EA 将关闭 BioWare 并取消下一款《质量效应》游戏
EA To Shut Down BioWare And Cancel The Next Mass Effect Game
EA 将关闭 BioWare 工作室并取消下一款《质量效应》游戏，裁员约 400 人。BioWare 社交媒体确认关停并终止早期《质量效应》项目。EA 因 $55 billion 私有化交易背负 $18 billion 债务，同时取消《模拟人生》相关 Project Lotus 并转向 Evergreen 及体育、Apex Legends 等项目。
同一新闻，精选展示《EA公布业务重组战略：关闭BioWare工作室并调整多个项目组合》
Bloomberg reports that Electronic Arts will layoff roughly 400 employees, shut down its BioWare studio, and cancel the next game in the Mass Effect series. BioWare confirmed in a post on social media that it would be shutting down.
“Now, after more than three decades of shared adventures, BioWare is closing and early development on the next Mass Effect project is ending.”
— BioWare (@bioware) October 21, 2026
The closure is the latest casualty of parent company Electronic Arts going private in a massive $55 billion buyout by the Saudi Arabian private investment fund with help from Affinity Partners, a private equity fund owned by President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. As a part of the buyout, EA was saddled with $18 billion in debt resulting in several rounds of bone–cutting that now includes a studio that was once the jewel of its narrative video game business.
In addition to losing BioWare, a letter to EA staff also included the news that it would cancel a project related to The Sims franchise code-named Project Lotus, to instead focus on another project code-named Evergreen.
EA plans to focus on its sports game offerings, Apex Legends, and its Marvel and Star Wars projects.
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来源：Kotaku · kotaku.com