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BioWare has reportedly lost at least half its staff, with fewer than 100 people left and the studio a ghost of its former self (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] inlandempire@jlai.lu 25 points 1 day ago (3 children)

We are taking this opportunity between full development cycles to reimagine how we work at BioWare.

Given this stage of development, we don’t require support from the full studio. We have incredible talent here at BioWare, and so we have worked diligently over the past few months to match many of our colleagues with other teams at EA that had open roles that were a strong fit.

Today’s news will see BioWare become a more agile, focused studio that produces unforgettable RPGs.

https://blog.bioware.com/2025/01/29/bioware-studio-update/

Look how that turned out lol

[–] MalikMuaddibSoong@startrek.website 1 points 12 hours ago

Nothing augurs success like hearing about the "incredible talent" that just went to "other teams at EA" 🙃

[–] whyalone@lemm.ee 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Agile focused? My god, they are doomed

[–] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 5 points 13 hours ago

The whole thing reads as "we're on the verge of being shut down but the brand and IPs still have value, so we're given the bare minimum to push out ME5 and maybe get one more shot at a next game."

[–] yumpsuit@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

How are they a credible game studio if they don't understand that there's treasure behind the waterfall?

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

That message was 5 days ago. I have no love for Bioware or their actions, but maybe we need to wait a little while longer before deciding "how that turned out"?