--- title: BioWare Co-Founder Says Studio Killed by Execs Who Never... description: BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk says executives who never made a game killed the studio. EA closed BioWare on Oct. 21, cutting about 50 jobs as part of roughly... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/bioware-co-founder-says-studio-killed-by-execs-who-never-made-a-game--c53zfeigp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: BioWare Co-Founder Says Studio Killed by Execs Who Never "Made a Game” | daily.dev og:description: BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk says executives who never made a game killed the studio. EA closed BioWare on Oct. 21, cutting about 50 jobs as part of roughly... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/bioware-co-founder-says-studio-killed-by-execs-who-never-made-a-game--c53zfeigp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/c53zFeiGp.png og:image:alt: BioWare Co-Founder Says Studio Killed by Execs Who Never "Made a Game” og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # BioWare Co-Founder Says Studio Killed by Execs Who Never "Made a Game” **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 10 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk says executives who never made a game killed the studio. EA closed BioWare on Oct. 21, cutting about 50 jobs as part of roughly 400 layoffs across EA, ending early work on the next Mass Effect game. The closure came 78 days after EA's $55 billion leveraged buyout, led by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, which Zeschuk calls 'the final nail in the coffin.' He blames business executives who 'never really made a game' and dismisses the idea that studios can be rebuilt with 'random people and AI.' Zeschuk says he doesn't regret selling BioWare to EA in 2007 and has no interest in reviving the studio or Mass Effect rights. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### why did EA shut down BioWare and cancel the next Mass Effect game EA closed BioWare on October 21, ending early development on the next Mass Effect game and cutting about 50 jobs, part of roughly 400 layoffs across EA. The closure came 78 days after EA's $55 billion leveraged buyout, led by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, which BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk calls 'the final nail in the coffin' for the studio. _follow the fallout from EA's buyout and studio closures on daily.dev as the games industry reshuffles._ ### what does Greg Zeschuk think about using AI to replace game development teams Greg Zeschuk, BioWare's co-founder, rejects the idea that studios can recreate great games with 'random people and AI,' calling that belief mistaken. He argues the business executives now running studios rarely come from development backgrounds and have never made a game from start to finish, so they don't understand what the craft actually requires. _developers weighing AI's real limits in game production can track takes like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [BioWare Founders Left Games For Medicine, Investing & Craft Beer](https://daily.dev/posts/bioware-founders-left-games-for-medicine-investing-craft-beer-htokp9y0t) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [BioWare veteran Mark Darrah defends Anthem's development](https://daily.dev/posts/bioware-veteran-mark-darrah-defends-anthem-s-development-fnxxikixg) · GamesIndustry.biz · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [EA workers trapped in a maelstrom of uncertainty after Saudi deal](https://daily.dev/posts/ea-workers-trapped-in-a-maelstrom-of-uncertainty-after-saudi-deal-jlo53pqdx) · Game Developer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Former BioWare Designer Defends Studio Amid Next Mass Effect Doubts](https://daily.dev/posts/former-bioware-designer-defends-studio-amid-next-mass-effect-doubts-4cknouuoo) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#game-development](https://daily.dev/tags/game-development), [#bioware](https://daily.dev/tags/bioware) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/bioware-co-founder-says-studio-killed-by-execs-who-never-made-a-game--c53zfeigp) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"BioWare Co-Founder Says Studio Killed by Execs Who Never \"Made a Game”","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/bioware-co-founder-says-studio-killed-by-execs-who-never-made-a-game--c53zfeigp","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/bioware-co-founder-says-studio-killed-by-execs-who-never-made-a-game--c53zfeigp"},"datePublished":"2026-10-28T20:30:12.319Z","dateModified":"2026-10-28T21:35:28.119Z","description":"BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk says executives who never made a game killed the studio. 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