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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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".
BioWare game studio behind hits like Mass Effect and Baldur’s Gate is closing - The Daily Bo Snerdley
One of gaming’s most legendary studios is shutting its doors after more than three decades, bringing an abrupt end to the next installment of the beloved “Mass Effect” franchise. BioWare, the Canadian video game developer behind “Mass Effect,” “Dragon Age” and “Baldur’s Gate,” announced Wednesday that it is closing and ending early development on its next “Mass Effect” project. The decision marks the end of a studio that helped shape the role-pl…
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