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BioWare is closing after 31 years — and the next Mass Effect is cancelled

EA confirmed on Oct. 21 that it is shutting down the Edmonton studio behind Mass Effect and Dragon Age as part of roughly 400 job cuts, refocusing on Apex Legends, Battlefield, sports, and its Star Wars and Marvel games. It is the biggest industry story of the week — and the end of one of RPG gaming's defining studios.

Oct 21–23, 2026 · DevelopingBy PixelPulse Newsroom — original summarySources: Polygon · Reuters

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 — “one of the most rock-solid CoDs in years”

PlayDay's full review (Oct. 23) praises one of the best campaigns in years, calls the new DMZ “an extraordinary extraction shooter,” and rates the multiplayer Infinity Ward's most balanced and content-packed in ages — while noting it plays safe rather than reinventing the series. Played on PC & Xbox Series X. Read the source review →

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Marvel's Wolverine was September's best-selling game in the US

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