BioWare has been extremely keen to court fan opinion of late. Many believe this has been directly prompted by the ferocious backlash over Mass Effect 3′s controversial ending. But a senior member of BioWare’s development team claims that the company has always worked hard to reach out to its fanbase.
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.
Based on one narratively fitting ending in Mass Effect 3, Prothean squadmate Javik is highly unlikely to return in the next Mass Effect game.
He was one of my least favorite characters. I wish they would have done the Proths different.
During a part of his interview with Minnmax, Mac Walters gave details of why he chose to leave BioWare.
"that the company has always worked hard to reach out to its fanbase."
Oh you mean like you asked us for months what we wanted to see in a Uber Mass Effect 3 Collectors Edition only for you to cancel it. Then theres the rushed ME3 ending which I'm pretty sure Casey was the main problem behind it, lets not forget EA pulling the strings behind closed doors and you guys covering it up pretending that everything is fine.
If you guys really cared then the inducruation theory would of been the ending of ME3, we would of gotten a DLC pack to actually finish off Harbinger and everyone would of been fine with that, but I guess you couldn't face the fans coming up with a better story then you guys.
I wonder if the next Mass Effect will get a reveal at E3?
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Probably too soon. I know there's six months to go, but only last week BioWare were suggesting they hadn't actually decided whether it would be a prequel or a sequel! I reckon they're in the VERY early stages of development.
Considering that bioware made an entirely new dlc for people because that weren't happy with the original ending, is generous enough. Sure they shouldn't have released the game with that type of ending, but think about the amount of developers that made a new ending dlc because fans weren't happy with it. Heck, even bethesda couldn't make proper port for the ps3 and still can't for the past year.
And never has a game company so failed such a fanbase.