EA Madrid office vandalized with #SaveMassEffect graffiti

Someone spray-painted #SaveMassEffect on the floor and walls of EA's Madrid office, according to a Reddit user. The graffiti appeared on a wall facing the office and on the pavement in front of the gate. This protest follows the October 21 announcement that BioWare is closing and that early development on the next Mass Effect game has been halted.

Mass Effect · official art via IGDB

Another fan set up a memorial outside an EA office using homemade tombstones to commemorate BioWare and other studios closed by Electronic Arts, such as Bullfrog, Pandemic, Origin, Visceral Games, and Westwood. The BioWare tombstone lists the studio's years of operation as 1995 to 2026. These actions are part of a campaign to save the Mass Effect franchise, which includes a petition with over 300k supporters.

Background In August, the parent company finalized a 55 billion dollar leveraged buyout that left the firm with 18 billion dollars in debt. Our earlier story