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Dragon Age: The Veilguard game director leaving BioWare

Corinne Busche, who served as game director of Dragon Age: The Veilguard since February 2022, is departing BioWare.

Whispers of her exit began circulating online last night, and were first confirmed by journalist Jeff Grubb. Eurogamer can also confirm Busche will depart BioWare in the coming weeks.

Eurogamer understands BioWare itself is otherwise unaffected by any other changes, contrary to rumour.

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LordoftheCritics123d ago

Why tho?

Eurogamer gave Veilguard a low 10/10

Dude deserves a promotion

RaidenBlack123d ago

She completed the project, shipped it as a product and then got a better offer from where she'll be moving to now.
A norm in software industry. Why do people always have to spin it the negative way?

LordoftheCritics123d ago

Usually the way it works is that the product turns out amazing, the individual is valued and the current company makes the effort/offer to retain that individual.

Here?

Well we have a year long story starting from the first reveal trailer.

Alos88123d ago

Suddenly becoming unemployed is not "a better offer". EA saw the thing wasn't selling and decided her time at the company was up.

From2008123d ago

sheeee said she was looking forward to working on the next dragon age. I don't think she wanted to leave Bioware. if you have a job as a game director at a big name studio, why would you leave? more likely she got fired.

RaidenBlack123d ago (Edited 123d ago )

People just hating here for the sake of hating ...

Armaggedon123d ago (Edited 123d ago )

Confirmation bias. People want to prove the idea that the game is “bad”. So they focus on anything to “prove” that. Victims of their own perception.

@Alos88
If that is true, that is very short sighted on EAs part. The game got rebooted st least once, and took a turn again a second time from live service to single player. There was bo way this was going to meet sales expectations, and they knew it.

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MrNinosan123d ago

What dude? Corinne is a she!
The game was awesome, which you would know if you actually played it.
Sales seems to have been goof as well, deserved.

LordoftheCritics123d ago

Unfortunately I did play it.

Unfortunately for EA the negative reviews were spot on.

MatrixxGT123d ago

I’m currently playing through it now and I don’t dislike the game but it is different.

And Corinne is most definitely a dude. No amount of makeup and dumb dumb pills will change that. I say good riddance.
Now hopefully the next mass effect will deliver.

Armaggedon123d ago (Edited 123d ago )

I think the game is great as well, but not everyone is going to like it. Its not a deep game, and there arent alot of rpg choices and permutations in it. But the lore and world building is thick, so thats my hook. To those that dont care about those things, they are going to have a hard time getting into this game unfortunately.

@LordofCritics
Its a contentious game, so they weren’t spot in. It depends on what a player is looking for and what hooks them. Some people hate rook for being a “b***”, but I like rook because hes just a paragon through and through. Subjectivity city with this game.

RaidenBlack123d ago (Edited 123d ago )

"Usually the way it works is that the product turns out amazing, the individual is valued and the current company makes the effort/offer to retain that individual."
And she's been valued hence she was there for 18 years ... but now she got a better offer and EA couldn't counter offer, hence she moved on.
Welcome to corporate world.
And there's also a thing called fatigue and moving on and trying something new.
Its not always the case of developers/designers being retained for quarter of a century like olden days that gaming articles love to write about. Many major devs have hopped around. Carmack, Romero, Warren Spector, Hideki Kamiya etc ... Rules not set in stone, bub, like you wrote above. Real world's pretty dynamic.
You, here?

RaidenBlack123d ago (Edited 123d ago )

@Alos88 @From2008
She didn't "suddenly become unemployed"
She got another offer. It's in the article above. Read the article. (and if she lied, it's not that hard to track such veteran game developer's career path and she knows that)
Most prominent ex-Bioware devs have left anyway and have gone on to form Archetype Entertainment, where they are currenlty making ME trilogy's spiritual successor, Exodus, which I am very much looking forward to.
Dont know why people are suddenly caring so much about EA's Bioware now. Few years back most comment about 'em here read that they lost faith in the EA's Bioware.

LordoftheCritics123d ago

I guess if we are going to discuss the real world.
Let me sort this out real quick.

''but now she got a better offer and EA couldn't counter offer, hence she moved on.''

More like EA 'wouldn't offer' thus revealing the real value of the person.

Also this was the first Dragon Age game for this individual.

Try again.
Maybe you might succeed in changing reality.

Armaggedon123d ago

@RaidenBlack

They “care” because they have a compulsive need to prove to others that Veilguard is a “bad” game. Funny thing is, if they actually believed that, they wouldnt need to be here pointing it out. In the words of solas: “No real god need prove himself.”

RiseNShine123d ago

Now opening Woke Wars: The Revenge of the Chud.

goken123d ago

Probably going to join SBI

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Gamers Concerned About Borderlands 4 Potentially Costing $80, Gearbox Chief Randy Pitchford Replies

Randy writes: "A) Not my call. B) If you’re a real fan, you’ll find a way to make it happen. My local game store had Starflight for Sega Genesis for $80 in 1991 when I was just out of high school working minimum wage at an ice cream parlor in Pismo Beach and I found a way to make it happen."

