These layoffs came on the heels of BioWare’s 2023 downsizing, which affected 50 employees. EA’s broader workforce reduction in May 2025 hit several divisions, suggesting a consistent trend.

BioWare finally released Dragon Age: The Veilguard last month, a release Dragon Age fans had been waiting 10 years for. Unfortunately, for both BioWare and fans, it has not delivered.

It seems a strange move for BioWare to begin hiring so soon after letting staff go, but former Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider's reports of a schism between the Dragon Age and Mass Effect ...

BioWare’s most recent game, “Dragon Age: The Veilguard,” underperformed EA’s expectations last fall and many of its developers were among those who lost jobs or were moved elsewhere.

BioWare Betting It All On Mass Effect 5 After Even More Layoffs [Update] The RPG studio is down to a 'core team' after leaving Dragon Age: The Veilguard behind. By. Ethan Gach.

Bloomberg reports that, following EA's layoffs and restructuring at BioWare, the studio now has fewer than 100 employees, down from more than 200 during the development of Dragon Age: The ...

The BioWare we loved is mostly gone, but '2017 is when EA finished digesting' it, says Dragon Age studio veteran; Apex Legends writer gets laid off 24 hours after the character she wrote is ...

BioWare director Michael Gamble has teased “the future of Mass Effect,” a nebulous and unremarkable tease at face value — even with context — but one with some interesting implications.

BioWare general manager Gary McKay confirmed today in a blog post on the studio’s official website that the team at BioWare is downsizing, as the studio puts all its focus behind the next Mass ...

Just as important, the leak was said to have come from someone within Bioware itself. That leak also claimed that over 30K players asked for a refund, which would put the game’s sales even lower.

(Image credit: BioWare) In Star Trek fashion, Mass Effect allows players to smooch with the aliens, but this time, we want to play as the aliens, too. Non-humans are rarely given lead roles in sci ...

It's Dragon Age Day, and BioWare is treating players to an armor set from Dragon Age II and a free character creator for those who haven't jumped in yet.