BioWare Co-Founder Speaks Out on Studio Closure, Mass Effect CancellationZeschuk says he had to emotionally detach from BioWare long ago.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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: Oct 29, 2026 12:43am UTC<\/p>\n
BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk has spoken out about the closure of BioWare last week, which saw 50 jobs lost as part of 400 cuts across the company, along with the cancellation of Mass Effect 5, which we’ve now come to learn (via a leaked internal trailer) was called Mass Effect: Universe.<\/p>\n
Speaking to 80 Level, Zeschuk lamented the end of the studio but said he went through his own emotional goodbye to the studio after he and fellow co-founder Ray Muzyka departed it on their own terms back in 2012, several months after the launch of Mass Effect 3. \u201cI’ve kind of gone through all the emotions like long, long ago,\u201d he said. \u201cYou have to break from it and kind of go, \u2018OK, I’ve had my emotional moment.\u2019\u201d He continued: \u201cI’m just at a point in my life where I’ve got my own other business,\u201d he said. \u201cMy [beer] brewing business is going really well. I’ve got a whole other thing I’m doing,<\/p>\n