{
  "id": 16508226,
  "title": "The creator of our running RPG of the year weighs in on BioWare's closure: 'They were fundamental to the genre'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/the-creator-of-our-running-rpg-of-the-year-weighs-in-on-biowares",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-25T18:23:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PC Gamer",
    "slug": "pc-gamer",
    "url": "https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/the-creator-of-our-running-rpg-of-the-year-weighs-in-on-biowares-closure-they-were-fundamental-to-the-genre/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Following the closure of BioWare, developers have been reflecting on the legendary studio's impact. Christoffer Bodegård, the developer of the current RPG of the year frontrunner Esoteric Ebb, shared his thoughts on what the studio meant to him, according to PC Gamer.\n\nPolygon reports that there is an outpouring of mourning for the studio and the Mass Effect universe. The outlet notes that while developers may find success elsewhere, the closure represents a terrible loss of institutional knowledge and culture.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
        "title": "BioWare staff \"should be given the first opportunity and the federal support\" to buy the studio and keep it running, says Canadian political party leader",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/bioware-staff-should-be-given-the-first-opportunity-and-the-federal",
        "published": "2026-10-23T16:30:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}