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- technology@lemmy.world
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Really sad to hear that BioWare is closing its doors after 31 years. I can’t say it’s entirely surprising given how difficult the last decade has been for the studio, but it’s still a shame to see another enormously influential name disappear from the industry. This was the developer behind Neverwinter Nights, Knights of the Old Republic, Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect 2, among so many others. What an incredible run of games they had :(
I’ve written a little piece looking back at BioWare’s history, some of my favorite games from their glory days, and how depressing it’s becoming to see so many studios shutting down. Whatever you think of BioWare’s more recent output, I think gaming is a little poorer without them.
Clearly the news has been covered and re-covered, so this is just a brief look over their work.
I assume this means SWTOR is finally at an end state after 15 years?
Broadsword Games took over SWTOR from Bioware 3 years ago.
Joining Westwood, Maxis, Bullfrog and many other esteemed studios killed by EA. Farewell old friend.
I think BioWare had already been a zombie for years, might as well kill it off for good.
KOTOR was one of my favorite games of all time. Why don’t they make games like that anymore?
Because companies don’t believe games like this are worth the risk.
I think everyone hoped for a nice modern KOTOR game, and it would have been so nice to see it. I guess Star Wars had a license change, and for so long EA just wanted a certain kind of game instead :(
Wasn’t it announced? What happens to it?
Disney acquiring Starwars definitely hampered any licensing at the time. Around that time I was looking forward to Starwars 1313. It looked like an absolutely amazing Starwars game that was going to play similarly to mass effect.
I heard good things about the new Star Wars XCOM-esque game, but I haven’t even started to look at trying it yet




