BioWare, the legendary studio behind RPGs like Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic, is shutting down, the company confirmed in a statement. Alongside the closure, EA has also chosen not to continue development on the next Mass Effect game that was in the works, according to an announcement sent to EA staff.

"BioWare is a legendary studio that helped define the role-playing genre, and we do not take this decision lightly," Cam Weber, EA president and chief studios officer, and David Tinson, EA president and COO, said in the announcement.

EA is also laying off around 400 staffers, Bloomberg reports.

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