{"id":1730560,"date":"2026-10-25T21:16:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T21:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/6Lx8AqXrShpgzShVbXTc7k"},"modified":"2026-10-25T21:16:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T21:16:19","slug":"commander-shepard-actors-jennifer-hale-mark-meer-mourn-bioware-it-was-in-the-hands-of-ownership-that-may-not-have-understood-what-bioware-fully-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/commander-shepard-actors-jennifer-hale-mark-meer-mourn-bioware-it-was-in-the-hands-of-ownership-that-may-not-have-understood-what-bioware-fully-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Commander Shepard actors Jennifer Hale &amp; Mark Meer mourn BioWare: &#8216;It was in the hands of ownership that may not have understood what BioWare fully is&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/femshep-voice-actor-jennifer-hale-speaks-out-after-mass-effect-5-trailer-leaks-online\" target=\"_blank\">IGN<\/a>, veteran actors Jennifer Hale and Mark Meer, who voiced the female and male Commanders Shepard in Mass Effect, respectively, directly addressed fans of the series in an October 21 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DexaG3PgcJp\/c\/18028293038700362\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram Live<\/a>. The two reflected on BioWare, and commiserated over its tragic fate. Here are some highlights from each I pulled from the stream:<\/p>\n<p>Both actors&#8217; reactions strike me as so characteristic of their respective backgrounds: Hale is one of <em>the <\/em>voices of videogames (not to diminish Meer&#8217;s own extensive resume). She jumped to BioWare&#8217;s place in the industry and its current crisis. Meer, a standby of the Edmonton theater and improv scene, fixated on the closure&#8217;s effects on this city he clearly loves.<\/p>\n<p>Both are 100% correct about the collective joy and meaning people found in BioWare&#8217;s work. That&#8217;s something <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/why-private-equity-acquisitions-like-the-one-that-just-claimed-bioware-are-so-dreaded\/\" target=\"_blank\">private equity can&#8217;t take from us<\/a>\u2060\u2014at least not with current technology.<\/p>\n<p>As for Hale&#8217;s optimism regarding the rights and potential future of the franchise, well, I Want To Believe. Not to obnoxiously needle what seemed like an offhand idea, but I don&#8217;t think Kickstarter&#8217;s walking through that door. Aside from Double Fine&#8217;s Broken Age and the utterly baffling case of Star Citizen, many gaming crowdfunding successes\u2060\u2014like Pillars of Eternity and Wasteland 2\u2060\u2014still required further, traditional investment to go gold. BioWare and\/or its IP would be orders of magnitude more expensive.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also precedent to look back on: EA has not done anything with Ultima in over 20 years. Many people don&#8217;t realize this series was foundational to the development of both Japanese and Western-style RPGs, as EA&#8217;s poor stewardship has allowed it to almost completely fade from our collective memory.<\/p>\n<p>But I think we&#8217;re all still waiting on a hero, a man on horseback, and the only riders with deep enough pockets to intervene here are billionaires, other companies on the scale of EA, or the state. With other publicly-traded companies, you&#8217;d risk replicating what BioWare went through under EA. I would love it if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/mass-effect\/canadian-politician-calls-on-government-to-help-bioware-employees-buy-the-studio-and-run-it-themselves\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Canadian government stepped in<\/a>, nationalized BioWare, what have you, but it feels like a pipe dream.<\/p>\n<p>The only semi-plausible happy ending I can picture looks like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/25\/business\/media\/the-onion-sold.html\" target=\"_blank\">what happened to The Onion<\/a>: A benevolent\/eccentric super-rich guy steps in to save the day with little concern for profitability. Does anyone know one who enjoys RPGs (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/time-could-be-running-out-for-arkane\/\" target=\"_blank\">or immersive sims<\/a>, for that matter)?<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"86fc1260-d0b4-11f1-a2f9-4f3c92b62518\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:661px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.94%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6offQUY4CXebir2TC27dMd\" name=\"kingdom come 2 square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/commander-shepard-actors-jennifer-hale-mark-meer-mourn-bioware-it-was-in-the-hands-of-ownership-that-may-not-have-understood-what-bioware-fully-is.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"654\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-pc-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"86fc1260-d0b4-11f1-a2f9-4f3c92b62518\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2026 games<\/strong><\/a>: All the upcoming games<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/mass-effect\/commander-shepard-actors-jennifer-hale-and-mark-meer-mourn-bioware-together-it-was-in-the-hands-of-ownership-that-may-not-have-understood-what-bioware-fully-is\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As reported by IGN, veteran actors Jennifer Hale and Mark Meer, who voiced the female and male Commanders Shepard in Mass Effect, respectively, directly addressed fans of the series in an October 21 Instagram Live. The two reflected on BioWare, and commiserated over its tragic fate. Here are some highlights from each I pulled from the stream: Both actors&#8217; reactions strike me as so characteristic of their respective backgrounds: Hale is one of the voices of videogames (not to diminish Meer&#8217;s own extensive resume). She jumped to BioWare&#8217;s place in the industry and its current crisis. Meer, a standby of the Edmonton theater and improv scene, fixated on the closure&#8217;s effects on this city he clearly loves. Both are 100% correct about the collective joy&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/commander-shepard-actors-jennifer-hale-mark-meer-mourn-bioware-it-was-in-the-hands-of-ownership-that-may-not-have-understood-what-bioware-fully-is\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1730561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[23,748,428],"class_list":["post-1730560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-action","tag-games","tag-mass-effect"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Commander Shepard actors Jennifer Hale &amp; Mark Meer mourn BioWare: &#039;It was in the hands of ownership that may not have understood what BioWare fully is&#039;&#039; 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