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BioWare closure 🎮, Battlefront 3 🎬, Unity CLI 🛠️

Games and Industry 🎮

BioWare to close as next Mass Effect game is cancelled

BioWare, the developer of Mass Effect and Dragon Age, says it is closing after more than 30 years and ending early development on the next Mass Effect game. Bloomberg reports that EA plans to cut about 400 jobs, roughly 3% of its staff, including around 50 at BioWare. A staff letter seen by Bloomberg also says EA is cancelling a planned Sims game, code-named Project Lotus, and downsizing the skate development team.

Respawn and DICE Reportedly Collaborating on Star Wars: Battlefront 3

EA executives have said Respawn and DICE will collaborate on a project, which Variety sources identify as Star Wars: Battlefront 3. EA has not publicly confirmed the project’s identity, and the report does not provide details on its development or release. The studios are not the Free Radical Design team behind a previously canceled…

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Split Fiction Design 🧩, Zebra Anim 🦓, Unity CLI ⌨️

Game Design and Player Research 🎮

Pedro Esparza outlines a community validation loop for game features

BisectHosting head of growth Pedro Esparza argues that sustained use of mods and community servers provides stronger evidence of player demand than Discord requests. His community validation loop involves identifying signals, enabling inexpensive experiments, measuring adoption and retention, and checking persistence before deciding whether to develop a feature officially. He also weighs the time, money and effort players invest. Studios must still assess fit and ongoing costs, he cautions, and may choose to support an experiment or leave it community-run.

Designing Split Fiction’s dual-world co-op finale

Split Fiction’s final level uses linked sci-fi and fantasy worlds to divide puzzle information and actions between players, with coordinated timing completing the challenges. In a GDC talk, a designer who worked on the level explains how playtesting led to simpler traversal, aligned camera views and dialogue encouraging…

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Dispatch Mobile 📱, SW: Battlefront 3 ⚔️, Bye BioWare 👋

Upcoming Games and Releases 🗓️

Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor re-release scheduled for November 6 on Steam and GOG

SNEG is working with Wizards of the Coast to restore the 2001 Dungeons & Dragons RPG Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor for modern PCs, with release scheduled for November 6 on Steam and GOG. Planned features include widescreen support up to 4K, upscaled backgrounds, controller support, revised controls and interface, and Steam Deck compatibility. SNEG also promises bug fixes and an optional Legacy Mode preserving the original presentation and gameplay. A Steam demo is available through October 26, with progress transferring to the full game.

Dispatch to launch on iOS and Android on December 9, 2026

AdHoc Studio’s narrative superhero game Dispatch will launch on iOS and Android on December 9, 2026, with touch controls and support for vertical play. The first four of its eight episodes…

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