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Founders Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk and Augustine Yip appear, along with Casey Hudson, Mark Darrah, David Gaider, John Riccitiello, Jennifer Hale and Geoff Keighley.","whyItMatters":"The film was already rolling before EA shut the studio and canceled the next Mass Effect, so it captures BioWare's last days as they happened rather than as a retrospective assembled after the fact.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eFilming started roughly two years before the closure announcement, which means the cameras were running when EA ended the studio on October 21 and canceled the next Mass Effect. The documentary covers the arc from BioWare\u0026#39;s 1995 founding by three physicians in Edmonton through Baldur\u0026#39;s Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Mass Effect and Dragon Age.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe production team is also collecting fan photos, videos and stories through the film\u0026#39;s official website, and submissions may appear in the finished cut. Beyond the 2027 world premiere, screenings at major film festivals are planned.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Massive Effect: The BioWare Story began filming about two years before EA announced BioWare's closure, so the film was already in production when the shutdown became public.","twitterPost":"Massive Effect: The BioWare Story began filming about two years before EA announced BioWare's closure, so production predates the shutdown announcement.","threadsPost":"Massive Effect: The BioWare Story is a Super Channel documentary that began filming about two years before EA announced BioWare's closure. That lead time means the project was already in production when the shutdown became public, which separates its footage from a retrospective.","newsletterBlurb":"Fennessey Films and Score G Productions are making a feature-length BioWare documentary for Canada's Super Channel, with a 2027 world premiere planned. 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