{"id":95570,"date":"2026-10-25T23:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T15:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=95570"},"modified":"2026-10-25T23:56:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T15:56:00","slug":"mass-effect-fans-call-for-ea-boycott-as-petition-to-save-biowares-canceled-game-garners-more-than-75000-signatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=95570","title":{"rendered":"Mass Effect Fans Call for EA Boycott as Petition to Save BioWare&#8217;s Canceled Game Garners More than 75,000 Signatures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Mass Effect fans are calling for a boycott of all EA products and services in protest of the company closing down BioWare and canceling the next Mass Effect game.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">It\u2019s a rough time for Mass Effect fans. On October 21, EA announced its plans to shut down BioWare, a 30-year-old studio that spearheaded RPGs in the West with titles like Dragon Age, Jade Empire, Baldur\u2019s Gate, and of course, Mass Effect.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Players were eagerly awaiting news of the next game in BioWare\u2019s beloved sci-fi franchise \u2014 but EA shut that down, too, revealing in a statement that the project was officially canceled. <\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-slideshow\"><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">Dark Horse Direct&#8217;s Mass Effect: Tali&#8217;Zorah 1\/6 Scale Statue &#8211; Image Gallery<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img alt=\"Click through for an exclusive first look at Dark Horse's Mass Effect: Tali'Zorah 1\/6 Scale Statue.\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2277167929 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/output><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">In the two days since then, fans of BioWare and the Mass Effect series have gathered together to call for action, begging EA to at least sell off BioWare\u2019s IP to other studios rather than letting them languish. In fact, tensions have become so strained that players are now calling for an outright boycott of EA\u2019s products and services until something is done.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">On Reddit, several threads are rallying Mass Effect fans to gather under the hashtag #savemasseffect, urging players to take action and make their voices heard.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cWE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING! Guys we have to start something here and cry out loud enough that this game can be saved. Either EA making it or selling it off. We have to do it now before the noise on this game quiets down and it becomes another cancelled series, never to return,\u201d one Redditor <u>wrote<\/u>. \u201cI suggest we start a movement, and message the hell out of EA asking for some kind of outcome that gets this game finished. THIS GAME FINISHED.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-video\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cMass Effect is one of the better RPGs out today,\u201d another fan wrote in a post titled <u>\u2018EA Boycott!\u2019<\/u> \u201c&#8230;Unless they sell Mass Effect to another studio or bring it back. I will never buy another EA product ever. They are already not one of my favorite studios. No more Respawn Entertainment, DICE, Motive Studios, Criterion Games, Maxis, Full Circle, Cliffhanger Games, or any EA Sports. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cI hope I&#8217;m not alone in this. We need to stand up and make our voices heard. I posted on everything I can. We can&#8217;t let Mass Effect die so easily. Private investors need to realize how badly EA screwed up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">These calls for a boycott coincide with a fanmade petition urging EA to either sell off the IPs to other developers or hand development of Mass Effect 5 to a different studio. At the time of writing, this petition has garnered over 76,500 signatures and counting as more fans and friends of the industry pile in.<\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"poll-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Mass Effect 5 \u2014 which was reportedly expected to be called Mass Effect Universe \u2014 seems to have already been a good way into its development cycle, judging by a full-length trailer that was leaked online yesterday. This trailer rubbed even more salt in the wound for players, many of whom believed this game would be everything fans had been asking for and more.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Industry vets and even voice actors from the Mass Effect games are speaking out in hopes of somehow, some way, getting this game on shelves. But according to industry analysts and former BioWare bosses, it\u2019s not likely that EA will listen to fans\u2019 demands.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"author-sign-off\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"author-sign-off\" data-cy=\"author-sign-off\"><span class=\"stack jsx-59817748 jsx-1927875859\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-444076027 jsx-1730475047 profile-thumb jsx-2141281959 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-1-1\"><img alt=\"Virginia Glaze Avatar\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image profile-thumb-img jsx-249361588 jsx-2338608387 expand\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/avatars\/6a3973ecf71dd1001d20de39\/XD1zX2FT-1782150223173.jpg?crop=1%3A1&amp;width=56&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=80 1x, https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/avatars\/6a3973ecf71dd1001d20de39\/XD1zX2FT-1782150223173.jpg?crop=1%3A1&amp;width=56&amp;dpr=2&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=80 2x\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"stack jsx-2509706801 jsx-3630940851\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"interface jsx-1132626198 sign-off-text\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Virginia (she\/her) is IGN\u2019s News Editor. 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