Bioware studio shutting down

[boreal cryptid]

...or, rather, EA is shutting down Bioware.
means no new Mass Effect, nor new Dragon Age. i'm honestly shocked, even though i knew about massive EA layoffs and financial struggles..... still. i love those games so much. i'm just so sad.

R.I.P. 1995 - 2026 

[shaggy]

R.I.P. 1995 - 2026 

Let me fix that for you

R.I.P. 1995 - 2010.

There.

Do you REALLY believe new Mass Effect would be good? Because I am pretty sure it would have been total trash like all games from BioWare after acquisition from EA. EA even managed to fuck up ME3 by giving team 2 years instead of planned 3 years to make a game. And then forced them to add [] multiplayer, which effectively reduced development time even further.

I'm actually glad there won't be new ME under EA patronage. It would destroy whatever legacy ME has.

And I'm happy EA has financial struggles. They fucked up so many games because of their greed. Fuck those guys. Hope they rot.

But don't loose hope. We have other titles coming in soon.


Exodus, developed by Archetype Entertainment, a studio founded by former BioWare developers

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3230960/EXODUS/

And, I am hyped here even more than for ME4 or Exodus. THE BLOODY EXPANSE RPG TPS GAME (so like ME). I really hope they don't screw this up, and will go into Larian and Baldur's Gate 3 footsteps, learning from them that polished games sell really well.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3727390/The_Expanse_Osiris_Reborn/

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[ConnorTheVGFan78]

EA claims yet another victim.

Personally, I've never played any of Bioware's games, but the fact that EA (and to a greater extent, other major publishers) continue(s) to shutter studio after studio with little push back is discouraging for anyone who wants to make a career out of developing games with a major publisher. All these layoffs, studio shutdowns, and other overarching business decisions do is keep the stock holders (wealthy non-gamers) happy, create the illusion of "record profits," and alienate longtime fans of beloved franchises.

My heart goes out to any Mass Effect, Baldur's Gate, and Dragon Age fans that are upset over this, but unfortunately, this is the cruel reality of the AAA gaming industry right now. They just don't care what the fans think. They only care about how many digits are present in their bank statement's "Account Balance" line and making "sacrifices" to keep the "profitable" sectors of the business afloat.

[nobo]

Bioware deserved to get shut down. As shaggy said, they've been a shell of what they used to be for many years now. You can't sit on top of the hard work of a previous generation shoveling things no one wants for over a decade and then turn and ask us to solemnly mourn the loss. The loss was mourned years ago.

Things are meant to live and die. If a popular franchise goes on indefinitely, it becomes a zombie. It continues to go on despite having died ages ago. There is nothing sad about putting it down.

Let the next generation of creators make something of themselves under their own name.

Good riddance.