EA Shuts Down BioWare - Kinda Funny Games Daily 10.21.26
October 21, 2026
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5 min readEA Shuts Down BioWare, Ending Mass Effect and Dragon Age
"Electronic arts is cutting 400 jobs and shutting down Bioware." Greg Miller read the Bloomberg alert aloud on Kinda Funny Games Daily, and the room went quiet. The legendary studio behind Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Baldur's Gate, and Jade Empire was being closed. The next Mass Effect game—still in early development—would be cancelled as part of the layoffs. Roughly 50 people at BioWare would lose their jobs. Across EA as a whole, 400 positions were being eliminated, about 3% of total staff.
The news landed during a live broadcast, forcing the show to abandon its planned structure and spend the rest of the hour processing what had happened. Miller called Andy Cortez, a longtime BioWare fan, who answered with raw emotion: "There's a lot of feelings right now, Greg."
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:15) **Show Opens & Studio Return** - Greg and Madeline celebrate being back on the "spooky set" after the Top 100 event, with a broken jib camera.
- 2 (04:19) **Roper Report Begins & Breaking Bioware News** - The show is derailed by Jason Schreier's breaking report that EA is shutting down Bioware and cancelling the next Mass Effect.
- 3 (13:10) **Live Reaction Call with Andy Cortez** - Greg calls friend and Bioware fan Andy Cortez to process the news in real-time.
- 4 (16:00) **Processing the News & Community Superchats** - Greg and Madeline read viewer reactions and discuss the legacy of Bioware.
- 5 (31:54) **EA's Official Statement "Building EA's Next Chapter"** - Greg reads EA's corporate blog post justifying the layoffs and closures.
- 6 (40:28) **Transition & Show Restructure** - Greg announces a pivot: the planned Witcher Gamescast is cancelled, and they will hold a "funeral for Bioware" Gamescast immediately after this show.
- 7 (45:05) **Story #2: Xbox's Project Helix & 2028 Console** - A Fortune profile on Xbox CEO Asha Sharma reveals details on the next-gen console pricing and timeline.
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Show Notes
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Run of Show -
00:00:00 - Start
00:05:23 - Breaking: EA Shutting Down Bioware
00:16:05 - SuperChats
00:41:30 - Ad
00:44:57 - Report claims next Xbox is targeting 2028 and could cost an arm AND a leg
00:51:59 - Xbox Reportedly Plans To Release New Gaming Handheld In 2027 Despite Ongoing Turf Battles With Windows
00:56:59 - Xbox Game Pass Overhaul INCOMING
01:01:35 - Fight Night LIVES
01:03:00 - Stranger Than Heaven Previews are up!
01:16:02 - Pokémon Is Finally Opening Official Stores Outside Of Asia
01:18:40 - Wee News!
01:21:30 - SuperChats & You‘re Wrong
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