Published Oct 29, 2026, 1:06 PM EDT

Aimee Hart is an Entertainment and Gaming staff writer here at Polygon. After watching the original trilogy at five, she decided to make Star Wars her entire personality and hasn't let go of the franchise since. Aimee also has a great love for Dungeons & Dragons and everything Critical Role. She has been a games, entertainment, tech, and culture reporter and critic for 10 years, with bylines at Inverse, Fanbyte, Rolling Stone, and many more.

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When Electronic Arts decided to shutter legendary RPG studio BioWare on Oct. 21, Greg Zeschuk, one of BioWare's co-founders alongside Ray Muzyka and Augustine Yip, found out through a flurry of text messages.…