Former BioWare producer predicted the fate of Mass Effect – cancellation was inevitable
Translated with AI from the Russian original.
The cancellation of the new Mass Effect was no surprise to the former BioWare executive producer, who had earlier predicted the series’ potential fate due to EA’s massive cost-cutting measures.
Electronic Arts has abandoned the new Mass Effect, which had been in development since at least 2020. Materials later surfaced showing that the game had already taken some definite shape. However, former executive producer Mark Darrah expected such an outcome.
I don’t know what’s going to happen. I think in the next five months we will find out what EA is planning. It will become clear whether they are moving forward, or the game has already been canceled or will be canceled.
In his opinion, the fate of the series could have been affected by the costly takeover of EA by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF).
I think PIF and EA have good reasons to release another Mass Effect. On the other hand, Andrew Wilson said he wanted to save $700 million, and the acquisition would make that possible. That’s a huge amount of money. I can’t imagine how to get it without shutting something down. Maybe Mass Effect will be on that list too.
At the same time, Darrah considers the franchise to still be strong and points to the popularity of N7-branded apparel.
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