Video Game Industry Responds to BioWare Shutting Down

By Patricia Hernandez · Polygon · Thursday, 22 October 2026 at 16:49 (2h ago) · Original article ↗

Electronic Arts revealed on Wednesday that the legendary RPG studio BioWare is no more. The sudden shuttering wasn't exactly a surprise to onlookers — recent BioWare releases received mixed reviews and middling sales numbers — but deep down, many were hoping that the developer could find its footing again. Seemingly every gamer and industry worker of a certain era still has fond memories of surviving Mass Effect 2 's suicide mission, or romancing a character in Dragon Age: Origins.

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