Today, EA announced that it’s shutting down BioWare , the storied RPG studio behind the original Baldur’s Gate games, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic , the Mass Effect and Dragon Age series, and many more beloved games. The news comes after the studio struggled with games like Mass Effect: Andromeda and Anthem , and planned to release a fifth Mass Effect game initially teased in 2020. This also follows EA’s acquisition by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake Partners, and Affinity Partners, a private equity firm owned by President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

I'M GOING TO FUCKING JUMP OFF A CLIFF MASS EFFECT IS DEAD WHAT THE FUCK https://t.co/qjt4mm5Vk4

— Kala Elizabeth (@kalaelizabeth) October 21, 2026

FUCKING HELL BIOWARE IS DEAD 😫💔 SOMEONE PLEASE SAVE MASS EFFECT FFS https://t.co/DGAHXCbeUu pic.twitter.com/twdRORFu44

— KG (@XxiKGixX) October 21, 2026

The fact that Electronic Arts gutted and demolished them over the course of decades before finally killing…