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It sure sounds like Electronic Arts thinks cutting Dragon Age: The Veilguard's live service components was a mistake

CEO Andrew Wilson said Veilguard "had a high quality launch and was well-reviewed," but failed to "resonate" with gamers who want "shared-world features."

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Need for Speed is effectively on hold while Criterion musters entirely around Battlefield, but EA assures players the racer will return in 'new and interesting ways'

Emergency stop.

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Mass Effect 5 is "still in pre-production" says director as BioWare shifts full focus to the sci-fi RPG amid dev reshuffles and reported layoffs

It was confirmed last week that "many" BioWare employees have been shifted to other teams within EA

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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

Instead of killing the golden goose, what if you slowly starved it to death over more than a decade.

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30 Years Later, A Legendary RPG Maker Stands At A Dangerous Crossroads

Founded in 1995, BioWare created some of the best RPGs ever before falling on hard times. Here's where the legendary studio stands 30 years on.

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'Dragon Age isn't dead because it's yours now,' former BioWare writer reassures fans: 'EA/BioWare owns the IP but you can't own an idea'

The future doesn't look very bright right now, but Sheryl Chee says Dragon Age is bigger than just videogames.

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'On a pirate ship, they'd toss the captain overboard': Larian head of publishing tears into EA after BioWare layoffs waste 'institutional knowledge'

A profit drop doesn't have to mean a closed shop.

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As layoffs reportedly hit BioWare, Former Dragon Age writer tells fans not to worry: "DA isn't dead because it's yours now"

Some developers may have moved on, but their story is still in your hands

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Baldur's Gate 3 dev slams EA's BioWare layoffs as "a short-term cost-saving measure" that "doesn't solve a long-term problem"

"Retaining that institutional knowledge is key"

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BioWare veterans confirm they were laid off by EA, including senior Dragon Age and Mass Effect devs

EA refused to acknowledge layoffs in yesterday's announcement about BioWare's downsizing, but they're happening.

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I'm haunted by the decline and fall of Dragon Age, and can't help but wonder how it came to this

A once-legendary RPG world now plunged into shadow

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Don't worry, Mass Effect 5 is totally fine, EA reassures as BioWare downsizes, moving 'many' employees to other studios

Electronic Arts won't say if any BioWare employees have been laid off in the restructuring, but at least one says they have.

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BioWare studio undergoes restructuring, "We are turning towards the future and preparing for the next chapter in BioWare’s story"

BioWare studio members split into other teams within EA as development continues on Mass Effect 5.

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EA says Mass Effect 5 is now BioWare's "full focus" as it shuffles devs to other studios, with some reportedly facing layoffs following Dragon Age: The Veilguard's underperformance

"We don’t require support from the full studio"

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Is this the end of Dragon Age? Veilguard was good, but BioWare needed an all-timer, and I'm nervous about what's next

2009 BioWare isn't walking through that door.

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Former BioWare vet says the studio is focused on a single game 'for the first time maybe ever' with Mass Effect 5—and whether that's good or bad is anyone's guess

A narrowing focus.

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A former BioWare dev seems optimistic about the next Mass Effect, stating it might be the first time the dev 'is able to singularly focus on a single project'

Mass Effect may be next for BioWare, but a former exec says it won't 'suddenly have a team of 250, 300 people working on it'.

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Electronic Arts Lowers Financial Forecast Following 'Underperformance' of 'Dragon Age: The Veilguard,' 'EA Sports FC 25'

Electronic Arts announced that it was lowering its financial forecast for the current fiscal year following the underperformance of two games.

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EA says Dragon Age: The Veilguard sales are "down nearly 50% from the company’s expectations"

Dragon Age: The Veilguard director Corinne Busche recently left BioWare voluntarily

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard pulled in 1.5 million players but still missed EA sales expectations by nearly half

Dragon Age: The Veilguard grabbed 1.5 million players but still missed EA's sales expectations by almost 50%.

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Mass Effect 5 is BioWare's only big project after Dragon Age: The Veilguard, studio veteran predicts, but "isn't ready to suddenly have a team of 250, 300 people"

But the situation could eventually mean that BioWare can fully focus on "making the best Mass Effect it possibly can"

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As Dragon Age: The Veilguard director leaves and studio closure rumors surface, Mass Effect 5 director appears to hint the RPG is just fine: "Every week is a good week at work for me"

The Veilguard director has explained she's leaving to take "an opportunity I couldn't turn down"

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard director has left the studio after 18 years for an opportunity she, "couldn't turn down" in the RPG space

Corinne Busche leaves BioWare and EA after an 18-year career in development on titles that included Sim 3, Sims 4, Tiger Woods, and more. Rumors also circulate that BioWare Edmonton could be in trouble as well.

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard game director departs BioWare after 18 years at EA after an offer to build a new RPG she 'couldn't turn down'

Corinne Busche joined EA in 2006, moving to Bioware in 2019.

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Former BioWare devs' new RPG Exodus will potentially age your loved ones while you're away: "Decisions a player makes will compound over a significant period"

Big in 2025 | Archetype Entertainment's studio head and executive creative director, James Ohlen, tells us more about this promising space-hopper

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