185
EA Shuts Down BioWare and Cancels Its 50-Person Mass Effect Project, as 350 More Layoffs Follow the $55 Billion Buyout (wccftech.com)
submitted 2 days ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
23 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] ryper@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago

This is kind of interesting: With BioWare being a Canadian company, the leader of the federal NDP, Avi Lewis, tooted his view on the shut down. Mostly to say private equity sucks, but also:

The developers at BioWare know how to run the studio. They know how to make the games we all love. They should be given the first opportunity - and the federal support - to buy it and run it themselves.

I don't know what was involved when Microsoft let Double Fine go independent instead of closing it, but it would be nice if BioWare got the same option from EA (even if EA probably wouldn't let them have Mass Effect and Dragon Age).

[-] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The developers at BioWare know how to run the studio. They know how to make the games we all love.

I'm not sure they do. EA bought Bioware in 2007... The first Mass Effect released in 2007.

The original Bioware founders left in 2012, and other than Dragon Age: Inquisition in 2014, all of their releases have had major issues since.

Mass Effect: Andromeda in 2017, Anthem in 2019, Mass Effect Legendary Edition in 2021 (not bad, but it's a compilation/update of stuff made prior to their departure), and Dragon Age: The Veilguard in 2024.

Where is the evidence that the current Bioware team knows how to make "games we all love"? It seems to me that left alongside the founders in 2012.

Don't get me wrong, I think Bioware going independent would be a much better option than closing entirely, but trying to blame all the issues on EA and assuming an independent Bioware would be great... just means people aren't paying attention.

[-] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

Avi is such a fucking breath of fresh air

I really hope he gets enough exposure

[-] cheat700000007@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

That's a terrible plan, bioware has been nothing but a failure machine for over a decade

this post was submitted on 21 Oct 2026
185 points (99.5% liked)

PC Gaming

15704 readers
892 users here now

For PC gaming news and discussion. PCGamingWiki

Rules:

  1. Be Respectful.
  2. No Spam or Porn.
  3. No Advertising.
  4. No Memes.
  5. No Tech Support.
  6. No questions about buying/building computers.
  7. No game suggestions, friend requests, surveys, or begging.
  8. No Let's Plays, streams, highlight reels/montages, random videos or shorts.
  9. No off-topic posts/comments, within reason.
  10. Use the original source, no clickbait titles, no duplicates. (Submissions should be from the original source if possible, unless from paywalled or non-english sources. If the title is clickbait or lacks context you may lightly edit the title.)

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
EXiLExJD@lemmy.ca
UncleBadTouch@lemmy.ca
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com