EA's Closure of BioWare Marks the End of an Era for Iconic Game Franchises

10/22/2026

Electronic Arts is shutting down BioWare, the Edmonton studio behind Mass Effect, Dragon Age and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and the next Mass Effect game is cancelled with it. That’s...

10/22/2026

The legendary studio has been shut down just months after EA was acquired by a private equity consortium.

10/22/2026

EA has closed its longtime studio partner BioWare, the iconic development house behind Mass Effect and Dragon Age, impacting around 50 staff who were in pre-production on the next Mass Effect...

10/22/2026

By Justin JoyBioWare shutting down is heartbreaking news for anyone who grew up playing its RPGs, but I can’t help thinking it might be the best thing for Dragon Age and Mass Effect. The studio’s...

10/22/2026

The studio, which was working on a new Mass Effect game, had a profound impact on major RPGs like The Witcher and The Outer Worlds

10/21/2026

Electronic Arts is shutting down BioWare after more than three decades, bringing the curtain down on the studio behind Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Baldur’s Gate, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old...

10/21/2026

BioWare has announced the sudden closure of its studio, ending the development of the next Mass Effect game. The announcement came today as a surprise via the studio’s official channels, as...

10/21/2026

BioWare, the legendary studio behind RPGs like Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, is shutting down, the company confirmed in a statement. Alongside the closure,...

10/21/2026

Mass Effect and Dragon Age developer BioWare is closing after more than 30 years, and early development on the next Mass Effect project is ending. Read more

10/21/2026

The next Mass Effect game is no longer happening, and the future of the Dragon Age series seems uncertain as well.

10/21/2026

Just like that, one of gaming’s previously most respected and beloved developers, BioWare, is gone. The studio that brought us Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Baldur’s Gate, Star Wars: Knights of the Old...

10/22/2026

As you might've seen, legendary RPG studio BioWare has been shut down by parent company Electronic Arts. No matter what you think of the studio and its games, layoffs suck and so does the closure...

10/22/2026

Yesterday’s bombshell announcement that Electronic Arts was laying off hundreds of workers and shutting down BioWare has sent a lot of people reeling, but now we’re starting to get a clearer...

10/22/2026

Just because we saw this coming doesn't mean it hurts less.

10/21/2026

Electronic Arts will lay off staff and close BioWare, the developer behind the Mass Effect and Dragon Age series, the company said.

10/21/2026

Electronic Arts Inc. said it will lay off staff and shut down BioWare, the long-running development studio behind role-playing games such as "Dragon Age" and "Mass Effect."

10/21/2026

It would appear that Microsoft isn’t the only one swinging its job-killing hatchet around. Electronic Arts has officially shut down the legendary studio BioWare while also laying off 400...

10/21/2026

EA is reportedly laying off 400 employees, 50 of whom were the remaining staffers at BioWare.

10/21/2026

In a letter to staff on Wednesday, EA announced the closure of BioWare's Edmonton studio, its last, as part of broader cost-cutting layoffs. The storied RPG developer had begun early development...

10/21/2026

EA today cut 3% of their workforce and closed famed studio BioWare. Three percent amounts to about 400 people being let go. BioWare is a studio famous for such games as Mass Effect, Neverwinter...

10/22/2026

EA said it would repriotise its focus on sports and shooter franchises and reduce action-adventure output.

10/22/2026

Electronic Arts closed BioWare on the same day Star Wars Battlefront 3 was confirmed. But, will it be worth the sacrifice?

10/22/2026

Apparently the cliché "when it rains, it pours" also applies to corporate feculence. In addition to shutting down storied RPG makers BioWare, EA are reportedly cutting staff at The Sims developers...

10/21/2026

EA is shutting down legendary RPG developer BioWare and canceling the next Mass Effect game as part of a massive 400-person layoff wave.

10/21/2026

After little more than three decades, BioWare is shutting down, as EA has announced a wave of 400 job losses that will include the venerable studio and also lead to the cancellation of the next...

10/21/2026

Not only is EA closing down BioWare and cancelling the next Mass Effect - Electronic Arts has now announced a heap of drastic changes that include cutting 400 jobs across the company, pausing...

