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. In an interview with 80 Level, Zeschuk revealed that shortly after the news broke and he went home, his feelings about the closure were fairly muted.
“I didn’t have the immediate impact,” Zeschuk told 80 Level, speaking from his home in Edmonton — the home of BioWare. “I wasn’t there to share in the moment, which in some ways was nice because I was able to kind of just take my time with it.”
Zeschuk clarified that this didn’t mean the closure wasn’t sad or monumental, adding that Edmonton would be hit the hardest by the studio’s shutdown. However, Zeschuk said he and his fellow co-founder, Muzyka, had already said their emotional goodbye when they left the studio in 2012. His empathy, however, is more reserved for those who have lost their jobs.
“Anyone getting put into the job hunt is a sort of terrifying endeavor and super sad,” Zeschuk said.
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