EA Closes Bioware and Cancels Mass Effect | Game Mess Mornings 10/22/26

Jeff Grubb is joined by Rhiannon Bevan to catch up on today's news! We're talking about EA closing Bioware and the other related fallout, September 2026's US video game market highlights, Gears of Way E-Day's budget, and more! 0:00 - Intro 3:50 - EA closes Bioware and cancels Mass Effect 21:00 - A history of EA’s layoffs before this 25:00 - BREAK 26:40 - September 2026 US video game market highlights 37:00 - What the hardware price increases actually look like 41:30 - Gears of War E-Day had a development cost of over $500 million 49:50 - Rockstar is turning pieces of Miami into Vice City 50:50 - Ace Driver Victory Lap finally gets a home release 52:30 - This week #gmm #gamemessmornings #giantbomb ____________________ Support the team and become a Giant Bomb Premium Member: https://giantbomb.com/join OR give the gift of Premium to a friend: https://giantbomb.com/gift-premium Get all the perks of Premium content on YouTube by becoming a member:    / @giantbomb   Find us across the internet:   / giantbombdotcom     / therealgiantbomb   https://bsky.app/profile/giantbomb.com   / discord