r/masseffect • u/Queasy_Section7 • 8h ago

NEWS It’s over

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Well, that’s that then

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u/-ForgottenSoul 7h ago

This is depressing so the IP is basically over.. I dont understand why they wouldnt release the game when its been in development for ages.

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u/Journey2thaeast 7h ago

The article said it was in early development too and I'm like what....wtf has been going on the past several years?

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u/Co-opingTowardHatred 7h ago

The ME team all got moved over to Veilguard to finish it. Then, when it disappointed in sales, EA laid off a ton of the studio. There was only 50 people left.

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u/HouseTelVinny 7h ago

Part of the layoffs are definitely the result of EA being acquired in a leveraged buyout. EA is now saddled with a ton of debt and one of the easiest ways to remove some of that quickly is mass layoffs.

When Veilguard didn't perform (part of that is on Bioware and part of that is on EA), zero chance that the studio survived unfortunately.