Op-Ed: EA didn’t close BioWare, it slowly killed a legendary studio

The studio behind Baldur’s Gate, Knights of the Old Republic and Mass Effect is shutting down; a sad end for a developer that once seemed to have a magic touch with RPGs.

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Indonesia’s D2C and inventory-heavy startup sector looks different in 2026 than it did before 2022. The cohort of platforms that scaled between 2018 and 2021 (Fabelio in furniture, several in F&B, fashion, and household goods) encountered a category of operational risk that the original venture playbook tended to underestimate. Some platforms have stabilised. Several have […] The post The working capital trap: Lessons from Indonesia’s first D2C generation appeared first on e27.

TOKYO, Japan — For Christopher “kiririn51” Ortiz, game director and co-founder of Sukeban Games, .45 Parabellum Bloodhound started with a battle system from the past. Sukeban Games is best known for VA-11 HALL-A, the cyberpunk bartender visual novel that established the studio and its narrative-driven approach.  With .45 Parabellum Bloodhound, the developers are stepping into

Chinese humanoid robot makers are accelerating efforts to gain a foothold in Korea, moving beyond dance performances and showroom displays to factory trials and other commercial applications as Seoul beefs up investment in physical artificial intelligence (AI). A string of Chinese robotics companies have flexed their muscles or announced projects in the country this year, including Hong Kong-listed Ubtech, startup Anyverse Dynamics, Shanghai-based Agibot and leading robot maker Unitree. “China’s new generation of robot companies has global DNA and naturally looks overseas, and Korea is one of the most important markets in Asia-Pacific,” said Ethan Qi, an associate director covering robotics at Counterpoint Research. The absence of locally built humanoids available at scale has created an opening for Chinese suppliers, he added. Early footprint Representatives of Galaxy Robot Park, a robot-themed entertainment venue in Seoul, agreed to buy Ubtech’s lifelike U1 model after attending its debut in Shenzhen in June, according to Sean Qin, overseas head of the company's commercial robo

Three young Korean pianists — supported by Hyundai Motor Chung Mong-Koo Foundation — have earned international recognition this year, winning top prizes at major competitions in Europe and the United States. Shin Young-ho, 19, placed second in the piano category at the 76th Giovanni Battista Viotti International Music Competition, which concluded in Vercelli, Italy, on Oct. 17. Lee Jeong-woo, 18, won first prize at the 20th George Enescu International Competition in Bucharest, Romania, in September, while Lee Ju-eon, 15, claimed prizes at three international piano competitions in the United States during the first half of the year. The achievements highlight the progress of a new generation of pianists who have received sustained support from the foundation, as they pursue international careers. Shin continued his strong performance on the international competition circuit, following a second-place finish at the Dublin International Piano Competition and a special prize at the Pancho Vladigerov International Piano Competition, both held in 2025. Selected as a foundation scholarship re

SpaceX investor Ross Gerber, CEO of Gerber Kawaski, said he is “disgusted” by the recent events surrounding the recent slowdown of Starlink services in Ukraine, which impacted the country’s military capabilities. “As a SpaceX shareholder I am disgusted,” Gerber said during an appearance on CNN. “I think that these decisions were strategically horrendous and from...

MANILA, Philippines –  Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-Davao Region named Filipina space biologist and biomedical scientist Florence Pauline “Pauli” Basubas a science ambassador on October 15 during the opening of the Regional Science, Technology, and Innovation Week (RSTW) in Davao City. The 28-year-old ambassador studies how living organisms respond to conditions beyond Earth, including

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth barred all Pentagon staff from using undisclosed information to place wagers on forthcoming U.S. military action using betting platforms and prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket. “Make no mistake why this matters. Our enemies watch movements in these markets," Hegseth said in a memo, first obtained by CBS News. "When an American...

Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico hit back at Elon Musk, accusing the technology mogul of trying to "buy his own personal" senator through massive campaign donations for Talarico's opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton (R). "There is something deeply wrong with a political system that allows one trillionaire to buy his own personal U.S. Senator,"...

The conversation around data centers in the Philippines has gotten louder. As someone covering enterprise tech, there seems to be the noise over Pax Silica and the misconception of data centers being one monolithic thing. When in fact, not all data centers are the same, and Pax Silica is a supply chain, not a data

One of the film’s stranger aspects is Holmes agreeing to film her and her family before she went to prison.