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EA Closes Bioware and Cancels Mass Effect
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Jeff Grubb is joined by Rhiannon Bevan to catch up on today's news! We're talking about EA closing Bioware and the other related fallout, September 2026's US video game market highlights, Gears of Way E-Day's budget, and more! 0:00 - Intro 3:50 - EA closes Bioware and cancels Mass Effect 21:00 - A history of EA’s layoffs before this 25:00 - BREAK 26:40 - September 2026 US video game market highlights 37:00 - What the hardware price increases actually look like 41:30 - Gears of War E-Day had a development cost of over $500 million 49:50 - Rockstar is turning pieces of Miami into Vice City 50:50 - Ace Driver Victory Lap finally gets a home release 52:30 - This week