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The Internet Reacts To The End Of BioWare
Today, EA announced that it’s shutting down BioWare, the storied RPG studio behind the original Baldur’s Gate games, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, the Mass Effect and Dragon Age series, and many more beloved games. The news comes after the studio struggled with games like Mass Effect: Andromeda and Anthem, and planned to release a fifth Mass Effect game initially teased in 2020. This also follows EA’s acquisition by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake Partners, and Affinity Partners, a private equity firm owned by President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
I'M GOING TO FUCKING JUMP OFF A CLIFF MASS EFFECT IS DEAD WHAT THE FUCK https://t.co/qjt4mm5Vk4
FUCKING HELL BIOWARE IS DEAD 😫💔 SOMEONE PLEASE SAVE MASS EFFECT FFS https://t.co/DGAHXCbeUu pic.twitter.com/twdRORFu44
Over the last two decades, EA has committed nothing short of cultural vandalism in video games.
— Hayes Madsen (@solfleet.bsky.social) 2026-10-21T17:14:16.392Z
Losing Bioware's so brutal. Iconic Canadian studio, gone, because the US president's son-in-law wants to help some Saudis own EA Sports FC or whatever
— Jesse Boo-rascia 👻 (@jesseguarascia.com) 2026-10-21T17:13:52.394Z
The fact that Electronic Arts gutted and demolished them over the course of decades before finally killing the studio after selling to Saudi Arabia–where LGBTQ+ lives are still illegal and can come with a death penalty–is one of the most shameful, disgusting indictments of the industry as a whole.
— Zoe TunnHELL (@zoewithasword.bsky.social) 2026-10-21T17:16:33.522Z
— The Black Hokage (@TheBlackHokage) October 21, 2026