Electronic Arts Laying Off 3% of Employees in Studios Restructuring: BioWare Shutting Down, Respawn and DICE to Team on ‘Star Wars: Battlefront 3’
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How it spread - 21 original reports
Wed, 21 October 2026
9 reports- Google News - Top Stories17:05first to report
Electronic Arts Laying Off 3% of Employees in Studios Restructuring: BioWare Shutting Down, Respawn and DICE to Team on ‘Star Wars: Battlefront 3’ Variety Electronic Arts to Shed 400 Jobs, Shut Down BioWare to Cut Costs Bloomberg.com BioWare Update BioWare Blog BioWare Becomes First Major Casualty Of Saudi Arabia’s EA Takeover Defector EA is shutting down BioWare The Verge
- Channel News Asia18:47
- nypost.com19:03
- Google News - Top Stories19:12
RIP BioWare: EA shuts down storied RPG studio after over three decades Ars Technica Electronic Arts to Shed 400 Jobs, Shut Down BioWare to Cut Costs Bloomberg.com Electronic Arts Laying Off 3% of Employees in Studios Restructuring: BioWare Shutting Down, Respawn and DICE to Team on ‘Star Wars: Battlefront 3’ Variety Video Game Studio BioWare Shutting Down The New York Times BioWare Update BioWare Blog
- Novinky (Czechia)19:26
Americká společnost Electronic Arts (EA) oznámila zaměstnancům uzavření herního studia BioWare. Firma o rozhodnutí ve středu informovala zaměstnance v interním dopise, který získala agentura Bloomberg.
- Index.hr (Croatia)20:06
ELECTRONIC Arts gasi legendarni studio BioWare, tvorce Mass Effecta i Dragon Agea.
- 24sata (Croatia)20:38
U sklopu velikog restrukturiranja, Electronic Arts zatvara BioWare, što rezultira otkazima za stotine zaposlenika i prekidom razvoja nove igre iz serijala Mass Effect. Ova odluka označava kraj jednog od najcjenjenijih studija u industriji video igara.
- Anadolu Agency (AA)20:56
US video game publisher plans to cut 3% of workforce as part of restructuring following $55B Saudi-led buyout
- nerdist.com21:54
EA, in the midst of 'restructuring', has shut down legendary studio BioWare, laid off 400 employees, and cancelled Mass Effect 5.
Thu, 22 October 2026
8 reports- gamingbolt.com00:00
Former executive producer Mark Darrah has spoken about how EA might want to look at boosting its revenue by selling dormant IPs.
- gamingbolt.com00:00
Many of the now-former employees from these teams have taken to LinkedIn to reveal that they were part of sweeping layoffs across EA.
- Google News - Top Stories04:00
BioWare closed by EA after 30 years of influential, genre-defining games The Washington Post Electronic Arts to Shed 400 Jobs, Shut Down BioWare to Cut Costs Bloomberg.com Next Mass Effect game cancelled as EA shuts down legendary sci-fi RPG studio BioWare Space Mass layoffs rock California gaming giant as boss’ memo released Yahoo Finance BioWare Update BioWare Blog
- El País (Spain)09:03
El grupo se concentraría en menos juegos de acción y aventura a gran escala, mientras continúa el desarrollo de Marvel’s Iron Man y el próximo Star Wars Jedi
- ABC (Spain)09:44
Los nuevos dueños de Electronic Arts , un fondo saudí, que se hizo con el gigante de los videojuegos el pasado verano ha tomado una de las decisiones más drásticas en los últimos años en la industria. En un movimiento que busca sanear las cuentas como sea, han decidido despedir a 400 empleados , alrededor de un 3% de su plantilla total, que incluyen los 50 que formaban parte de BioWare y que supone, de facto, el cierre de este estudio .El consorcio de inversores integrado por el fondo soberano...
- France Info (France)11:27
BioWare était à l'origine de jeux culte comme Baldur's gate ou Mass Effect et connu pour ses jeux très progressistes, incluant notamment des romances gays. Mais EA a été racheté en août par l'Arabie Saoudite.
- Libération (France)14:01
Lourdement endetté après son rachat en 2025 par des fonds d’investissement saoudien et américain, le géant Electronic Arts ferme le studio canadien des créateurs de «Baldur’s Gate», «Mass Effect» et «Dragon Age».
- Google News - Top Stories18:14
Mass Effect 5 trailer leaks following BioWare shutdown The Verge Video game developer BioWare shuts down, next 'Mass Effect' canceled amid broader layoffs at EA AP News Leaked Mass Effect: Universe trailer gives a taste of what we're all missing Ars Technica Electronic Arts Laying Off 3% of Employees in Studios Restructuring: BioWare Shutting Down, Respawn and DICE to Team on ‘Star Wars: Battlefront 3’ Variety BioWare Update BioWare Blog
Fri, 23 October 2026
2 reports- ČT24 (Czechia)15:14
Jen několik týdnů poté, co skupina saúdských investorů a zeť amerického prezidenta Jared Kushner odkoupili videoherní společnost Electronic Arts (EA), zrušila tato firma jedno ze svých nejznámějších studií, BioWare, které během tří desítek let vytvořilo jedny z nejslavnějších videoher vůbec.
- Die Zeit (Germany)17:32
Electronic Arts schließt das legendäre Spielestudio BioWare. Das passt zu einer Blockbusterbranche, die lieber virtuelle Turnschuhe als gute Rollenspiele verkaufen will.
Sat, 24 October 2026
1 report- Google News - Top Stories15:12
New ‘Mass Effect 5’ Details Emerge After Cancellation, And It Sounds Great Forbes Leaked Mass Effect: Universe trailer gives a taste of what we’re all missing Ars Technica Electronic Arts to Shed 400 Jobs, Shut Down BioWare to Cut Costs Bloomberg.com Canadian Politician Wants the Government to Help BioWare Staff Buy the Studio From EA and Run It Themselves Yahoo Amazon’s Mass Effect TV Series Is Reportedly Still In Production Despite BioWare Closure Game Informer
Thu, 29 October 2026
1 report- gamingbolt.com00:00
Greg Zeschuk also spoke about how many members of game companies' leadership teams tend to be from business backgrounds.