EA To Shut Down BioWare And Cancel The Next Mass Effect Game

Bloomberg reports that Electronic Arts will layoff roughly 400 employees, shut down its BioWare studio, and cancel the next game in the Mass Effect series. BioWare confirmed in a post on social media that it would be shutting down. “Now, after more than three decades of shared adventures, BioWare is closing and early development on the next Mass Effect project is ending.” The closure is the latest casualty of parent company Electronic Arts going private in a massive $55 billion buyout by the Saudi Arabian private investment fund with help from Affinity Partners, a private equity fund owned by President…