EA Faces Scrutiny Over Dormant IPs After BioWare Closure
The list gaining traction after BioWare's closure shows that the studio shutdown is being read less as one studio's failure than as a signal of how EA has handled the licenses it owns.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
A viral post from the X account Play4Index lists 13 Electronic Arts franchises, from Mass Effect and Dragon Age to SimCity and Spore, under the label "KILLED." The post circulated as EA moved to close BioWare, the studio behind several of the listed series. Game Spark notes that not all the franchises have been declared ended, and that some have seen remakes or new entries in recent years.
The post opens with the line "EA IN A NUTSHELL:" and then runs through the list under the word "KILLED." Mass Effect and Dragon Age head the order, with Anthem appearing later, all series BioWare worked on. The rest span genres and studios: Dead Space from Visceral Games, Burnout from Criterion Games, Titanfall from Respawn Entertainment, and SimCity and Spore from Maxis.
Game Spark points out that the post never names a studio, and that not every franchise on the list has been officially declared over. Some have had remakes or new releases in recent years. The attention the post drew, though, came with BioWare's closure as the backdrop.
- Mass Effect: BioWare series, listed first
- Dragon Age: BioWare series
- Dead Space: Visceral Games survival horror
- Medal of Honor
- Need for Speed
- Burnout: Criterion Games racing series
- Titanfall: Respawn Entertainment FPS
- Mirror's Edge
- Anthem: BioWare title
- Spore: Maxis title
- SSX
- Army of Two
- SimCity: Maxis city-building simulation
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.