EA shuts down BioWare, cancels next Mass Effect after 30 years
The gist
EA is closing BioWare and ending early work on the next Mass Effect, cutting about 400 jobs.
The studio behind Baldur's Gate and Dragon Age ends three decades of game-making.
How it unfolded
- 1995BioWare is founded in Edmonton, Canada, by Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk and Augustine Yip.
- 1998The studio breaks through with Baldur's Gate, followed by Baldur's Gate II in 2000.
- 2007The original Mass Effect is released, and Electronic Arts acquires BioWare in a deal announced the same year.