Avram ‘Avi’ Lewis, the Canadian politician who became the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) in March 2026, publicly addressed the closure of BioWare, the historic RPG developer based in Edmonton, Alberta. Lewis, a self-professed socialist, attacked the private equity buyers of Electronic Arts, which has owned BioWare since 2007. A consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s PIF recently completed a $55 billion leveraged buyout of the game publisher, leaving EA saddled with $18 billion in debt. Lewis floated the possibility of getting the government to support the studio going independent in order to save it: This is private equity, this is what it […]
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