Mass Effect's Amazon series is reportedly continuing after BioWare shutdown, which'll make an uncomfortable gravestone for the studio's work

BioWare has shut down, and while that doesn't inherently mean we won't be seeing more Mass Effect—EA owns the rights to that IP—the next Mass Effect game's been cancelled, and I certainly wouldn't hold my breath for EA to make anything that isn't sports, Sims, or shooter related in the near future.

According to sources who spoke to IGN, however, the TV series, which has been in the works at Prime Video since 2024, will still go ahead. It'll be set after the original trilogy, so it won't be quite so awkward as seeing Commander Shepherd making winks and nods to a series of games built by a slowly-dismantled studio, but still.

There's something deeply bittersweet about a videogame series arriving after the studio responsible for its creation has gone out of business. And perhaps reflective of how EA has treated BioWare itself—grabbing a studio known for making some of the best RPGs ever—and chipping away at it. …