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"Is there any accountability left in this world?" Warren Spector pops off at EA executives and their massive payouts as BioWare shuts down

Eurogamer.net Latest Articles Feed·Dom Peppiatt·5 days ago
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It's only been two weeks since we last heard Warren Spector sound off about EA's sudden decision to close BioWare , following the publisher's acquisition by Saudi Arabia's PIF and venture capitalist concerns. But now, the storied developer is back and - apparently - angrier than ever.

"I recently posted my thoughts about EA’s shuttering of BioWare," Spector wrote in a post on LinkedIn . "Those of you who read my post know that I was unhappy. I remain so. The tragedy of so many layoffs the last few years hasn’t been lost on me, but for some reason, BioWare hit me on an emotional level that nothing before had. I felt gut-punched."

Spector goes on to counter the idea that the studio was closed down as a "sound business decision" because the "studio’s glory days (artistic and commercial) were behind them" and that "businesses don’t succeed on history alone".…

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