{"id":2689873,"date":"2026-10-22T22:00:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T02:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/go-woke-go-broke-legendary-video-game-studio-closes-after-30-years\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T22:00:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T02:00:58","slug":"go-woke-go-broke-legendary-video-game-studio-closes-after-30-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/go-woke-go-broke-legendary-video-game-studio-closes-after-30-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Go Woke, Go Broke? Legendary Video Game Studio Closes After 30 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgo-woke-go-broke-legendary-video-game-studio-closes-after-30-years%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2689873&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ask any video game fan \u2014 such as this writer \u2014 about some of their favorite titles, and many will almost invariably include one from longtime studio BioWare.<\/p>\n<p>From critically acclaimed licensed products such as the \u201cKnight of the Old Republic\u201d Star Wars games, to cult classics like \u201cJade Empire,\u201d to modern AAA blockbusters like the \u201cMass Effect\u201d games, BioWare has been a major part of many video game enthusiasts\u2019 life over the years.<\/p>\n<p>And now the ride is over.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the once-venerable studio announced that it was closing its doors after over 30 years in the industry.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\">https:\/\/t.co\/TicSujMWps<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BioWare (@bioware) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bioware\/status\/2112953618093535510?\">October 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, after more than three decades of d adventures, BioWare is closing and early development on the next Mass Effect project is ending,\u201d the company posted to social media platform X.<\/p>\n<p>BioWare continued, \u201cThere is nothing easy about writing those words. Our focus right now is on our incredibly talented team who put their hearts into these games, and supporting one another through this transition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Look, I am loathe to ever celebrate people losing their jobs. And I still won\u2019t here in this space.<\/p>\n<p>But there are more than a few critics who may just question how \u201cincredibly talented\u201d BioWare\u2019s team was when the company shuttered.<\/p>\n<p>For as long and as impressive as BioWare\u2019s track record was, recent titles have been far more divisive among the fan base, and for good reason.<\/p>\n<p>BioWare games began shoehorning in a number of modern social justice issues \u2014 even in fantasy worlds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BioWare, a once-major game studio, has shut down.<\/p>\n<p>The last game they released was a disaster filled with LGBTQ propaganda and woke pronouns.<\/p>\n<p>FAFO<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/t.co\/pUn7K69htl<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/2113338889679086031?\">October 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The comments under the Libs of TikTok post are brutal \u2014 and, for that matter, so, too, are the comments under BioWare\u2019s farewell post.<\/p>\n<p>Look, reasonable people can disagree on whether or not it\u2019s good to see an entire studio close because of pervasive cultural politics.<\/p>\n<p>But wherever one stands on \u201cwoke\u201d content, I actually do implore you to watch the above video. Left or right, we should all be able to agree that that\u2019s just bad, sophomoric writing.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the sort of stuff you would expect out of a first-year film student \u2014 not a multimillion-dollar video game studio.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the most concrete \u2014 and arguably damning \u2014 indictment of BioWare actually came from legendary game developer and writer Chris Avellone, whose work on 2010\u2019s \u201cFallout: New Vegas\u201d is still praised to this day.<\/p>\n<p>Avellone took to X to call out just how pervasive these \u201cwoke\u201d politics had gotten inside of BioWare.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">@Iliekturtles12 @Joebno_Gaming I guess I can say it now \u2013 so when applicants would apply to the studio, the producer would go through their LinkedIn to see what posts they liked, and if he disagreed with their political\/social Like, he\u2019d advocate not to hire them based on their Like.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Avellone (@ChrisAvellone) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChrisAvellone\/status\/2113057702729703933?\">October 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Avellone claimed that \u201cwhen applicants would apply to the studio, the producer would go through their LinkedIn to see what posts they liked, and if he disagreed with their political\/social Like, he\u2019d advocate not to hire them based on their Like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Avellone noted that, yes, sometimes you do have to screen poor fit or unskilled applicants, he claimed this went well beyond that and was very much about differing political viewpoints.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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