{"id":8912,"date":"2026-04-16T06:30:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T06:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2127292"},"modified":"2026-04-16T06:30:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T06:30:38","slug":"casey-hudson-and-mark-darrah-announce-departure-from-bioware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/casey-hudson-and-mark-darrah-announce-departure-from-bioware\/","title":{"rendered":"Casey Hudson and Mark Darrah announce departure from BioWare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/casey-hudson-and-mark-darrah-announce-departure-from-bioware.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>BioWare general manager Casey Hudson and Dragon Age executive producer Mark Darrah have announced their departure from the studio.<\/p>\n<p>Hudson began his tenure at BioWare back in 1998, eventually serving as project director on the likes of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Mass Effect. He parted way with the company for the first time in 2014, but returned, after a brief spell at Microsoft, in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bioware.com\/2020\/12\/03\/from-casey-hudson\/\">new post announcing his retirement<\/a> from the position of general manager at BioWare in order to &#8220;make way for the next generation of studio leaders&#8221;, Casey wrote, &#8220;It&#8217;s not an easy decision to make, and big changes like this always come with a certain degree of sadness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-12-03-casey-hudson-and-mark-darrah-announce-departure-from-bioware\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-12-03-casey-hudson-and-mark-darrah-announce-departure-from-bioware\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BioWare general manager Casey Hudson and Dragon Age executive producer Mark Darrah have announced their departure from the studio. Hudson began his tenure at BioWare back in 1998, eventually serving as project director on the likes of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Mass Effect. He parted way with the company for the first time in 2014, but returned, after a brief spell at Microsoft, in 2017. 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