EA Restructures Studios, Lays Off 3% and Closes BioWare
EA said the restructuring will cut about 400 jobs and redirect investment toward sports and other high-potential franchises.
- Electronic Arts announced a studio restructuring resulting in layoffs of about 3% of its global workforce, approximately 400 employees, including the closure of its BioWare studio.
- Electronic Arts faces pressure to meet investors' $700 million annual cost savings target after being saddled with $18 billion in debt following its $55 billion private-equity buyout by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners.
- BioWare, the studio behind Mass Effect and Dragon Age, is shutting down its Edmonton office after EA cancelled the next Mass Effect project, ending more than three decades of shared adventures.
- Executives announced a shift in focus for The Sims, prioritizing "Project Evergreen" while pausing development on "Project Lotus," while EA Sports revealed "Project Gridiron," a new social-first experience for American Football.
- President Cam Weber and COO David Tinson outlined a strategy to concentrate teams on core franchises, with Respawn and DICE studios collaborating on future projects including new Battlefield titles.
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The influential game studio BioWare is forced to close its doors. The Canadian studio made a name for itself over the past decades with games such as Mass Effect and Dragon Age. Following disappointing results, parent company Electronic Arts (EA) has decided to shut down BioWare and cut 400 jobs. BioWare was founded in 1995 and focused on so-called RPGs, role-playing games in which players can choose the direction the story takes. BioWare achie…
Electronic Arts video game editor closes the legendary BioWare studio, after more than thirty years of activity, and announces more than 400 job losses, we learned Wednesday, October 21, 2026. The next game Mass Effect, whose franchise has become cult over the years, is cancelled.
Video Game Studio BioWare Shutting Down
BioWare, the video game studio behind popular titles such as Baldur’s Gate, Dragon Age and Mass Effect, said Wednesday that it was shutting down after three decades amid expected layoffs at its parent company, Electronic Arts.
Video game giant shuts down – The Horn News
Video game publisher Electronic Arts is shutting down the popular and influential game development studio BioWare after more than three decades. The upcoming “Mass Effect” game, the fifth since 2007, has been canceled. BioWare announced the closure on social media Wednesday following a report by Bloomberg that also said the... Read More The post Video game giant shuts down appeared first on The Horn News - Proudly American, Fiercely Independent.
The group would focus on fewer action and adventure games on a large scale, as the development of Marvel’s Iron Man and the upcoming Star Wars Jedi continues.
Heavy debt after its acquisition in 2025 by Saudi and American investment funds, the giant Electronic Arts closes the Canadian studio of the creators of "Baldurs Gate", "Mass Effect" and "Dragon Age".
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