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 (12)
- Electronic Arts shut downs Edmonton’s BioWare amid broader layoffs The Globe and Mail · 23d ago
- EA Cuts Around 400 Jobs, Shuts Down BioWare Deadline · 23d ago
- Video game developer BioWare shuts down, next 'Mass Effect' canceled amid broader layoffs at EA AP News · 23d ago
- Video game developer BioWare shuts down, next 'Mass Effect' canceled amid broader layoffs at EA WRAL · 23d ago
- Mass layoffs rock California gaming giant as boss’ internal memo leaks Yahoo Finance · 23d ago
- After $55 billion Saudi takeover, Bay Area company lays off 400 San Francisco Chronicle · 23d ago
- BioWare closed by EA after 30 years of influential, genre-defining games The Washington Post · 23d ago
- Video Game Studio BioWare Shutting Down The New York Times · 23d ago
- Prime Video Is Moving Forward With Its Mass Effect TV Series Even After EA Shut Down Legendary Developer BioWare IGN · 23d 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 · 23d ago
- Doctors & Dragons Game Informer · 23d ago
- EA to shutter BioWare studio, cut jobs as it narrows game slate Reuters · 23d ago
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