Bioware is dead. EA shuts down dev.

[Armenius]

only a few good ones left- From Software, CDPR, Larian, Rockstar, Naughty Dog

From and Larian are the only true good ones in that list, and they're both one-trick ponies.

there's a live action TV adaptation of Tomb Raider, Mass Effect and Warhammer in development (all at Amazon)...the Warhammer one is the series with Henry Cavill

https://www.ign.com/articles/mass-effect-tv-series-prime-video-bioware-closure

 

[sharknice]

This is basically how I feel about it:

 

[Flogger23m]

Filmmakers think videogames are beneath them, they view it as a lower form of media, so the biggest thing preventing a faithful adoption is their pride. How many times have seen writers, directors and actors proudly declare that they never played the games they are adopting and have no intention to even after getting the job.The only way to make a faithful screen adoption is if the game developer is involved, like CDPR is with Edgerunners.

There certainly are actors and even directors who like video games, and speak fondly of them. But video games do seen to get handed off to people who dislike games, want to change it entirely from the source material (why bother then?), or do "their own take" on it. The recent Silent Hill 2 movie adaptation is such a good example. Ignoring the plot changes itself the entire tone changed, motivations for the protagonist and their actions, any the reason why the manifestations existed the way they were. I feel like the people who made that movie really hated Silent Hill and wanted to make poke fun at how dumb video games are. Otherwise I don't really see how you could make the changes they did.

 

[Scoobydo2]

Former BioWare lead writer Patrick Weekes speculated in late 2025—around the time of the initial $55 billion buyout announcement by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners—that the deal would heavily impact progressive content in games, famously remarking that "guns and football are in, gay stuff is out".

 

[pendragon1]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGoxlSDvGhc

 

[El_Capitan]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGoxlSDvGhc

Lol

 

[StryderxX]

The Bioware team that made the games we truly loved back in the day were long gone. Modern Bioware greenlit and released Veilguard. They needed to go out of business.

 

[Dan_D]

Former BioWare lead writer Patrick Weekes speculated in late 2025—around the time of the initial $55 billion buyout announcement by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners—that the deal would heavily impact progressive content in games, famously remarking that "guns and football are in, gay stuff is out".

I'm not surprised he doesn't understand. The stuff he likes putting in games was never what people wanted. And the Saudi's expect a return on their investment. They have every right to do so. You don't buy companies to lose money.