Ex-Keywords Studios QA testers, who worked on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf, will picket in front of BioWare’s Edmonton office on Tuesday. BioWare attempted to block the picket with an appeal to the ...

A group of laid off unionized QA testers who were working on the upcoming Dragon Age: Dreadwolf are picketing outside of developer BioWare's Edmonton office for November 7, a day usually reserved ...

Though you can walk down BioWare's halls and peek into offices, don't expect to uncover any secrets. After all, Giesbrecht's tour was arranged by BioWare's HR department.

BioWare developers like to joke that the “Dragon Age” crew was like a pirate ship, ... the company relabeled its Edmonton headquarters from a BioWare office to a hub for all EA staff in the area.

BioWare is the latest studio to adopt a hybrid model for its work structure, giving its staff a choice between remote working and coming to the office. The announcement was part of a blog post ...

In September, Keywords Studios laid off 13 QA employees who had been playtesting the upcoming Dragon Age: Dreadwolf RPG. The layoffs came after BioWare ended its contract with Keywords, an ...

The union campaign started after Keywords Studios announced that the testers would be required to return to BioWare’s office starting on May 9. Testers do not receive paid sick time, despite ...

The contractors were previously expected to come back to the office on May 9th, while BioWare employees were being given hybrid work options. This also follows criticism from March 2020, ...

One former BioWare developer told me they would frequently find a private room in the office, shut the door, and just cry. “People were so angry and sad all the time,” they said.

The report describes a troubled studio culture at BioWare, including tensions between the Edmonton and Austin offices and an over-reliance on last-minute "BioWare magic"—crunch laced with blind ...

With the ongoing pandemic continuing to disrupt life as we know it, especially as the omicron variant fuels an increase in confirmed covid infections, developer BioWare plans to embrace a remote ...