EA to close BioWare and halt next Mass Effect game, cutting about 400 jobs

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Electronic Arts is shutting down BioWare, the studio known for role-playing games such as Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. The company has also decided not to continue development of the next Mass Effect title that was in progress. According to Bloomberg, roughly 400 employees are being laid off as part of the changes. The decisions follow EA's take-private deal valued at $55 billion, which closed in August. EA president Cam Weber said the company does not make the decision lightly, given BioWare's role in defining the genre.

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