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DEVELOPING · 21 OCT → 1 NOV 2026 · 12 EDITIONS · 70 OUTLETS

EA Closes BioWare, Cancels Early-Stage Mass Effect Game

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 35 70 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Oct 1 Nov 22 Oct 00:09 UTC · Electronic Arts to Close BioWare, Cut About 400 Jobs 22 Oct 06:09 UTC · EA to close BioWare, cancel next Mass Effect project and cut about 400 jobs 22 Oct 18:11 UTC · Electronic Arts to Close BioWare, Cancel Next Mass Effect and Cut About 400 Jobs 23 Oct 14:14 UTC · EA to close BioWare, cancel next Mass Effect and cut about 400 jobs 23 Oct 18:13 UTC · EA Closes BioWare, Cancels Early-Stage Mass Effect Game

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 5 HEADLINES

  1. 22 Oct, 00:09 UTC

    Electronic Arts to Close BioWare, Cut About 400 Jobs

  2. 22 Oct, 06:09 UTC

    EA to close BioWare, cancel next Mass Effect project and cut about 400 jobs

  3. 22 Oct, 18:11 UTC

    Electronic Arts to Close BioWare, Cancel Next Mass Effect and Cut About 400 Jobs

  4. 23 Oct, 14:14 UTC

    EA to close BioWare, cancel next Mass Effect and cut about 400 jobs

  5. 23 Oct, 18:13 UTC

    EA Closes BioWare, Cancels Early-Stage Mass Effect Game

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Mass Effect · 9 outlets
  • Dragon Age · 8 outlets
  • Electronic Arts · 6 outlets
  • Saudi Arabia · 6 outlets
  • Silver Lake · 3 outlets
  • Affinity Partners · 3 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Nothing new took hold after the first third.