BioWare closes after 30 years, 400 jobs lost
Game studio BioWare, known for Mass Effect and Dragon Age, is closing with 400 job losses and its next game cancelled.
EA has announced the closure of BioWare, a 30-year-old game studio famous for role-playing games including Mass Effect and Dragon Age. More than 400 staff are losing their jobs.
The forthcoming Mass Effect game has been cancelled. BioWare's parent company is burdened with 20 billion dollars in debt following a recent buyout involving Jared Kushner and the Saudi wealth fund.
The studio had not released a commercial hit in over a decade, making it an easy target for cost-cutting.
- 30 years
- Studio age
- More than 400
- Jobs lost
- $20 billion
- Parent debt
- Over 10 years
- Years without hit
Why it mattersThe closure ends hopes for new Mass Effect sequels and marks the loss of a studio that shaped the RPG genre.
