Left: Battlefront cover art of stormtrooper. Right: Commander Shepard looking sad.
(Image credit: EA)
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According to Bloomberg's sources, EA saw a new Battlefront game as a less risky investment than Mass Effect Universe. This final factor joined a host of well-discussed reasons for BioWare's unfortunate demise: Andromeda's critical reception, Anthem's live service failure, Veilguard's sales struggle (pretty good game though), friction between the studio and EA since the very beginning, and, of course, EA's recent Saudi-Kushner-Private Equity acquisition.