EA Shuts Down BioWare, Cuts 400 Jobs and Cancels Next Mass Effect Game
Electronic Arts is closing the BioWare studio and eliminating approximately 400 positions as part of a restructuring that also cancels development on the upcoming Mass Effect title.
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First reported by Bloomberg Technology, 1 min ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
The story so far
4 publishers have covered this in 5 articles since 21 Oct 2026. Bloomberg Technology published first, on 21 October at 17:04 UTC; Variety followed 1 min later. The most recent article, from Quartz, appeared on 21 October at 17:30 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Bloomberg Technology (major outlet), Variety (major outlet), The Verge (major outlet), Quartz.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- Bloomberg TechnologyElectronic Arts to Cut 400 Jobs, Shut Down BioWare
- VarietyElectronic Arts Laying Off 3% of Employees in Studios Restructuring: BioWare Shutting Down, Respawn and DICE to Team on ‘Star Wars: Battlefront 3’
- The VergeEA is shutting down BioWare
- QuartzElectronic Arts is shutting down BioWare and cutting about 400 jobs
- QuartzElectronic Arts schließt BioWare und streicht etwa 400 Arbeitsplätze.
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- EA is shutting down BioWare The Verge ·
- Electronic Arts Laying Off 3% of Employees in Studios Restructuring: BioWare Shutting Down, Respawn and DICE to Team on ‘Star Wars: Battlefront 3’ Variety ·
- Electronic Arts to Cut 400 Jobs, Shut Down BioWare Bloomberg Technology ·
- Electronic Arts schließt BioWare und streicht etwa 400 Arbeitsplätze. Quartz
- Electronic Arts is shutting down BioWare and cutting about 400 jobs Quartz
In this story
- Electronic Arts
- BioWare
- Mass Effect