An Update on the State of BioWare

As part of transition, BioWare is eliminating approximately 50 roles.

[shadowT]

oh no

[robtion]

Well after reading through it I would say it sounds like a complete load of corporate BS.

Meanwhile a bunch of rich EA execs will get huge bonuses for keep the numbers looking good.

[thorstein]

Absolutely.

Average pay there is 80 -115k.

350 employees.

2021 revenue was 140 million.

30 million stock bonus for EA's CEO last year. His salary is 20 million.

The industry needs to unionize.

[neutralgamer1992]

EA games= Kill the studio

Not sure why people keep selling their studios to EA. I guess money is the only factor considered

[Vengeance1138]

Anyway...

[Ddavis7690]

The majority of them are coming from the union contractors........shocker

[LordoftheCritics]

Bound to happen.

Old Bioware doesn't exist.
Old Blizzard doesn't exist as well. That's why we have Season Pass Simulator 4.

[Christopher]

250-ish employees working on two major RPG titles and no third-party QC team. Sounds like a recipe for success.

[jznrpg]

They should use the QC team from Redfall. They will score it double digits higher than reality.

[Stanjara]

Cyberpunk too

[Crows90]

@stanjara

You must've missed the part where devs were voicing concerns. Higher ups ignored it.

With redfall. Xbox got the final say. They chose to release an unfinished mess.

[Relientk77]

The Lord of the Rings Gollum game. Clearly, they have the best QC team in gaming.

[Shane Kim]

Well, that KotoR remake is never coming out.

[MrBaskerville]

While you're probably on to something, I'm not sure the Kotor remake is in the hands of Bioware.

[jznrpg]

They weren’t doing it to begin with it was Aspyr who started it and given to Saber Interactive if I’m remembering correctly. It did have some serious issues with Aspyr and that’s why Saber took over and is supposed to be moving forward. That doesn’t mean it’s going to release for sure but that’s the last I read about it.

[Shane Kim]

But don't they own and fund the development?

[PapaBop]

They're a bad game away from being transitioned from active to the EA graveyard. Playing Baldur's Gate 3 feels like a nostalgic trip back to prime Bioware and a sad reminder of just how far they've fallen.. How did they go from making so many classic games to garbage like Anthem?

[Seraphim]

your first sentence answers your last question. EA happened. I'm honestly surprised Bioware has lasted this long. I expected w/in a few years of EA shuttering Pandemic that Bioware would be next.

[Profchaos]

We want the next dragon age and mass effect to be as good as possible so we're firing 50 people.....logic

[MatrixxGT]

TL:DR - company changing name from Bioware to Vaporware.

[Soy]

Ugh, I hate that corporate sugar-coated speak so much. "Must become a more agile company" what a load of crap. Just be honest and say "look, EA won't pay for these people anymore, so, sorry. But don't worry, the rest of us will work 80 hour weeks to make sure our last prayers at being the Bioware people loved come up just short of EA's ridiculous expectations."

[Knightofelemia]

Bioware is a shell of what they use to be and EA has even wrecked them even more.

[CrimsonWing69]

So, do we blame this if the games are bad now or just BioWare in general?

[isarai]

I'm honestly surprised they haven't been dissolve already

[-Foxtrot]

It’s sad to say but I don’t see these guys lasting if ME4 and DA4 do bad

They need a proper win…a game that’s just passable isn’t going to cut it unfortunately.

[badz149]

As long as their game includes monetization, it will be bad

[BrainSyphoned]

This is what happens when larger companies that only care about money gobble up studios. Good thing that isn't a rampant problem nowadays.

[badboyz09]

They sold to EA Bound to happen.

[xenz]

I might sound like a big hypocrite now because I have slandered Baldurs Gate 3 earlier, but I must say after playing it yesterday; it felt like I was playing a proper old-school Bioware game.

[gametrotter]

Really sad to hear. I hope Dreadwolf isn't a botched launch.

[TheCaptainKuchiki]

"eliminating"
Weird choice of word

[DarthSocio]

This is why there's been radio silence on the Mass Effect sequel. It's not coming out any time soon