · told from many outlets at once

Electronic Arts shut down BioWare, ending the new Mass Effect game and laying off 400 people. The studio, founded in 1995 and acquired in 2007, created Baldur's Gate and the Mass Effect series. The fifth Mass Effect game has been canceled.

Electronic Arts is shutting down the Edmonton-based game development studio BioWare.
The Canadian developer BioWare was founded in 1995.
The upcoming Mass Effect game, the fifth in a series since 2007, has been cancelled.
The company is laying off 400 people, including about 50 at BioWare.

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