Yesterday, shortly after 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:EA laid off 670 employees and canceled a new Respawn game, a report has revealed 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Mass Effect 5 is still alive, and in pre-production.

EA announced the layoffs on February 28, alongside a statement that it would be effectively shutting down "development of future licensed IP," and pivoting back to its major franchises. Now, has reported that BioWare's Mass Effect 5 is still in pre-production, while 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Dragon Age Dreadwolf remains in development.

"IGN also has learned that a 🀅team is still working in pre-production on the next Mass Effect, though BioWare's current focus remains on Dragon Age," the full report from IGN reads. We've known for years that Mass Effect 5 was in pre-production at BioWare, but IGN's new report reassures fans that development hasn't been halted in the wake of EA's🐬 layoffs.

Mass Effect 5 was first announced back in 2020, and since then, we've seen a few artistic teasers for the new game. A new teaser in November 2022 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:pointed to a futuristic cityscape 🅘for example, and a year later, one piece of art had fans speculating that the Paragon a🍒nd Renegade system could be returning for Mass Effect 5. 

Elsewhere for EA, it was the original IGN report ye𝔉sterday that revealed Ridgeline Games had been shuttered and development of a new Battlefield game had been scrapped entirely. The report also revealed that a new Star Wars FPS, which was in development atไ Apex Legends and Titanfall studio Respawn, had also been entirely canceled.

The news follows 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Sony laying off 900 developers earlier this week and shutting down its London Studio. Studios like 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Naughty Dog and Insomniac were also affected by the layoffs, and just like EA, Sony also revealed it had canceled unannounced games.

A report earlier this month indicated that the majority of developers weren't positive about the overall direction of the games industry.