Canadian political party leader blames BioWare's closure on private equity, says government should help former employees buy it back

By Connor Makar · Eurogamer · Monday, 26 October 2026 at 09:53 (1h ago) · Original article ↗

In the wake of EA's tragic shuttering of BioWare last week, a leader of one of Canada's New Democratic Party has spoken out about the perils of private equity, and said BioWare employees should be able to buy the studio with "federal support".

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