Mass Effect fans have been given the slightest sliver of hope that the series may not be well and truly dead. Just a few weeks ago, Mass Effect developer BioWare was shut down by parent company Electronic Arts (EA). This comes after a long string of layoffs at BioWare and EA more generally, in addition to the leveraged buyout of EA by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, private equity firm Silver Lake, and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners.
We do know that BioWare had a fifth Mass Effect game in the works: the subtitle, Universe, and a trailer leaked online following the game's cancelation. Although the TV adaptation and board game releases are expected to go forward, the video game wing of the franchise seemed to be beyond saving, at least until now.
Per Push Square, a petition to the Canadian House of Commons has a shot in the dark at saving Mass Effect. The petition, which asserts that "BioWare is one of Canada's most important cultural exports to the world in the 21st century, selling tens of millions of units of their video games globally," advocates for the government to fund the formerly Alberta-based developer, preventing "Canadian businesses...
