Fuck EA anyway, especially that dusty shithole that bought them out.

I bust the fuck up laughing! Lolol.

To echo what others have said, on the one hand EA is trash, but on the other, Bioware haven't been good in a long time so this was expected.

It depends on how much along the development of the new Mass Effect was. If it would still take several years until completion then I can understand why they would cut their studio now, if it was about to be finished, then it would have been a very stupid move (though in line with EA's actions).

Bolded: I wish Trip Hawkins never left EA to create 3DO. The console died and as a publisher led Might & Magic to get destroyed and gobbled up by Ubisoft, while as a boss at EA he was able to rein in all their more negative impulses. Until he left EA was a great studio and publisher, hence why studios like Bullfrog or Origin Systems joined them.

And yes, one less EA IP to worry about. At this rate I see the big publishers becoming entities that release just a single title every year, like EA becoming just a developer for Fifa EA Sports FC, while Activision just releases a yearly Call of Duty and Ubisoft every year a new Just Dance - while collectively sitting on a giant hoard of unused IPs.