EA Restructures Studios, Lays Off 3% and Closes BioWare
- 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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With titles such as "Dragon Age" or "Mass Effect", the video game studio Bioware has written history. After about 31 years, it is now closed.
With titles such as "Dragon Age" or "Mass Effect", the video game studio Bioware has written history. After about 31 years, it is now closed.
Go Woke, Go Broke: Famous Video Game Studio Shuts Down After Disastrous Debacle Of A Far-Left Game - The American Tribune.com
BioWare is closing after more than three decades, following the commercial disappointment of “Dragon Age: The Veilguard,” the fantasy game that drew sharp criticism for its inclusion of gender identity and pronouns. Parent company Electronic Arts is also ending development of the next “Mass Effect.” The shutdown follows an earlier reduction in BioWare’s development team. [...]
After 31 years of operation, the Canadian game development studio BioWare, which over the past decades has created classics such as the first two Baldur's Gate games, the first Neverwinter Nights, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and the Mass Effect and Dragon Age games, has closed. The closure of the company was decided by parent company EA, and the move could result in the loss of up to 400 jobs, the BBC reports. The studio was founded …
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