Plus, a laid-off developer drops the trailer for the now-canceled Mass Effect Universe.

The influential studio that made Mass Effect and Dragon Age announces it is closing its doors.

The closure of video game studio BioWare, which made headlines for dabbling in wokeness while publishing cult hits, has drawn mixed reactions online – with ex-employees and some gamers decrying

Thirty years of companions, choices, and worlds we didn’t want to leave. We ranked all 23 BioWare games, including remasters and mobile spin-offs

Anthem deserved a better fate, and despite its failures, its incredible world, Javelin combat, and ambition make it one of BioWare's greatest games.

Games industry analysts told IGN that BioWare was likely doomed well before EA's $55 billion acquisition, explaining that games like Mass Effect are now considered "prestige projects" for the company, and it's unlikely the sci-fi franchise, nor BioWare's other IPs, are sold off.

EA shut down BioWare and laid off its remaining employees, ending the Mass Effect studio's three-decade run as the premiere RPG developer.

BioWare was shuttered by Electronic Arts earlier this week, resulting in 50 or so people losing their jobs and the upcoming Mass Effect 5 being cancelled. While the studio’s last decade of struggles have been frequently documented as games like Mass Effect Andromeda,

With the closure of BioWare, a staple of Canadian game development for 30 years, people who you don’t usually expect to see weighing in on video games suddenly are. Usually it’s when a politician catches whiff of just how fucked things have become in the video game industry thanks to all the layoffs and consolidation that they start drawing attention to the corporate depravity that has infected the whole business.