Electronic Arts to cut 400 jobs, shut down BioWare, cancel next 'Mass Effect' game


Electronic Arts to cut 400 jobs, shut down BioWare, cancel next 'Mass Effect' game <br> Electronic Arts (EA) plans to lay off 400 employees, close its BioWare studio and cancel the next &quot;Mass Effect&quot;&nbsp;game, Bloomberg reported on&nbsp;Wednesday. The layoffs will affect 3% of the US video game publisher&rsquo;s workforce, including 50 employees at BioWare, the studio behind the popular &quot;Mass Effect&quot;&nbsp;and &quot;Dragon Age&quot;&nbsp;franchises. In an internal letter, EA executives said the company reviewed its operations and decided to cancel several projects to reduce costs. Read:&nbsp;Saudi-led consortium finalises $55b acquisition of gaming giant EA &ldquo;Across our portfolio, we&rsquo;re making deliberate choices to align talent and investments where we see the greatest opportunities for players and long-term growth,&rdquo; they wrote. EA will also cancel a planned game in &quot;The Sims&quot;&nbsp;franchise, code-named &quot;Project Lotus&quot;, while reducing the team developing the skateboarding game &ldquo;skate&rdquo;. The company said it would continue investing in its sports games, &ldquo;Apex Legends&rdquo;, &ldquo;Battlefield&rdquo; and upcoming &ldquo;Star Wars&rdquo; and Marvel titles. Founded in 1995 and acquired by EA in 2007, BioWare struggled in recent years with disappointing game releases and declining sales. The restructuring follows EA&rsquo;s $55 billion Saudi-led buyout in August, which took the company private and added $18 billion in debt. <br> <img src="https://tribune.com.pk/story/2636185/electronic-arts-to-cut-400-jobs-shut-down-bioware-cancel-next-mass-effect-game" alt=" Electronic Arts to cut 400 jobs, shut down BioWare, cancel next 'Mass Effect' game" width="100%">

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