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EA reportedly shutting down BioWare and cancelling next Mass Effect

Original: bioware

Reports from Video Games Chronicle say EA is closing BioWare, the studio behind Mass Effect and Dragon Age, and cancelling the next Mass Effect game currently in development. The news is spreading fast, topping search trends in the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain and Canada, and ranking high in the US, UK, France, Italy and Russia. Gamers are reacting to the potential end of one of the industry's best-known role-playing studios.

Why now: The sudden reported closure of a major, long-standing game studio and cancellation of a flagship franchise is major industry news.

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Rank over time, top of the chart is #1. 4 snapshots from 18 h ago to 17 h ago.

Evidence

• EA To Shut Down BioWare And Cancel The Next Mass Effect Game · Kotaku
• BioWare Shutting Down, Next Mass Effect Canceled · IGN
• EA is shutting down BioWare · The Verge
• EA is closing BioWare and cancelling the next Mass Effect · Video Games Chronicle

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• GgoogleJP #10 · 16 h ago
• GgoogleAU #10 · 17 h ago
• GgoogleIN #7 · 17 h ago
• GgoogleMX #8 · 17 h ago
• GgoogleSE #3 · 17 h ago
• GgoogleRU #9 · 17 h ago
• GgoogleCA #9 · 17 h ago
• GgoogleBR #6 · 17 h ago
• GgoogleUS #8 · 17 h ago
• GgoogleES #10 · 17 h ago

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