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EA's sale to Saudi-led consortium was "final nail in the coffin" for BioWare, says studio co-founder

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EA's sale to Saudi-led consortium was "final nail in the coffin" for BioWare, says studio co-founder

One of BioWare's famous doctor-founders, Greg Zeschuk, has finally spoken about the studio's closure last week, saying it's "kind of sad" and that EA's leveraged buyout by a Saudi-involved consortium "was the final nail in the coffin".

Speaking to 80 Level, Zeschuk - who founded BioWare in 1995 with fellow medical students Ray Muzyka and Augustine Yip - said he was fishing when news of the studio's closure broke. "I got like 10 texts," Zeschuk said. "I came off the river and got to my little room and opened my phone, and it's like, 'I'm so sorry to hear about BioWare.' And I'm like, 'Oh shit.'"

By the time he flew home later, he'd already apparently digested the news and missed most of the discourse around it. "I wasn't there to share in the moment," he said, "which in some ways was nice because I was able to kind of just take my time with it.

"I'm not saying it doesn't hurt and doesn't suck," he added. "And I think it's kind of sad. It's actually, in some ways, saddest for the city of Edmonton, where we're from, because we were kind of this beacon of hope and excitement and possibility. We showed you could do something really special in a place that was not known for doing things like that."

Zeschuk and Muzyka retired from BioWare in 2012 , the year Mass Effect 3 was released, so they've been away from the business for a considerable amount of time.


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