The Internet Reacts To The End Of BioWare

Today, EA announced that it is shutting down BioWare, the storied RPG studio behind the original Baldur’s Gate games, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, the Mass Effect and Dragon Age series, and many more beloved games. The news comes after the studio struggled with games like Mass Effect: Andromeda and Anthem, and planned to release a fifth Mass Effect game initially teased in 2020. This also follows EA’s acquisition by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake Partners, and Affinity Partners, a private equity firm owned by President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

I’M GOING TO FUCKING JUMP OFF A CLIFF MASS EFFECT IS DEAD WHAT THE FUCK https://t.co/qjt4mm5Vk4

— Kala Elizabeth (@kalaelizabeth) October 21, 2026

I’M GOING TO FUCKING JUMP OFF A CLIFF MASS EFFECT IS DEAD WHAT THE FUCK https://t.co/qjt4mm5Vk4

— Kala Elizabeth (@kalaelizabeth) October 21, 2026

FUCKING HELL BIOWARE IS DEAD 😫💔 SOMEONE PLEASE SAVE MASS EFFECT FFS https://t.co/DGAHXCbeUu pic.twitter.com/twdRORFu44

— KG (@XxiKGixX) October 21, 2026

FUCKING HELL BIOWARE IS DEAD 😫💔 SOMEONE PLEASE SAVE MASS EFFECT FFS https://t.co/DGAHXCbeUu pic.twitter.com/twdRORFu44

— KG (@XxiKGixX) October 21, 2026

I fell to my knees… pic.twitter.com/oTQ3Xi8LQ9

— The Black Hokage (@TheBlackHokage) October 21, 2026

I fell to my knees… pic.twitter.com/oTQ3Xi8LQ9

— The Black Hokage (@TheBlackHokage) October 21, 2026

Some will likely say the news wasn’t surprising, as the company had been publicly struggling in the decade since Dragon Age: Inquisition, and had downsized last year in hopes of being a more agile studio as it continued to work on the fifth Mass Effect. But now that the day has finally come, the internet is reacting to EA’s decision with the kind of anger you’d expect after watching the studio get dragged through the mud as the publisher chased dreams of live-service success.

This news comes just weeks before N7 Day, BioWare’s annual Mass Effect holiday in which the studio typically gave updates, however small, about Mass Effect 5. Now, it will likely be up to fans to make November 7 feel like anything other than a terrible bummer.