A new report has revealed that EA closed BioWare because it was forced to choose between investing in one of two sci-fi projects: a new Mass Effect game or a new Star Wars Battlefront game. And it chose the latter.
The revelation comes from Bloomberg, which heard from "people familiar with the company's strategy" that the "recent emergence" of an opportunity to develop a third Battlefront game meant EA - a company saddled with $18bn in debt because of the recent leveraged buyout - would have two sci-fi projects, each likely to cost hundreds of millions of dollars to make.
