Shiftheads - Why Did a Studio Like BioWare End Up Closing?

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift · Oct 28, 2026 · 8m

BioWare’s closure might sound like news for gamers alone. But if you care about Canadian storytelling, there’s a reason to understand what this studio made possible and why its loss has reached federal politics.

Imagine a decision in one game changing the story you experience in the next. That was part of BioWare’s appeal. So how did a studio celebrated for role-playing end up being compared to a singer asked to make the wrong kind of album?

Now comes the proposed rescue: federal support for former employees to run a studio themselves. Would money recover what mattered? Ryan…