{
  "id": 15994167,
  "title": "Video game developer BioWare shuts down, next ‘Mass Effect’ canceled amid broader layoffs at EA",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/video-game-developer-bioware-shuts-down-next-mass-effect-canceled-15994167",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T01:11:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CityNews",
    "slug": "citynews",
    "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/10/21/video-game-developer-bioware-shuts-down-next-mass-effect-canceled-amid-broader-layoffs-at-ea/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Video game publisher Electronic Arts is shutting down the popular and influential game development studio BioWare after more than three decades. The upcoming “Mass Effect” game, the fifth since 2007, has been canceled.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}