10/22/2026

EA is home to some of gaming’s biggest RPG franchises, including Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. So, with EA shutting down BioWare and cancelling the next Mass...

10/22/2026

Electronic Arts recently announced that it is shuttering BioWare and cancelling its upcoming Mass Effect game and cutting 400 jobs in the process, after the gaming giant acquired the game studio...

10/22/2026

It's an especially sad week for the industry because BioWare revealed yesterday that it's closing down, affecting development on Mass Effect 5 and any other projects the team had underway. In...

10/21/2026

"I think we still are gonna have to wait a little bit." Mark Darrah, who worked as an Executive Producer at BioWare from 1997–2021, shared his thoughts on the studio’s recent closure by EA and...

10/22/2026

EA is closing BioWare's Edmonton studio and ending early development on the next Mass Effect game.

10/22/2026

"Early development" on the next Mass Effect is also ending.After more than three decades, Electronic Arts has today confirmed the closure of the legendary RPG developer BioWare.The studio has...

10/21/2026

Electronic Arts has confirmed that BioWare is shutting down, bringing an end to one of gaming's most influential RPG developers and cancelling the highly anticipated next installment in the Mass...

10/21/2026

In today's Daily Fix:Legendary studio BioWare is being shut down, as mass layoffs hit owner Electronic Arts. Around fifty employees at BioWare are being let go, with the rest presumably moved to...

10/21/2026

EA has closed legendary RPG developer BioWare, the company announced this morning. As a result, an in-development Mass Effect title has also been canceled.

10/21/2026

EA has just announced its plans to close BioWare. Yup, you read that right. BioWare is no more. Not only that, but the next Mass Effect game, Mass Effect 4, has been canceled. Instead of letting...

10/21/2026

"There is nothing easy about writing these words.".In some absolutely shock news today, it's been announced that legendary development studio BioWare is closing down after 30 years, and the next...

10/21/2026

After over three decades of iconic RPGs, developer BioWare is closing down and its in-development Mass Effect game is no more. The move comes just months after corporate owner EA was bought out by...

10/21/2026

BioWare also says that early work on a new Mass Effect game has ended.

10/21/2026

The day millions of RPG fans dreaded has arrived: Canadian developer BioWare is being shut down by Electronic Arts, as first reported by Bloomberg, and the studio's only in-development project, a...

10/21/2026

Mass Effect fans receive a disappointing update on the highly anticipated new game in EA’s beloved franchise.

10/21/2026

The next ‘Mass Effect’ will be canceled as part of the layoffs

10/21/2026

US video game publisher plans to cut 3% of workforce as part of restructuring following $55B Saudi-led buyout

10/21/2026

The long-running studio behind hits like Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is no more. Read this article on TechRaptor

10/21/2026

EA's restructuring goes well beyond the BioWare shutdown. The company is laying off around 400 people, roughly 3% of its workforce, according to an internal memo from executives David Tinson and...

10/21/2026

400 job cuts at EA in total

10/21/2026

Bloomberg also reports that EA is cutting "around 400 jobs" across the company.

10/21/2026

EA is undergoing a big shift.

10/21/2026

EA just announced 400 jobs to be cut and the closure of BioWare, a studio famed for Dragon Age and Mass Effect.

10/21/2026

Electronic Arts plans to eliminate roughly 400 positions in an upcoming round of job cuts, per a new report from Bloomberg, and will also be closing the doors on its long-time role-playing game...

10/21/2026

Videogame giant Electronic Arts, in its first major move since going private this summer, is restructuring its studios business — which will result in layoffs of about 3% of global workforce....

10/21/2026

Today marks a sad end for the popular gaming studio BioWare. Following significant layoffs by Electronic Arts (EA), BioWare's owner since 2007, we are witnessing the conclusion of a studio that...

10/21/2026

The legendary studio behind series like Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Neverwinter Nights, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is no more. BioWare announced via social media Wednesday afternoon...

10/21/2026

Electronic Arts shut down BioWare, which means a major RPG developer founded in Canada around three decades ago in 1995 and owned by EA since 2007 is now closed. The studio will also end...