This Christmas was hard...I lost my dad to cardiac arrest on 12-12-2020...even with our differences I love him and I miss him. He was a wonderful man, and father to my sister and I. I hope he knows how much I love and miss him. #FirstofFirst #RIPDad #IMissYou #ILoveYouDad

🚨EXTREMELY important point🚨 : during #N7 play day, those who got a twitch account do NOT forget to stream ME Legendary Edition (I will but my account is too small) and for the viewers please come support any #MassEffect stream you’ll see, let’s break in to top 1 most viewers ⬇️

And THIS, my friends, is the REAL reason @bioware was cancelled. For standing up for inclusivity. They want to silence those who stand with the LBGTQ+ community. Remember: when your voice counts the most, the harder they will try to silence you.

I don't know what the hell is going on in the Cyberpunk 2077 subreddit, but being trans is metal as fuck. May transphobes burn

After more EA layoffs last week, a new report cites workers at the company complaining of "terrible" morale and "heavily pushed" generative AI like Claude. One called EA "a cold dead place that's slowly decaying as leadership pilfers every last cent." destructoid.com/ea-workers-c…

EA employees are describing the recent layoffs (BioWare, Respawn, Motive Studio, Ripple Effect...) as "wildly disruptive," while complaining of "terrible morale" and "generative AI push." In a new report based on anonymous interviews with current and former EA employees, Vertical Slice claims EA workers decry mismanagement and corporate greed after the company was taken private by a Saudi-led investor consortium in a $55 billion deal. "A cold dead place that's slowly decaying as leadership pilfers every last cent." verticalslice.news/ea-worker… ▪️ EA does not clearly disclose who has been cut - even at the studio level or to some managers. This is creating confusion for days or weeks, leaving in-progress work in limbo, and forcing staff to rely on informal "whisper networks" to find out who is gone. The emotional impact is prolonged because people learn about colleagues being laid off gradually over time. ▪️ Affected workers were invited to "zoom calls" with chat disabled and other participants hidden. They had no chance to ask questions or say goodbye to coworkers. Sources called it "very impersonal": "You're getting laid off because you're just numbers on a list." ▪️ Some laid-off employees were given a grace period to apply for open internal positions, but many of those roles require working in-office three days a week. This is not viable for remote workers or those unwilling to relocate. One source called it "a joke" and said: "I didn't even bother looking because I don't want to work at this place anymore." ▪️ Morale has "nosedived." Management's slogan of "do less, better" has meant doing the same amount of work with fewer people. Upper management is enthusiastically pushing generative AI, which is not yet mandated but is being made very difficult to work without. Employees see this as an attempt to keep making games with as few people as possible. ▪️ Sources describe the "C-suite" as out of touch with both game production realities and what players actually want. There is a feeling that "EA executives cannot fail, only be failed." The overriding priority is seen as funneling cash to the new private owners.

One week ago, we all received the sad news of @bioware’s closure. As of today, there are well over a quarter million signatures on @WeAreMassEffect’s #SaveMassEffect petition… Hold the line, folks.🫡 🎨 Some beautiful @masseffect art by the ever-brilliant @LazareGvimradze

We’re all planning to play it on #N7Day for the #SaveMassEffect cause🫡💙❤️💫 If you’re on steam that’s even better to show the live number of players, but if you’re on consoles like me it’s absolutely ok too to share screens. Anyways a whole new run is always a blessing 🤩🙏🏻

all of these news about ea coming out recently - not like we didn't know about their (mis)management before - it feels like a flood after bioware's shutdown. personally, i think ea didn't realize it would backfire this much lol. hopefully more of the devs & workers speak up in the near future. #SaveMassEffect

NEW CONTENT savemasseffect.com/memorial-….… We won't let their work be forgotten 💙 In Mass Effect 3, we honoured the fallen by placing their names on the Normandy's memorial wall. Now, it's our turn to remember the people behind the next Mass Effect — and the game we might never get to play. #savemasseffect

📊 #SaveMassEffect update 2/2 — Day 6 Signatures: 260,048 Since last night: +25,515 Today: 250K ✅ · Fan GoFundMe for billboards near EA HQ, EA's Edmonton office & The Game Awards funded in under 20 min · Ex-BioWare tech director: the cancelled game would have honored ALL your trilogy choices Allies: both Commander Shepards, The Expanse devs, Destiny & Star Wars fans, composers Sam Hulick & Austin Wintory EA response: still none 250K ✅ Next stop: 300,000. We're 39,952 away. Same time tomorrow. Sign + share 👇 🔁 Repost so EA sees the numbers.

