An anonymous Bioware insider writes; “I know many won’t believe me. but, I work at Bioware”, I won’t tell you much and I don’t care if you believe me. So here is “what’s” going on were I work......
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Earlier this year, BioWare was hit with layoffs as part of a downsizing of parent company Electronic Arts, but fans have been reassured that the next Mass Effect game hasn’t been impacted. Likewise, Dragon Age: Dreadwolf’s development is still churning along, with BioWare putting it at the forefront of its focus and rumors suggesting that it could launch sometime later this year. Fans might be getting another look at the long-in-development Dragon Age: Dreadwolf at the Summer Game Fest in June.
If the recently posted job offering for a temporary development manager is any indication, BioWare could have yet another surprise up its sleeve for when Mass Effect 4 and Dragon Age: Dreadwolf are nearing completion. This mystery BioWare video game could truly be anything, from another spin-off of its two major properties to something entirely new. All there is to go on at the moment is a vague mention in the job posting, and it might still be some time before BioWare is ready to confirm any new games in its pipeline.
So a studio that spent years on anthem then this dragon age thing is now also working on another ip along with mass effect,
You think they would be worried that there brand has been on 3 major screw ups
Dragon age 3 launched broken with the frostbite engine yes its a good game but you can see in the late game how rough it was
anthem......
Mass effect 4 well that dev team was fired so yeah.....
They should make sure this new dragon age is a goat instead of putting more work on the table
How about they focus on those games and not over extend themselves? We don't need another Anthem.
Bioware died after Inquisition (some would even argue after ME3). They are no longer the same company.
Today Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson provided a look into his ideas for the use of generative AI in the company's development processes.
EA is still a shady shitty company even with or without the help of Skynet. All they will use AI for is new ways to milk loot boxes and come up with the same sports title with a different year on the label. They are one company I truly do hate with a passion. They single handedly ruined some great franchise with their death touch. ME, Dead Space, Alice Returns, Dante's Inferno.
EA layoffs followed by 'Generative AI to Drive Monetization'
I knew it. Wonder what AI salary looks like? Nothing.
And take away creativity, and people's jobs as we've been seeing. Got it.
No thanks. I want my games created by people, not AI.
EA doesn't want to lose their title of worst gaming company ever, always trying their best to remain the champs!
What's sad is that they have so much potential to be a decent publisher.
SSX Tricky / SSX 3
Def Jam Vendetta / Fight for New York
NBA Street
NFL Steet
Mirror's Edge
Bad Company
Burnout 3 / 4 / 5
Remember when EA used to be awesome? It's all over with now. Unpolished, if not out-right broken games these days. Endless monetization and gambling in their sports games, and let's not forget wasting hours of your life trying to unlock characters or equipment using "surprise boxes!"
Gareth, Justin, and JoeyZ look at Layoff news for EA and Sony and reasons behind the downturn in the industry and more.
They could have made a more comprehensive, single player experience, probably could have made several, but instead just had to have an MMO for the constant revenue stream, and NOW someone wants to blame the fan base they were trying to sell to in the first place.
Classy...
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It's not our fault that they blatantly copied WoW, focused too much on the solo experience, and didn't include much to differentiate itself from other MMO games.
yeah its a shame, plus no end game reason to play
It's pretty obvious why it wasn't going to make it. The crazy thing is that many really smart people were convinced otherwise. They had to know that mmos right now are near where fps games are, they need a giant step forward. The sp could have worked in conjunction with something fresh. Also endgame content is a must. And if u want to compete with wow, please launch with all the amenities of your competition. Don't play catch up after launch. They thought that if they created a wow clone in the star wars universe with good storytelling that they would need nothing more. They were wrong. Well u still have mass effects universe to screw up...or maybe, u bring in some new people with fresh ideas and create a new type of mmo. Their are so many untapped ideas but people are too scared to take a risk.
Everyone jump ship!