EA reportedly closed BioWare because it was forced to choose between Mass Effect 5 and Star Wars Battlefront 3

A new report has revealed that EA closed BioWare because it was forced to choose between investing in one of two sci-fi projects: a new Mass Effect game or a new Star Wars Battlefront game. And it chose the latter. The revelation comes from Bloomberg , which heard from "people familiar with the company's strategy" that the "recent emergence" of an opportunity to develop a third Battlefront game meant EA - a company saddled with $18bn in debt because of the recent leveraged buyout - would have two sci-fi projects, each likely to cost hundreds of millions of dollars to…