According to GamesRadar, the studio was proving to be “too expensive” for publisher Electronic Arts and subsequently let go of the 25 to 30 employees there.

Previously known as EA2D, Bioware San Francisco was responsible for developing social and mobile games like Dragon Age: Journeys, Dragon Age: Legends, Mirror’s Edge 2D, and The Fancy Pants Adventures.

The whole name of the game seems to be “transition”: In the preparation for next-generation development, many publishers are restructuring their teams and resources to focus on the future rather than what’s not working currently. Forget the burgeoning smartphone market for a minute – what does a predominantly mobile games maker have to offer when it comes to PS4/Next Xbox development?

Regardless, we hope that all the displaced employees find work soon.

Source: GIBiz

EA have been vocal about new IPs and how they don’t really sell later in the console life cycle, and they also mention that they are going to create a lot of them when the next generation arrives. This sentiment is echoed by plenty of EA executives including Peter Moore.

However, Bioware San Francisco producer Ethan Levy said that EA simply don’t care about it.

“EA’s stated strategy is fewer, bigger brands. Of the many new IPs developed for this generation, only Army of Two, Dead Space and Dragon Age continue to see new versions. As far as I can tell from publicly facing information, creating innovative, new IPs just isn’t a priority for the organization,” he wrote in his blog.

“Big brands + big marketing budget + high production values = $$$. This is the EA formula. They may have been late to the mobile & tablet freemium party, but now that they are here they will out-compete the Dragon Vales and Tiny Monsters of the world.

“This formula may have finally run its course in the core space, where 80+ rated Lord of the Rings, James Bond and Godfather games have all fallen out of favor with gamers’ wallets.”

Let us know what you think in the comments section below.

Thanks, VG247.

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EA’s EA2D studio has been renamed as BioWare San Francisco now. The studio, responsible for titles such as Dragon Age Legends and Mirror’s Edge 2D is now part of BioWare, and these games will now be released under the BioWare banner.

Dragon Age Journeys and The Fancy Pants Adventures are also under the BioWare unbrella now.

After Edmonton, Montreal, Austin and BioWare Mythic (Virginia), this is the developer’s fifth studio.

EA clearly has big plans for BioWare, since yesterday, they announced BioWare was now one of EA’s only four publishing labels along with EA Sports, EA Games and EA Play.