EA to Acquire Bioware Corp. and Pandemic Studios

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http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=15833

"The question and answer section was particularly hot on which IPs will transfer over to EA, and the company noted that Mass Effect is published by Microsoft, but the intellectual property now belongs to Electronic Arts."

EA can do whatever they want with Mass Effect franchise from now on.