BioWare co-founder says great games can't be recreated with random people and AI

Greg Zeschuk, co-founder of BioWare, said executives behind studio closures typically have no game development experience and wrongly believe hits can be recreated with "random people and AI." His comments followed BioWare's shutdown and the cancellation of Mass Effect 5, less than three months after EA's $55 billion acquisition closed.

• Zeschuk called the EA deal "the final nail in the coffin" for BioWare
• The $55 billion EA acquisition closed less than three months ago
• EA devs say AI tools are pushed without being formally mandated
• Zeschuk: business-side leaders have almost never shipped a game themselves