RIP BioWare: EA shuts down storied RPG studio after over three decades
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"RIP BioWare: EA shuts down storied RPG studio after over three decades" is generating significant coverage in the Technology category, with 4 articles from 3 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
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Coverage (11)
- EA Cuts Around 400 Jobs, Shuts Down BioWare Deadline · 13h ago
- Video game developer BioWare shuts down, next 'Mass Effect' canceled amid broader layoffs at EA AP News · 13h ago
- Video game developer BioWare shuts down, next 'Mass Effect' canceled amid broader layoffs at EA WRAL · 13h ago
- Mass layoffs rock California gaming giant as boss’ internal memo leaks Yahoo Finance · 13h ago
- After $55 billion Saudi takeover, Bay Area company lays off 400 San Francisco Chronicle · 13h ago
- BioWare closed by EA after 30 years of influential, genre-defining games The Washington Post · 13h ago
- Video Game Studio BioWare Shutting Down The New York Times · 13h ago
- Prime Video Is Moving Forward With Its Mass Effect TV Series Even After EA Shut Down Legendary Developer BioWare IGN · 13h ago
- Former BioWare Executive Producer Mark Darrah Says EA Might Be 'More Likely' to Sell IPs Like Mass Effect and Dragon Age After Studio’s Closure, but There's a Big Catch IGN · 13h ago
- Doctors & Dragons Game Informer · 13h ago
- EA to shutter BioWare studio, cut jobs as it narrows game slate Reuters · 13h ago
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