Facing financial pressure, the video-game publisher chose ‘Star Wars’ over ‘Mass Effect’
Schreier adds on Bluesky:
Why did EA shut down BioWare? Twitter thinks the studio failed because it was too woke. BlueSky thinks Saudi Arabia killed the studio for being too gay. The real reason? Star Wars
Long before that happened, a studio that’s supposed to be able to output a AAA game was cut down to 50 people from more than 200 after The Veilguard. The writing was really already on the wall. Also, that trailer was not meant for us; it was for EA. It was only shown to us by a former employee since it’s cancelled anyway.
It was the trailer that they were going to release until the project was cancelled. You can tell by the disclaimers used on it.
Check the actual reporting coupled with the trailer. It was for internal purposes.
“Internal Trailer” means it hasn’t been officially released yet, not that it was for internal use. Like I said, project and BioWare were shutdown before its intended release.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/10/leaked-mass-effect-universe-trailer-gives-a-taste-of-what-were-all-missing/
I’m not sure where you’re getting that definition from, but I don’t see it in your linked article. I do, however, see articles like this one defining it as for internal use.