Exclusive: Laid-off Keywords union members set to strike outside of BioWare Edmonton
Game Developer
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
EA and BioWare allegedly attempted to block members of Keywords Edmonton United from protesting outside of the company's office.
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EA reshuffles studio leadership after Samantha Ryan departs
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 31, 2023
EA group general Manager Samantha Ryan has left the company. These included BioWare (Mass Effect/Dragon Age), Maxis (The Sims), Full Circle (Skate), Cliffhanger Games (Black Panther) and Motive (Dead Space/Iron Man). Ryan led the EA studios that were not making sports, racing or shooting games. Read more
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Copychaser Games' blueprint for story-focused titles
GamesIndustry.biz
MAY 31, 2023
Speaking with GamesIndustry.biz , Bioware alum and now Copychaser Games' creative director, writer, and producer Ben Gelinas explains the nuances of developing a good story. He also takes us through the company's goals for its new title Times & Galaxy. Read more
Step into the many fantastical worlds of Nightingale by Inflexion Games
PreMortem.Games
DECEMBER 1, 2023
Aaryn Flynn , CEO of Inflexion Games shares, “A lot of us on the team who worked at BioWare were looking for a game setting that hadn’t really been seen before.” Aaryn Flynn, CEO of Inflexion Games Inflexion Games emerged in 2018 as a collaborative effort among industry veterans, including ex-BioWare developers, and newer talents.
Report: EA to move Star Wars: The Old Republic from BioWare
GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 7, 2023
BioWare will reportedly no longer work on MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic going forward. According to IGN , parent company EA is close to signing a deal with Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot developer BroadSword, with the studio expected to handle Star Wars: The Old Republic's development and operation.
a lot of people are probably asking you this, but if they aren’t… do you have any clue what’s going on with bioware? first moving swtor to another studio, which seems like it can be both a good or a bad thing, and now they’re laying off 50 more people? studio veterans included? this just seems like a very weird move to me, if not outright shitty. i want to believe in bioware, i love their games, no matter how flawed they are, but in the three years i’ve been familiar with them, things seem to be getting worse and worse. i know that DAD is in alpha so probably this layoff won’t affect its quality too much, but again, that looks like a terrible move towards the employees themselves and the studio’s more distant future.
Ask a Game Dev
AUGUST 24, 2023
Bioware is basically following the publisher mandate. In March of this year, EA declared that they were going to cut roughly 6% of their workforce (~800 layoffs) to lower costs, likely because they (like many tech companies) over-hired during the pandemic and need to correct the burn rate to appease their shareholders.
Game companies enact callous layoffs, amid their own competence controversies
Game Daily
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Launched last month, it features people looking for work, a list of companies hiring, and a list of recruiters. In August, Bioware laid off 50 workers. Now, seven of them are suing the company for a fairer severance package. Eurogamer reports that much of the company’s quality assurance team are going to lose their jobs.
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