Since this week’s shocking news that BioWare was being shut down and that the next Mass Effect is cancelled, EA’s barren “Coming Soon” page is a little awkward.
Earlier this week, we were all hit with the bombshell that, following the recent $55 billion buyout from Saudi Arabia’s investment fund, EA was cutting 400 jobs and shutting down Dragon Age and Mass Effect developer BioWare. It’s rough news in a rough time for the industry, and somehow got even worse.
Barely 24 hours after the news of BioWare’s closure got out, someone from the studio leaked a trailer for the next Mass Effect, which would have been called Mass Effect: Universe. It reminded us all that the team had a massive project on its hands, which is even more noticeable with the current state of EA’s lineup.
Over on Bluesky, startmenu editor-in-chief Lex Luddy highlighted a post from foxhack.bsky.social that points out the sad state of the “Coming Soon” section of EA’s official site. As of the time of writing, there are literally no games listed in that roundup, which is pretty noticeable considering this is EA we’re talking about.
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