EA to Shut Down BioWare and Cancel Next Mass Effect Game Amid Broader Layoffs
Photo: APElectronic Arts is shutting down its BioWare studio, maker of Mass Effect, Dragon Age and Baldur's Gate, after more than three decades, the studio announced on social media Wednesday. BioWare said it would focus on helping staff transition, and its next Mass Effect game, the fifth since 2007, has been canceled. EA is also laying off about 400 jobs, or 3% of its global workforce, amid a business restructuring, according to Variety. In a memo, EA executives Cam Weber and David Tinson said the company had made deliberate choices to drive sustained growth. EA was bought for $55 billion in a deal completed in August.
Left-leaning outlets, such as The New York Times, lead with the studio's well-known games and note that parent EA is expected to lay off staff as part of cost cuts. Alternative outlets, including AP, lead with the closure and the canceled Mass Effect game, framing them within broader EA layoffs and citing a report before the social media announcement. Right-leaning outlets, such as the New York Post, lead with mass layoffs at a California gaming giant, feature the employee memo and the 400-job figure, and add the buyout context.
How the sides differ Left and alternative sources focus on the closure and cost cuts; right sources stress mass layoffs and the $55 billion buyout.
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Leads with the closure and the studio's famous games, noting that parent Electronic Arts is expected to lay off staff in cost cuts.
Leads with the closure and the canceled Mass Effect game amid broader EA layoffs, citing a report and the studio's social media post.
Leads with mass layoffs at a California gaming giant, featuring the employee memo, the 400-job figure and the buyout context.