# ‘What a Loss for All of Us’: Boss of Baldur’s Gate 3 Maker Reacts to BioWare Closure

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/what-a-loss-for-all-of-us-boss-of-baldurs-gate-3-maker-reacts-to-bioware-closure/
- Published: 2026-10-23T17:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-23T17:11:04+00:00
- Original publisher: Push Square
- Original article: https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/10/what-a-loss-for-all-of-us-boss-of-baldurs-gate-3-maker-reacts-to-bioware-closure
- Topics: Business, Companies

## Key points

- EA’s cuts include the closure of BioWare.
- Swen Vincke says the RPG industry has lost a major influence.
- BioWare’s games helped shape the genre over several decades.

## Summary

EA’s reported closure of BioWare as part of a 400-person round of job cuts has prompted a tribute from Swen Vincke, head of Larian Studios, the maker of Baldur’s Gate 3. He called the loss of BioWare from the field of upcoming role-playing games “almost unimaginable” and said the studio had helped make the genre popular.

Vincke noted that Larian and BioWare were founded around the same time in the mid-1990s, but BioWare became influential early through the first two Baldur’s Gate games and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. It later found success with Dragon Age and Mass Effect, while Larian built its reputation gradually through the Divinity series before Baldur’s Gate 3 brought it wider recognition. Vincke thanked BioWare’s staff for their games and stories and wished them well.

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