{
  "id": 16175498,
  "title": "\"What if Larian had shut down after Divine Divinity?\": Star Trek Online exec scorns publishers who close teams like BioWare in favour of \"AAA veteran\" start-ups and AI \"magic beans\"",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/what-if-larian-had-shut-down-after-divine-divinity-star-trek-online",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-23T10:51:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
    "slug": "rock-paper-shotgun",
    "url": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/what-if-larian-had-shut-down-after-divine-divinity-star-trek-online-exec-scorns-publishers-who-close-teams-like-bioware-in-favour-of-aaa-veteran-start-ups-and-ai-magic-beans"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Star Trek Online executive producer Thomas Marrone has expressed outrage at publishers who close established game development teams in favour of AAA veteran start-ups and AI technologies, likening it to \"wildly irresponsible and self-sabotaging\" behavior. Marrone's comments come in response to EA's recent closure of BioWare, and he calls on shareholders to be \"absolutely furious\" about the practice. He argues that successful teams often learn from their mistakes, and that publishers should either exit the game-making industry or invest their money in funds, rather than destroying established teams.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}