{"id":15741,"date":"2026-10-22T00:16:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T21:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/?p=15741"},"modified":"2026-10-22T13:17:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T09:47:01","slug":"star-wars-the-old-republic-fans-pay-their-respects-to-bioware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/2026\/10\/22\/star-wars-the-old-republic-fans-pay-their-respects-to-bioware\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars: The Old Republic Fans Pay Their Respects to BioWare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">EA shut down BioWare earlier today, and fans of Star Wars: The Old Republic are paying their respects to the beloved developer. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Star Wars: The Old Republic was originally developed by BioWare, launching back in 2011. BioWare supported the MMO itself until 2023, when EA put Broadsword Games in charge of maintaining it. But the bulk of the game&#8217;s story content was developed and written by BioWare, so it&#8217;s little wonder that the SWTOR community would want to pay respects to the now-dormant studio following this latest news.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Reddit user WarlockingIn posted BioWare&#8217;s farewell statement on the SWTOR subreddit, and in just a few hours, it&#8217;s garnered nearly 5,000 upvotes and 742 comments supporting the now-defunct RPG developer. <\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">Star Wars: The Old Republic &#8211; Shadow of Revan Gallery<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Shadow of Revan Expansion Screens\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2277167929 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/star-wars-the-old-republic-fans-pay-their-respects-to-bioware.gif\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Bae_the_Elf posted a comment, lamenting EA&#8217;s treatment of the studio, saying, &#8220;RIP. One of the greatest gaming studios of all time in my opinion. Sad to see how corporate mismanagement and time sadly lead to the downfall of this studio. It would have been nice if they had just kept chugging out great RPGs at a steady pace for years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Meanwhile, user AnnoyedYamcha was devastated by the closure, saying &#8220;NO. Not BIOWARE! They made so many great games. What the hell is going on!!! They were the bar for RPG&#8217;s. KOTOR, MASS EFFECT, DRAGON AGE, JADE EMPIRE, they were all great! JADE EMPIRE though doesn&#8217;t get enough love. I wish they made another. THANK YOU BIOWARE FOR EVERYTHING! \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Some fans were surprised that SWTOR outlived BioWare, though. The top comment on the thread, from user Inangelion, simply says, &#8220;SWTOR outlives Bioware. What a strange timeline.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Some were even thankful that Broadsword took over, with user Dangerously_Stupid posting, &#8220;You know, a few years ago I was upset that BioWare was giving up SWTOR and handing it to Broadsword. I am no longer upset by that.&#8221; Likewise, user KukiBreeze is just thankful that the MMO lives on another day, saying &#8220;Thank you Broadsword, a sh*tty day could have been 1000x sh*ttier otherwise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Star Wars: The Old Republic fans aren&#8217;t alone in mourning BioWare. People from across the internet have reacted to the studio&#8217;s closure, and the fact that we&#8217;ll never get a Mass Effect 5. But, for now at least, Star Wars: The Old Republic lives on, with hundreds of hours of peak BioWare storytelling.<\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"poll-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\"><\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"author-sign-off\" data-cy=\"author-sign-off\"><span class=\"stack jsx-59817748 jsx-1927875859\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-444076027 jsx-1730475047 profile-thumb jsx-2141281959 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-1-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jacqueline Thomas Avatar\" class=\"progressive-image profile-thumb-img jsx-249361588 jsx-2338608387 expand\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/star-wars-the-old-republic-fans-pay-their-respects-to-bioware.jpg\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"stack jsx-2509706801 jsx-3630940851\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"interface jsx-1132626198 sign-off-text\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Jackie Thomas is the Senior Tech Editor at IGN and the PC components queen. She&#8217;s been covering gaming hardware for more than a decade for IGN, TechRadar, Gizmodo, PC Gamer and more. You can follow her\u00a0<\/em>@Jackiecobra<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/section>\n<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/star-wars-the-old-republic-fans-pay-their-respects-to-bioware-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/star-wars-the-old-republic-fans-pay-their-respects-to-bioware-1.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/star-wars-the-old-republic-fans-pay-their-respects-to-bioware-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/star-wars-the-old-republic-fans-pay-their-respects-to-bioware-1.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-15741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-49","tag-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15741"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15743,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15741\/revisions\/15743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}