Jennifer Hale made a statement on BioWare closure and EA saying EA never understood BioWare and she hopes someone can buy and save the Mass Effect IP, among others🚀 “It’s really hard to think about BioWare being shut down, but it was in the hands of ownership that may not have understood what BioWare fully is. And I’m hopeful that maybe there might be some crazy thing where they decide that, in order to increase their profit margins⁠—which is often their priority—they will release these IPs into the market to sell them, and use that to do what they do, which is increase their profit margins. Maybe someone could grab hold of these IPs and do something with them. Mark Darrah also echoed her sentiment in a statement within the same interview: “EA doesn’t understand BioWare. I’d argue it was an accidental acquisition. EA bought VG Holding—which included BioWare and Pandemic—largely to acquire Pandemic and Knights of the Old Republic, because it wanted an MMO and the Battlefront developers. In doing so, it ended up with BioWare Edmonton, the core old-school RPG studio. EA never really understood what it wanted from BioWare.” Source: @TheExaminedGame #SaveMassEffect

False. The #SaveMassEffect movement has never been stronger and it keeps growing. Some simply didn’t understand the core aspect of it. If the IP is somehow bought back by another studio, the devs would be able to get back on it considering how much they already worked on it 💫

Estoy viendo un par de titulares que literalmente apestan a respuesta corporativa intentando dividir a la comunidad para que el movimiento caiga por su cuenta, no caigan en ese bait.

EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Dragon Age Director on How He’d Bring the Series Back to Life: ‘The Brand Isn’t Broken’ insider-gaming.com/exclusive…

Mass Effect fans have successfully crowdfunded to throw up #SaveMassEffect billboards outside of EA's headquarters, its closing Edmonton office, and The Game Awards following the shutdown of BioWare. kotaku.com/savemasseffect-ma…

YESSSSS !!! Waiting for payday and definitely giving every month after that. Wonderful job @WeAreMassEffect and @kalaelizabeth, you can count on us 🫡💙❤️💫 #SaveMassEffect ➡️✍🏻 c.org/9x86TNdSmv

I didn't think it could get any worse and yet here we are

It's ugly watching people provide cover for EA. Anytime you try to say EA destroyed Bioware, someone runs up to tell you how kind EA supposedly was and how they supported Bioware so much and give them so much money. It's NAUSEATING. 🤢

EA employees are speaking out about mismanagement, GenAI push and BioWare’s closure🚀 ✅Employees report that the "do less, better" mantra has simply resulted in handling the same workload with fewer staff. ✅Upper management is heavily promoting generative AI (specifically Claude), telling staff that adoption is mandatory for the future. ✅Workers believe the technology is being pushed to test how drastically EA can cut headcount while maintaining output. BioWare’s Decline & Closure ✅BioWare was repeatedly forced to abandon its strengths (narrative choice, consequences, companions) to chase unprofitable live-service and multiplayer trends, wasting significant resources. ✅Studio leadership grew overly reliant on user experience research (UXR) and fear-driven decision-making, stifling creative risk-taking before the studio's closure. Source: Vertical Slice Disappointed, but definitely not surprised. So much of what’s said reflects very much how many of us felt, as it was quite obvious for the last 10-15 years. Risk-averse development, “do less” mentality, cost-cutting..etc. I feel really bad for the studios and talents that had to be suffocated under EA’s mentality. It’s obvious what kind of people they were ever since they tried to gaslight gamers into thinking single player gaming to be dead.

📊 #SaveMassEffect update 1/2 — Day 6 🔥 Overnight: Mass Effect’s art director spoke out, its composer plans to drop a re-scored trailer on N7 Day, and fans are organizing an N7 Play Day. Signatures: 247,069 Since last night: +39,536 Media mentions: 67 EA response: still none 250K is 2,931 away. 👀 Could hit this morning. Back at 7 PM. Sign + share 👇