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A Strange Update About ‘Mass Effect 5’ With BioWare On Brink

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BioWare Betting It All On Mass Effect 5 After Even More Layoffs [Update]

What’s left of BioWare, the renowned RPG powerhouse behind beloved franchises like Dragon Age, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and the original Baldur’s Gate games? It’s a hard question to answer in 2025 after multiple rounds of layoffs and restructurings as the studio pivots between the character-driven stories fans love and the live-service gaming models investors want.

A Strange Update About ‘Mass Effect 5’ With BioWare On The Brink

While corporate obfuscation is nothing new, the statement that BioWare just released about Mass Effect 5 and the larger status of the studio was nothing short of bizarre,

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BioWare Silently Hit With Layoffs Amid Focus on Next Mass Effect

Layoffs have been confirmed for BioWare, as the studio downsizes, and shifts its focus to developing the next Mass Effect game.

BioWare, Mass Effect and Dragon Age

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BioWare veterans confirm they were laid off by EA, including senior Dragon Age and Mass Effect devs

EA refused to acknowledge layoffs in yesterday's announcement about BioWare's downsizing, but they're happening.

TechRadar on MSN · 1d

BioWare has quietly laid off long-time Dragon Age devs as it downsizes the studio and turns its focus to Mass Effect 5

"Now that Dragon Age: The Veilguard has been released, a core team at BioWare is developing the next Mass Effect game under the leadership of veterans from the original trilogy, including Mike Gamble, Preston Watamaniuk, Derek Watts, Parrish Ley, and others," McKay said.

As work on Mass Effect 5 properly gets going, BioWare says it's downsized, with "many" devs moved to other EA teams and some staff departures

BioWare has announced that it's undergone some restucturing as it shifts its full focus to the next Mass Effect game after putting out Dragon Age: The Veilguard. The studio has confirmed that "many" staff have been moved to other EA teams, while there are reports which hint at potential layoffs having come as part of this downsizing.

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Don't worry, Mass Effect 5 is totally fine, EA reassures as BioWare downsizes, moving 'many' employees to other studios

Electronic Arts won't say if any BioWare employees have been laid off in the restructuring, but at least one says they have.

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Baldur's Gate 3 dev slams EA's BioWare layoffs as "a short-term cost-saving measure" that "doesn't solve a long-term problem"

Larian Studios' Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director Michael Douse is calling out EA for continually laying off BioWare staff, ...

EA says Mass Effect 5 doesn't need full studio support, moves some staff to other teams

A major restructuring is happening at Dragon Age and Mass Effect developer BioWare as EA looks to condense the team working ...

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Mass Effect 5 Gets Big Development Update

Mass Effect 5 is BioWare's next game and has the studio's full focus, but it also doesn't require the help of the entire team ...

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