{
  "id": 16628489,
  "title": "220,000-signatory petition to \"save Mass Effect\" doesn't mention BioWare, suggests giving Mass Effect 5 to somebody else",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/220-000-signatory-petition-to-save-mass-effect-doesnt-mention-bioware",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-26T16:17:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
    "slug": "rock-paper-shotgun",
    "url": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/220000-signatory-petition-to-save-mass-effect-doesnt-mention-bioware-suggests-giving-mass-effect-5-to-somebody-else"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The word \"BioWare\" does not appear in a recent Change.org petition asking EA to \"save Mass Effect \", which has gained around 220,000 signatories as of writing. The nearest the petition gets is an allusion to \"recent revelations\" that have \"cast a shadow over its future\", which is a remarkably gentle way of saying that the parent company shanked the creators to balance their books, after going…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TechSpot",
        "title": "What the canceled Mass Effect would have been: a sci-fi spy thriller built around player choice",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/what-the-canceled-mass-effect-would-have-been-a-sci-fi-spy-thriller",
        "published": "2026-10-24T14:37:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "PC Gamer",
        "title": "Mass Effect 5 would have let players generate alternate timelines based on their choices in previous games, according to the series' technical director",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/mass-effect-5-would-have-let-players-generate-alternate-timelines",
        "published": "2026-10-25T12:01:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "GamesIndustry",
        "title": "223,000+ people sign petition to \"save Mass Effect\"",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/223-000-people-sign-petition-to-save-mass-effect",
        "published": "2026-10-26T18:05:17.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}