BioWare shifts focus away from Star Wars MMO to Mass Effect and Dragon Age.

Electronic Arts is reportedly close to moving Star Wars: The Old Republic from BioWare to Broadsword Online Games, which already manages the online development and operations of EA's classic MMOs Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot. Broadsword's founder and president is an ex-BioWare executive who also founded former EA-owned studio Mythic Entertainment. Over half of the game's core development team of up to 80 people are expected to move with the game to Broadsword, while the remaining staff may face layoffs if they can't find another position within EA. EA is reportedly keen for BioWare to focus on upcoming single-player games like Dragon Age: Dreadwolf and Mass Effect 4.