BioWare Has Been Downsized to Fewer Than 100 People Following Dragon Age: The Veilguard Misfire
Fan-favorite developer BioWare is down to underneath 100 workers following main company shakeups and layoffs. Per Bloomberg, BioWare has formally been downsized considerably in current days.
The scant variety of workers left on the developer all appear to be primarily centered on the following entry within the Mass Effect franchise, which nonetheless doesn’t have a deliberate launch date as of the time of writing.
The information of the variety of workers nonetheless working at BioWare got here only a single day after information broke that the complete writing crew for the lately launched Dragon Age: The Veilguard had been let go from the corporate. In an announcement revealed to social media, Dragon Age: The Veilguard lead writer Patrick Weekes wrote:
“It’s been a privilege to work with so many amazing devs over my 20 years at BioWare, and I will cherish the memories of the wonderful folks in the community I’ve met along the way.”
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Although the newest Dragon Age sport was met with largely optimistic critiques from critics and a heat reception from gamers, the truth that it solely offered 1.5 million items was thought-about a serious shortcoming for the title. The report of how few workers BioWare has left additionally comes scorching on the heels of affirmation that the studio not requires that a lot of a studio presence to full the upcoming Mass Effect 5.
In a statement released by BioWare on Jan. 30, the developer defined:
“Given this stage of development [on Mass Effect 5], we don’t require the full support from the full studio. We have incredible talent here at BioWare, and so we have worked diligently over the past few months to match many of our colleagues with other teams at EA that had open roles that were a strong fit. Today’s news will see BioWare become a more agile, focused studio that produces unforgettable RPGs.”
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Founded in 1995 by Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk, and Augustine Yip, BioWare burst onto the scene with the mech sim Shattered Steel. Following the sport’s success, BioWare shifted in the direction of roleplaying video games, kicking off the Baldur’s Gate collection in 1998 and establishing each the franchise and developer as powerhouses unto themselves.
In the a long time since, BioWare has develop into well-known for crafting a few of the biggest RPGs of all time, together with Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, the criminally underrated Jade Empire, and the cosmos-spanning Mass Effect series.
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October 31, 2024
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M For Mature 17+ // Blood, Nudity, Sexual Themes, Strong Language, Violence
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BioWare
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Electronic Arts
