Bioware Was Not Killed: It Was Murdered

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00:00 What Just Happened
01:21 The "New" BioWare
03:39 Substantial Layoffs
06:37 BioWare's Decline
11:08 Their Last Shot?
13:41 EA's Single-Player Future

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