Mass Effect Fans Get Enough Signatures To Plead To The Canadian Government For BioWare’s Life
The petition backs a plan to help BioWare workers buy the studio and keep it independent, with more than 500 validated Canadian signatures.
- On November 4, Canadian fans launched petition e-7898, sponsored by Parliament member Don Davies, calling on the Canadian Government to save BioWare following its closure by Electronic Arts.
- The petition argues BioWare is one of Canada's "most important cultural exports," claiming the studio's closure by Electronic Arts "represents an immense loss to Canada's cultural legacy."
- By law, petitions surpassing 500 validated signatures from Canadian citizens are entered into the House of Commons agenda; this initiative has already amassed 1,700 signatures.
- Despite this parliamentary action, the Canadian Government cannot force Electronic Arts to sell BioWare or its intellectual property, as the publisher historically retains ownership of shuttered studios.
- Fans previously rallied in Times Square with billboards, yet Electronic Arts did not shop BioWare around before closing it, suggesting limited prospects for a government-led rescue.
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Following news of EA's decision to shut down iconic RPG studio BioWare, Canadian fans of the studio have escalated their grievances to the governmental level, calling on the Canadian Government to step in and save the Canadian studio from closure, seemingly after Canada's New Democratic Party leader Avi Lewis called on the government to do so.
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An official parliamentary petition requires financial support to free EA's team and shield Mass Effect from US corporations.
"BioWare's closure represents an immense loss to and possibly a targeted attack on Canada's cultural legacy" argues petition calling on Canadian government to step in
Calls for the Canadian government to help ressurect recently shuttered RPG makers BioWare have progressed from a single post by a politician to a petition with enough signatures that it looks set to be presented to the Canadian House of Commons for an official response. So far, 1,662 people from the country of maple syrup and also other things have signed this call for their leaders to consider stepping in.
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