Save Mass Effect petition tops 200,000 signatures

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After BioWare's closure and the loss of a new Mass Effect project, a Change.org petition calling to Save Mass Effect passed 200,000 signatures, with Commander Shepard actor Mark Meer urging supporters to "hold the line." Much of the conversation centers on Commander Shepard and N7, with posts invoking Shepard’s defiant odds and long-run character loyalty as reasons to keep the franchise alive. Supporters have taken concrete actions, from an alleged billboard placed near EA headquarters to calls for the IP to be sold to another steward rather than remain with EA. Threads also mix grief for laid-off developers with insistence that the series deserves a future beyond the studio closure.

Mass Effect News

@masseffectnews.bsky.social

The #SaveMassEffect petition has reached 200,000 signatures. You can join them here: 👇 www.change.org/p/savemassef...

957h ago

Eurogamer

@eurogamer.bsky.social

187K+ fans call for EA to "Save Mass Effect" www.eurogamer.net/save-mass-ef...

A helmeted character - presumably Shepard - standing side on to the camera, with a planet as a backdrop, and light coming from the horizon. Half it is paragon blue, the other half renegade red.

12816h ago

Jirachibi! 🏳️‍⚧️6

Saudi Arabia: "WAIT A PETITION GOT SIGNATURES, BACKPEDAL ON EVERYTHING" Thats not gonna happen.

Random Select3

Nazis don't care about petitions

WeirdSciX3

Yeah, the new owners of EA won't care. They only want the crap they can milk the most profits out of.

Dreamer in the Void1

If you don't also save Bioware, we're more likely to get something like this: EA: "Ok, we'll keep the IP (Bioware's still closed though) and we'll turn Mass Effect Universe into a live service, battle royale, looter shooter ... but with a story!"

Calliibrations1

I'm just hoping for a Tango Gameworks type situation where someone buys Bioware and brings everyone back to work.

DougieLombax🩷💜💙 (Dougie/Adrienne/Zeek/not my real name) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪🇦🇲🇺🇦1

I think the Halo fandom should take notes.

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Orlando B ✍️ COMMS OPEN19

Actually, can literally anyone else save it, please?

Chell.✨🐍 | COMMISSIONS CLOSED6

literally begging for bio to at least go indie. ea is never going to bend. but canada copyright might save us on this.

Culture Crave 🍿

@culturecrave.co

A petition to 'Save Mass Effect' has crossed 200K signatures 🎮 Commander Shepard actor Mark Meer has encouraged fans to 'hold the line'

1172h ago

Adam Trevelyan2

EA Saudi doesn't give a fuck, yes. Let's get this out of the way. But, theoretically, the only paths I see here is resuming dev at some new Motive Studios subsidiary. Or Amazon swooping in for the IP, they have the series already.

VGB1

"We don't give a flying fuck about the Bioware closure or all the devs who lost their jobs, we just want the Product to still come out."

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🎃 Sp00py Fran J. Ruiz 👻8

Look, BioWare is toasted anyway and it's very likely EA will just hold on to the IP to do fuckall with it, but if there's been one moment to have a Zack Snyder's Justice League noisy fan movement in gaming, this is it. Battlefront 3 was willed into happening by online lads being annoying, too.

Antagonist Spooker - BioWare FOREVER!

@muirnara.bsky.social

And I DON'T CARE how huge the ODDS are. Commander Shepard defied WAY DEADLIER ODDS to SAVE THE GALAXY. The Warden, Hawke, Inky and Rook NEVER QUIT. Neither did Ryder. Nor will I while there is even a SPARK OF HOPE left. #SaveMassEffect #SaveDragonAge #SaveBioWare

4218h ago

baun

@baundiesel.bsky.social

A group of Mass Effect content creators and fans have purchased a billboard for the #savemasseffect movement. It's allegedly next to EAs headquarters.

3216h ago

Dan Johnson, 💀Socialist💀

@coil.bsky.social

As devs, it's frustrating to see fans rallying to "save Mass Effect" rather than calling for more work from the creative teams that made it. But most fans couldn't name a single ME dev. Given the nature of game dev work, I wonder if there's a "where are they now" piece worth writing.

3410h ago

Kurtis McCathern25

One thing I banged the drum on HARD at Blizzard and people seemed to just not believe me: gamers want to know the people behind their games. "But teams led by divas are terrible." Yes. Do MORE "meet the devs". "People who end up in video game press are insufferable" Yes, do MORE "meet the devs."

Shayna MoooOOOooon (she/they)2

For what it's worth I feel like I've seen plenty of people amplifying the teams with previous bioware devs on them.

Sascha1

Only ones I’m sure about are the ones who also worked on dragon age, besides Casey. Trick weekes has written some of the most amazing, compelling characters in all of video games, both in DA and ME.

Natascha

@natascha83.bsky.social

Dragon age Fans might be interest in that one :)

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@ch33kydevil.bsky.social

|| I found a link for another petition to save Mass Effect and Dragon Age. This has 804 signatures on it, and now 805 with mine. Spread the word everyone! #SaveBioware #SaveDragonAge #SaveMassEffect #BoycottEA c.org/Jpy7svkfcF

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DJ Shepherd➡️is Veilguarding!🐺🐉💜

@djshepherd.bsky.social

You know Dragon Age Veilguard was released on Oct 31st and N7 Day is November 7th. It would be a shame if we didn’t do something during this time period. Any suggestions? #SaveMassEffect #DragonAge #MassEffect #BioWare www.change.org/p/savemassef...

2016h ago

Lee Scheinbeim

@lee.scheinbe.im

I was gonna post some thoughts about the "save mass effect" petition and how crummy it actually is, but I thought about it and: I think it's badly framed, but in some ways this is just about ppl grieving the end of a thing they care about, so I've decided to not be mad about it. for now.

2312h ago

L0Fi The Filmmaking Robot

@l0fi.bsky.social

This is how easy it is to help the Mass Effect Community. Sign here v c.org/nFFMqMtZqS #SaveMassEffect

89h ago

Nella is lost somewhere in Eorzea

@nellakrios.bsky.social

I don’t want EA to get their hands on it, DA or BW, ever again. I want to save Mass Effect by letting someone else buy the rights to it and continuing the saga. EA has no fucking claim to this anymore

1313h ago

Charu (NightStar)

@charustar.bsky.social

I'm still greatly saddened by the closing of BioWare along with the loss of a new Mass Effect game. These games have had such a huge impact on my life that I made a character based after N7. I do hope there's a positive turnaround with enough support from the fans #savemasseffect #masseffect #n7