EA宣布关闭 BioWare 的 Edmonton 工作室并取消新《质量效应》：全公司计划裁员约400人
美国游戏发行商艺电（Electronic Arts，EA）10 月 21 日在给员工的内部邮件中宣布，将关闭旗下 BioWare 位于加拿大 Edmonton 的工作室，并取消一款处于早期开发阶段的《质量效应》（Mass Effect）新作。BioWare 以《质量效应》《龙腾世纪》（Dragon Age）等角色扮演游戏系列闻名，Edmonton 工作室是其发源地。
据彭博社援引知情人士报道，EA 全公司计划裁员约 400 人，约占员工总数的 3%，其中 BioWare 约 50 人。EA 表示，公司将集中资源做更少但规模更大的动作冒险游戏，同时继续开发《Marvel's Iron Man》与下一部《星球大战 绝地》系列游戏；滑板模拟游戏 skate. 的开发团队也将重组为规模更小的工作室。EA 称将帮助受影响员工在公司内部寻找其他岗位机会。
BioWare 于 1995 年在 Edmonton 创立，2007 年被 EA 收购，其《质量效应》三部曲与《龙腾世纪》系列是角色扮演游戏领域的代表作。近年来该工作室多款新作市场表现不及预期，人员规模已多次收缩。
此次调整距 EA 私有化交易完成约两个月：由沙特公共投资基金（PIF）、Silver Lake 与 Affinity Partners 牵头的 550 亿美元收购于今年 8 月交割，EA 随之退市。（GSM 据路透社报道）
EA to Close BioWare's Edmonton Studio and Cancel New Mass Effect: About 400 Jobs to Be Cut Companywide
Electronic Arts (EA) said in an email to employees on October 21 that it will close BioWare's studio in Edmonton, Canada, and cancel an early-stage Mass Effect project. BioWare is known for role-playing game franchises such as Mass Effect and Dragon Age, and Edmonton is where the studio was founded.
Bloomberg News reported, citing a person familiar with the company's plans, that EA plans to cut around 400 jobs, about 3% of its total staff, including roughly 50 at BioWare. EA said it would concentrate on fewer large-scale action-adventure games, while continuing development of Marvel's Iron Man and the next Star Wars Jedi game. The team behind the skateboarding simulation skate. will also be restructured into a smaller, more focused studio. EA said it would help affected employees explore other opportunities within the company.
Founded in Edmonton in 1995 and acquired by EA in 2007, BioWare built its reputation on the Mass Effect trilogy and the Dragon Age series, landmarks of the role-playing genre. Several of its recent releases underperformed commercially, and the studio had already gone through multiple rounds of downsizing.
The move comes about two months after EA was taken private: a $55 billion deal led by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners closed in August, and the company was delisted. (GSM, via Reuters)
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