The recent debacle regarding EA and BioWare's Mass Effect 3"From Ashes" DLC package is a sham, and their words are, given the current evidence, to be believed.
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!"
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.
Lets completely ignore the fact that PC users are able to unlock the full content with a simple patch and no additional downloads after installing from the retail disc. Not to mention this is the 5th different explanation that EA/BioWare have trotted out on this issue. I hope EA's dick in your ass feels good.
badjournalism is exactly right. While I can't offer proof as the method is questionable in legality, I can offer that I have patched it, and it does unlock the character, the dialogues, the weapon, and the mission, which was already on the disk, which I already paid for. I guess charging for on disk content I already paid for is no big deal when cracked .exes are so readily available
At the end of the article, replace
"The author of the 'Requiem for EA/BioWare' video should be regarded with the same level of disapproval"
with
"The author of 'this article' should be regarded with the same level of disapproval".
With the "other features" listed, "new dialogue options... new cinematics, and new appearances for all squad members" is somewhat vague. They don't list what they are specifically, so how do you know exactly what will be different or if would be worth $10 extra, seeing as the character itself is already on the disc in the first place.
Also, "While the ethics of day one DLC are still up in the air, BioWare's behavior here is no worse than that of anyone else in the industry." Its not up in the air. The only ones thinking that are the ones that think its fine for a company to lock content to the disc and have you pay for it after you purchase the game. Just because Capcom and company are doing it too, doesn't mean its ok for everyone in the industry to do it.
With that mentality, all developers will start to think its OK to lock content to the disc well before the game launches and charge customers for it day one, because people will say "its OK cause others are doing it too".