Mass Effect Writer, Who Left In 2012 And Then Came Back, Has Left Again

I can't see BioWare still being alive as a company under EA for more than another two or three years at the very most.

My prediction ('gut feeling'):

1) They release Anthem next year, it ends up "only decent", and under performs financially in EA's eyes.Not to mention that - of course - they screw it up once again with exaggerated grinding for those who decide not to spend money on their loot boxes to accelerate their progress, making it a chore to play more than anything else.

2) Then comes 2020, and Dragon Age 4 is either previewed (for 2021) or comes out, but still ends up rushed in a similar way to DA2, or ends up like another MMO'ish take on an open world map with fetch quests and barely-memorable characters with a very predictable story and another craptacular villain; also financially doesn't reach EA's "expectations" or goals.

3) Then EA realizes that the only thing they can do with BioWare is to risk making Anthem 2 already, risk "cancelling" any future Dragon Age games (similarly to how they "suspended" projects for the Mass Effect series), or try making a completely new IP even though their new IP (Anthem) didn't perform well anyway; they eventually decide that the best solution is to just pull the plug, because making any projects with BioWare means too much money in production and not enough in return with lower-than-expected sales; they finally close BioWare, the latest victim of EA's killing spree.

4) One or two years later, a few Ex-BioWare employees reform and make a small Indie studio and end up scavenging on Steam Early Access with their new 2D platformer.

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Do I hope I'm wrong? At this point, not really, sorry. It will happen, it's just a question of time folks; don't keep your hopes (and hypes) up; we're talking about EA, they are cruel and have absolutely zero mercy for its studios. It looks like Drew Karpyshyn does expect us to speculate as to why he left. Well indeed I'll bite, too. What I think is that he was smart enough to leave before the ship gets torpedoed by EA. I mean you don't just come back to a company you left for 3 years or so only to end up leaving AGAIN that soon after; it's a definitive sign (of negativity).

It's sad though, I loved MDK2, KOTOR, DA Origins, ME1 and ME2. I do think that ME2 was their last great game.

I still have hopes for the future games, I remember ME1 had alooooooooooooooooot of issues and retarded bugs and gameplay wise no good at all, pretty much only the story was good, then they released the masterpiece me2 and me3 too. I didnt hate andromeda at all, but it wasn't what id hoped, but it definitely has the potential start of a great new saga, I have real high hopes for the next game.

Anthem looks amazing too so no worries yet, that dude rather go for episodic games then the future of bioware, its cool but very tiresome that so many games have episodes, i hate to wait, I want the entire game at once on release.

Smart man. As for Bioware, I don't care what happens to it at this point. They don't have neither the talent nor the right publisher to execute a well-made single-player RPG.

Hopefully we get to see Obsidian Studios make a full-fledged AAA RPG one day.

Bioware is like Rare - all the talent left years ago

This is GOOD and BAD news.

Good that the devs are leaving a sinking ship.

Bad that yeah, Bioware under current state of gaming is a sinking ship on a collision course with it's inevitable death under EA.

Good luck devs and hopefully more leave this vile greedy publisher we call EA. Who ever is in-charge of EA should of been let go a long time ago. I think all that money from the Sports games have blind EA's judgement.

Mass Effect series is dead... but is alive for a continuous novel story of ME:A.

I'm really excited for this project!... Yeah I'm lying.

Future looks grim for Anthem and Bioware. If it flops, EA might totally kill BioWare. Which is sad, i am looking forward in killing an egghead in Dragon Age 4.

He probably just said "F**k it" and bailed before the shit hit the fan.

Brought him back specifically for Anthem, and now he's bailing out. Sounds so promising for Anthem. Another EA disaster.

Guess he realized Bioware was a sinking ship. If Anthem flops, that's the final nail in the coffin for them.

Honestly wouldn't be surprised if we are unfortunately witnessing the death of Bioware, the alternative is Bioware only making shooters like Anthem instead of RPG's... Which is sad considering their past work ME1, ME2 and Dragon Age Origins are up there on my list of favourite games of all time.

EA likes to ride the hype train in fog thicker than N64 games. As a result, they keep crashing. Their core competency is creating and publishing licensed sports games. Their primary business function is marketing investment return.

Their resulting products are Something Horrible I Think.

I'm guessing it will be just like Destiny. Destiny burned Bungie's greatest writer - Joseph Staten. It also did the same to the musical composer behind some of Halo's greatest themes

That's one generic screenshot. This better be PP2P. Pay Player To Play.

Pay dispute. That's all it ever is.

This game has disaster written all over it.

The game not going be any good since be loot box’s in game . I don’t care how good game is .

*insert typical "Bioware is dead" comment here*

Figured I'd get this comment section started on it's usual track.

Do you guys even proof read before posting your articles? Such sloppy journalism.

I guess I'm the first person to actually read this article. I wonder when the author will get around to it....