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The Internet Reacts To The End Of BioWare

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The Internet Reacts To The End Of BioWare

Today, EA announced that it’s shutting down BioWare, the storied RPG studio behind the original Baldur’s Gate games, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, the Mass Effect and Dragon Age series, and many more beloved games. The news comes after the studio struggled with games like Mass Effect: Andromeda and Anthem, and planned to release a fifth Mass Effect game initially teased in 2020. This also follows EA’s acquisition by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake Partners, and Affinity Partners, a private equity firm owned by President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

I'M GOING TO FUCKING JUMP OFF A CLIFF MASS EFFECT IS DEAD WHAT THE FUCK https://t.co/qjt4mm5Vk4

FUCKING HELL BIOWARE IS DEAD 😫💔 SOMEONE PLEASE SAVE MASS EFFECT FFS https://t.co/DGAHXCbeUu pic.twitter.com/twdRORFu44

Over the last two decades, EA has committed nothing short of cultural vandalism in video games.

Losing Bioware's so brutal. Iconic Canadian studio, gone, because the US president's son-in-law wants to help some Saudis own EA Sports FC or whatever

The fact that Electronic Arts gutted and demolished them over the course of decades before finally killing the studio after selling to Saudi Arabia–where LGBTQ+ lives are still illegal and can come with a death penalty–is one of the most shameful, disgusting indictments of the industry as a whole.

Consolidation is killing our industry. The Gamergaters who make money off the rage game will have you think this is a victory. This is purely a loss. A loss of work and art and fun and expression in a space that desperately needs it.


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