Alix Wilton Regan Pays Emotional Tribute to BioWare at the Golden Joystick Awards
Actor Alix Wilton Regan paid tribute to BioWare while presenting the Golden Joystick Awards, saying the studio's closure has hit her hard. Video Games Chronicle published her remarks on 11 November 2026.
Electronic Arts closed the BioWare studio, the team behind the Dragon Age and Mass Effect role-playing games. Wilton Regan said the loss is particularly personal to her. She said losing BioWare broke her heart.
Her link to the studio goes back to her first video game work. She said BioWare gave her her first two video game roles, in Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect 3.
In Dragon Age: Origins she played various roles, including Ser Cauthrien, the antagonist. In Mass Effect 3 she played Samantha Traynor, a full romance option, meaning players could build a romantic relationship with the character. According to the same report, Traynor was the first romanceable lesbian character in the Mass Effect series.
Wilton Regan also voiced the Inquisitor, the player character whose choices drive the story in Dragon Age: Inquisition. She reprised the role in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
She is now playing Lara Croft in the upcoming Tomb Raider games. For players who followed BioWare's series over the years, her tribute is a reminder of how much the studio's performers shaped the characters people remember.