Christopher9h ago

*no one buys the game*

Randy: "Where are our real fans?"

*gamers stare back*

-Foxtrot9h ago

Real fan? What the actual f*** man

Does he actually read back what he writes before he posts

neutralgamer19922h ago

I was the biggest BL fan. I played the original solo for so many times. I pre ordered BL2 that loot chest edition and loved it. I bought BL3 on sale and never even touched it's DlC and have very little interest in 4th. For a series that started so strong it's just amazing how much nonsense this series has become with idiot choices

PRIMORDUS53m ago

It doesn't come with Denuvo on PC, while checking Steam.🏴‍☠️

Goodguy019h ago

Still hate this guy's PR work lol. Hopefully game has gameshare.

gold_drake8h ago(Edited 8h ago)

herez a little magic trick Randy boy i wont buy it if its 80 dollars.

cause that means its gonna be more expensive for euro land.

i am a fan, but i like my money more. ha

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Neil Druckmann Reveals He’s Working on an Unannounced Game at Naughty Dog

Neil Druckmann, the creative director of The Last of Us, is working on a new, unannounced game at Naughty Dog.

RaidenBlack15h ago

I know they've expertise in third person games.
But given the lack there of in PS catalog, I'd want the other project to be a narrative first person ND game.
Look, there are lots of 3rd person Sony games in variety of flavors. And ND is already doing intergalactic. And since they're pretty expert at gameplay and tech wise in whatever they do, they can easily venture a new genre and ship a first person game/shooter.

VenomUK15h ago

Hopefully the lead character is a boss babe who will challenge the patriarchy.

RaidenBlack13h ago

So, judging from the dislikes, hardcore Sony fans here don't like first person games, anymore?

arkard12h ago

Let naughty dog do what they are great at, 3rd person games

crazyCoconuts7h ago

I don't really have a big opinion on first vs third person perspective. That's one of the least important things to me when rating how much I like a game

Flewid6383h ago

Sounds horrible. The downvotes are right on this one.

badz1493h ago

I actually hate 1st person. very hard to associate with a character you only see their hands most of the time.

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OtterX15h ago

funny thing is with failures like Concord and soon to be Marathon, Factions could have been Sony's guaranteed huge success with a shooter! I don't ever play online shooters anymore, but I would have come out of shooter retirement for a new Factions game.

darthv7215h ago

...Way of the Warrior 2: Electric Boogaloo

Amplitude14h ago

It’d be cool if they bought the Parappa licence and made Parappa 3 that’d be the real good timeline

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Lightning771d 2h ago

Wait I thought they cancelled a game? Or did they announce another project?

https://wccftech.com/naught...

pwnmaster300022h ago(Edited 22h ago)

I’m assuming it’s the unannounced game in the title you posted.

“Naughty Dog Reportedly Canceled a Single Player Game This Year, But Another Unannounced Game Is Still in the Works“

Lightning7711h ago

OK I gotcha. That makes sense.

jznrpg8h ago

Devs cancel games all the time early stages if it doesn’t turn out the way they envisioned it. We just don’t hear about every one of them.

badz1493h ago

so a 2028 release at the soonest

Lightning772h ago(Edited 2h ago)

Some speculate it could be Uncharted spin off. It's already 3 years in production so yeah 2028 maybe 2027 at the absolute earliest but most likely 28 release.

Also to add. kojimas next game that's not OD is said to be 5 to 6 years out for PS. That metal gear inspired game. These games are just too far off it seems.

pwnmaster300022h ago

This dude is busy.
So who is running intergalactic?

Knushwood Butt20h ago

'We have several directors on Intergalactic. I work with two game directors: Matthew Gallant and Kurt Margenau, [and] I have a co-writer in Clair Carré.'

pwnmaster30007h ago(Edited 7h ago)

Okay you got me, I skimmed the article and video .
Thanks lol

vTuro2414h ago

Cuckmann is going to be Naughty Dog's downfall.

itBourne5h ago

Going to be? The damage is already done lol.

Flewid6383h ago

Sunlight is good for you, I promise. lol

Flewid6383h ago

yall say that about ever developer and then they end up becoming more successful lol

mkis0072h ago

Downfall? If anything he is a huge reason they are on the map! A few apes don't like the material hasn't stopped his games from being massive hits.

DarXyde2h ago

I have grievances with Druckmann, but he does deserve some benefit of the doubt. He's been in crucial roles at the company through all of their successes.

Maybe wait and see?

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StormSnooper14h ago

Interesting. So they are working on more than we knew.

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Nintendo Has Confirmed It Will Be Attending GamesCom 2025

Company skipped last year's event.

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Obscure_Observer1d 9h ago

Not surprising at all.

I mean, they´ll be releasing a new console in a few weeks.