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“What a Loss for All of Us”: RPG Creators Mourn BioWare, as Warren Spector Blasts Those Behind Its Closure

A collage featuring the BioWare logo with characters from its popular games, including Baldur's Gate, Dragon Age, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Mass Effect, and Jade Empire.

Following the extremely sad news of BioWare’s closure (mandated by Electronic Arts amid a larger restructuring that removed another 350 employees across the publisher as it began to deal with substantial debt from the $55 billion leveraged buyout), several prominent RPG developers and former studio veterans shared their parting thoughts, ranging from resignation and nostalgia to utter rage. The latter came from a perhaps unexpected source: Warren Spector. In a LinkedIn post, the recently retired legendary game designer behind various Ultima games, System Shock, Deus Ex, and Epic Mickey, vented his raw frustration at those executives who effectively executed such […]

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