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EA just killed Bioware and the next Mass Effect, in development since at least six years. "Around 50 staff had been working on a new Mass Effect that is now canceled." This period is a never-ending nightmare.

“Over the past several months, we’ve taken a hard look at our business” and will cut some projects, including the next Mass Effect game, which was in early development at BioWare." Wait, what? Early development? I started my coverage on the next Mass Effect on November 7, 2020. So it was rebooted?

They killed the studio that gave me some of the most beautiful moments in sci-fi video games: Knights of the Old Republic and the Mass Effect series. I can't thank those who worked on these games over the years enough.

As a tribute to BioWare (we all know that Mass Effect will return in some form), my long article on the design process for the Normandy is available to everyone.

Maddening.

Again, the next Mass Effect game was announced in November 2020, so how can it still be in early development? If anyone knows, my email is in my profile and my DMs are open. 🖖

"At BioWare, story is one of the primary elements and our characters are one of the primary means we have for telling those stories. We work on story first, and keep refining it until we’re happy with it. But story impacts every other creative team."

"We’re in constant communication with the cinematics, art and voice over team. Without that communication, things would fall apart quickly. (...) Each character in Mass Effect represents thousands of hours of effort spread across dozens of people."

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Great thread:

"We were making something special: a level of autonomy and choice that no other game has been able to match. We saw what Larian and CD Projekt were bringing to the table with their latest offerings, and started down a path to bring Mass Effect to the next level while remaining true to the Trilogy."

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