BioWare is gone, and so is its fabled fifth Mass Effect game, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t still getting a plethora of horror stories from inside the studio, including how its new Saudi owners allegedly behaved during ME5 ‘s development.

In a new exclusive report by BFMTV (in French), BioWare was apparently working on new pitch videos for Mass Effect 5 that it submitted to EA’s new Saudi-backed management. However, BioWare’s videos “did not convince” the managers, BFMTV reports, with skepticism apparently fuelled by the studio’s proclivity toward “inclusive stories,” which, as we know, were heavily present in its recent titles.

Mass Effect has always honored player choice, including who they want to romance regardless of the characters’ sexes.…