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EA did a lay off and closed the BIOWARE division and cancelled all BIOWARE products (which included the next Mass Effect game that was in production).

I am stunned. Lay offs everywhere... but closing Bioware seems wild to me.

This is terrible news. The writing was on the wall when EA got bought out by private equity and the last few Bioware titles have stumbled, though most of this may have been because of EA's interference. 30 years of history. For me it was Neverwinter Nights, KOTOR, and the Mass Effect trilogy. I think the first Mass Effect may be my all-time favorite game. I probably sank more time in that than any other single-player game.

It seems like EA just ruins everything they touch. They buy a developer, the quality goes down, and the developer shutters.

Battening down the hatches before the coming AI crash, perhaps.

No doubt, related to AI...

And yes, obviously, Neverwinter Nights was big for me because it led to so many open doors for me creatively for me that I got to explore and do, that I would have never thought possible.

I'd throw Dragon Age: Origins into the mix for high calibur games, for myself, as well as the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic MMO.