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Recent coverage highlights BioWare’s internal and external upheavals, including a reported EA board shutdown of a plan to reboot Star Wars: The Old Republic in a more KOTOR-like direction. At the same time, former BioWare talent is launching new projects—Studio Reset and a neon-noir supernatural mystery game in a stylized Canadian cityscape.

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Key Takeaway BioWare’s legacy is being reshaped by both reported EA-level cancellations and fresh ventures from former staff, signaling change inside and around the studio.
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BioWare’s legacy is being reshaped by both reported EA-level cancellations and fresh ventures from former staff, signaling change inside and around the studio.

Recent coverage highlights BioWare’s internal and external upheavals, including a reported EA board shutdown of a plan to reboot Star Wars: The Old Republic in a more KOTOR-like direction. At the same time, former BioWare talent is launching new projects—Studio Reset and a neon-noir supernatural mystery game in a stylized Canadian cityscape.

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PC Gamer · 14h ago
A trio of former BioWare devs are making 'a neon-noir supernatural mystery game set in a stylized Canadian cityscape'
Eurogamer · 7d ago
BioWare had a plan to reboot Star Wars: The Old Republic and make it more KOTOR like, but EA's board of directors shut it down
GamesIndustry.biz · 1d ago
"Don't build a studio that requires a massive hit to survive" – Veteran BioWare devs form Studio Reset

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Reported action EA board shut down a reboot plan for Star Wars: The Old Republic
Reboot goal Make SWTOR more KOTOR-like
New venture Veteran BioWare devs formed Studio Reset
New project pitch Former BioWare devs are making a neon-noir supernatural mystery game
Setting style A stylized Canadian cityscape

What to Watch

  • Track Studio Reset’s announcements for its first publicly detailed project and timeline. GamesIndustry.biz
  • Watch for updates from the trio of former BioWare devs on the neon-noir supernatural mystery game’s first reveal window. PC Gamer
  • Follow coverage of any future SWTOR direction changes that echo the canceled KOTOR-like reboot concept. Eurogamer

Recent signals

  • A trio of former BioWare devs are making 'a neon-noir supernatural mystery game set in a stylized Canadian cityscape' PC Gamer
  • "Don't build a studio that requires a massive hit to survive" – Veteran BioWare devs form Studio Reset GamesIndustry.biz
  • BioWare had a plan to reboot Star Wars: The Old Republic and make it more KOTOR like, but EA's board of directors shut it down Eurogamer
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eurogamer.net

BioWare had a plan to reboot Star Wars: The Old Republic and make it more KOTOR like, but EA's board of directors shut it down

It was to be called The New Republic and make the Star Wars MMO feel much more like KOTOR. Key figures were on board with it. But the idea crashed on the rocks

7d ago News by Robert Purchese Associate Editor
pcgamer.com

'It nearly killed me': Why studio head James Ohlen left sci-fi RPG Exodus mid-development—and why EA crushing his Star Wars: The Old Republic reboot was the 'beginning of the end' at BioWare

"I just needed to step away."

8d ago Samuel Horti
gamesindustry.biz

"Don't build a studio that requires a massive hit to survive" – Veteran BioWare devs form Studio Reset

New studio secures $250,000 from Canada Media Fund to develop debut neon-noir supernatural mystery title

1d ago News by Sophie McEvoy Staff Writer
kotaku.com

BioWare Veteran Says New Sci-Fi RPG Exodus Nearly Killed Him

James Ohlen said leading the studio behind the ambitious new game was bad for his health

7d ago Ethan Gach

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