{"id":91951,"date":"2026-10-23T11:48:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T15:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=91951"},"modified":"2026-10-23T12:36:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T16:36:28","slug":"battlefield-6-reportedly-cancels-mass-effect-collab-in-wake-of-bioware-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=91951","title":{"rendered":"Battlefield 6 Reportedly Cancels Mass Effect Collab In Wake Of BioWare Closure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Battlefield Studios is reportedly cancelling plans for a Mass Effect collaboration in Battlefield 6 in the wake of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/ea-kills-bioware-cancels-new-mass-effect-pauses-new-sims-game-and-all-the-other-big-ea-news-that-just-happened\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/ea-kills-bioware-cancels-new-mass-effect-pauses-new-sims-game-and-all-the-other-big-ea-news-that-just-happened\/\">EA&#8217;s decision to close BioWare and cancel the next game in the sci-fi series<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fans discovered various Mass Effect-themed cosmetics in Battlefield 6&#8217;s files, with many speculating that they would be released in November, tied to the Mass Effect N7 Day holiday on November 7. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those cosmetics, which included Mass Effect-themed weapon charms and patches, have seemingly now been removed from Battlefield 6&#8217;s in-game store prior to their general availability (<a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/battlefield-6-mass-effect-cosmetics-n7-day-store-2000749091\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/battlefield-6-mass-effect-cosmetics-n7-day-store-2000749091\">via Kotaku<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>  https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/LowSodiumBattlefield\/comments\/1xcmb3o\/the_seemingly_planned_bf6_x_mass_effect_pack_is\/?utm_source=embedv2&amp;utm_medium=post_embed&amp;utm_content=post_title&amp;embed_host_url=https%3A%2F%2Fkotaku.com%2Fbattlefield-6-mass-effect-cosmetics-n7-day-store-2000749091  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If these Mass Effect-themed cosmetics were indeed real, getting yanked only makes sense, considering the blowback EA and Battlefield Studios would have faced for hawking new items based on a franchise that it just killed off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While this Mass Effect collab might not be going ahead, Battlefield 6 is currently hosting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/battlefield-6-is-adding-something-fans-have-wanted-since-day-1\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/battlefield-6-is-adding-something-fans-have-wanted-since-day-1\/\">crossover event with Dead Space<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It might make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/cancelling-mass-effect-and-closing-bioware-was-an-obvious-thing-for-ea-to-do-experts-say\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/cancelling-mass-effect-and-closing-bioware-was-an-obvious-thing-for-ea-to-do-experts-say\/\">financial sense<\/a> to close BioWare and cancel the Mass Effect series, but fans are upset about the 30-year studio that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/bioware-is-no-more-but-its-impact-on-queer-representation-in-video-games-will-live-on-forever\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/bioware-is-no-more-but-its-impact-on-queer-representation-in-video-games-will-live-on-forever\/\">blazed a trail for queer representation in games<\/a> closing up shop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The closure of BioWare comes after EA was taken private by an investor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Battlefield Studios is reportedly cancelling plans for a Mass Effect collaboration in Battlefield 6 in the wake of EA&#8217;s decision to close BioWare and cancel the next game in the sci-fi series. 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