Op-Ed: EA didn’t close BioWare, it slowly killed a legendary studio

Oct 23, 2026

MANILA, Philippines – Bioware is shutting down. Bloomberg broke the story with a report that parent company Electronic Arts would be cutting around 400 jobs, about three percent of the company’s staff, including the roughly 50 people who remain at the Canadian studio. A fifth Mass Effect game was in reportedly in development, but is

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