{"rewrite":{"id":"r_3bc9ac6a85044e8917b4b6d8","clusterId":"c_471a39dc4ae457322dc05c11","slug":"honma-credits-bioware-as-bioware-closes","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Honma Credits BioWare as BioWare Closes","summary":"Satoru Honma, a former Spike localization staffer now at CD PROJEKT RED, posted on X on October 22, 2026, the day Electronic Arts announced BioWare's closure. Honma proposed the Japanese localization of Dragon Age: Origins while at Spike, and BioWare staff later introduced Spike to CD PROJEKT RED for The Witcher 2. That connection, he wrote, is why he ended up on Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.","whyItMatters":"The Edgerunners connection Honma traces runs through a localization pitch and a referral, which means the Japanese release of The Witcher 2 and the anime work that followed sit downstream of a studio that has now closed.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eElectronic Arts announced BioWare\u0026#39;s closure on October 22, 2026, citing recent titles that continued to receive harsh reviews. Honma\u0026#39;s post came the same day. He was at Spike when he contacted BioWare about localizing Dragon Age: Origins; the Japanese version Spike released in 2011 for PS3 and Xbox 360 drew praise from BioWare itself. When CD PROJEKT RED needed Japanese versions of The Witcher 2, BioWare staff made the introduction. Spike Chunsoft handled that game and The Witcher 3, Honma moved to CD PROJEKT RED, and he worked on the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime. He closed with a line that reads as an obituary for the studio: \u0026#34;Without BioWare, Edgerunners might not have existed.\u0026#34;\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Satoru Honma, who localized Dragon Age: Origins at Spike and now works at CD PROJEKT RED, marked BioWare's closure with a thread of thanks. BioWare staff introduced Spike to CD PROJEKT RED for The Witcher 2. That path led Honma to Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.","twitterPost":"Honma's path: pitched Dragon Age: Origins localization at Spike, got introduced by BioWare to CD PROJEKT RED for The Witcher 2, later worked on Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. On the day EA announced BioWare's closure, he thanked the studio.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Electronic Arts announced BioWare's closure on October 22, 2026. That same day, Satoru Honma posted about what the studio did for his career. Honma pitched the Dragon Age: Origins localization from Spike, and a BioWare referral later sent The Witcher 2 to Spike Chunsoft, a chain that ended with Honma at CD PROJEKT RED on Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/22/173916.html\",\"title\":\"CD PROJEKT RED's Satoru Honma Says 'Without BioWare, 'Edgerunners' Might Not Have Existed,' Recalls Closed BioWare\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4763,"outputTokens":668,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792654637,"createdAt":"2026-10-22T07:33:21.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-22T07:36:09.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-22T07:36:09.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_471a39dc4ae457322dc05c11","canonicalTitle":"「BioWareがなければ『エッジランナーズ』もなかったかもしれない」―現CD PROJEKT REDの本間覚氏が閉鎖されたBioWareの思い出を語る","representativeArticleId":"a_cbc4e754add49cb18d675d9b","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Cyberpunk: Edgerunners\",\"Dragon Age: Origins\"],\"studios\":[\"BioWare\",\"CD PROJEKT RED\"],\"people\":[\"Satoru Honma\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-22T04:15:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-22T04:15:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-22T07:36:07.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/22/173916.html","title":"「BioWareがなければ『エッジランナーズ』もなかったかもしれない」―現CD PROJEKT REDの本間覚氏が閉鎖されたBioWareの思い出を語る"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Cyberpunk: Edgerunners","Dragon Age: Origins"],"studios":["BioWare","CD PROJEKT RED"],"people":["Satoru Honma"],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}