r/masseffect • u/No-Impact-9391 • 9h ago

NEWS Its over, BioWare is officially closing and stopping development on the next mass effect.

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I didn't expect to see this today. Truly a sad day.

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u/PMYourTinyTitties 8h ago

Fuck. This sucks, but I can’t say I’m surprised. “Early development” on a game announced 8 years ago, that’s a pretty sure sign of things going catastrophically wrong.

And does this mean the KOTOR remake is gone? I hope not

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u/PepperBeef2Spicy 8h ago

Kotor remake will still go through (eventually) bc it was never Bioware who were developing it

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u/One-Preparation-5320 8h ago

Nah, even that studio, whoever it is, has been stuck in limbo for forever

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u/ImperialCommando 8h ago

That's not true. It moved to Saber Interactive who are currently pushing out other titles. KotOR is in their backlog and they've confirmed it's still alive and well like three times now.

It'll be a while before we see it though, for sure.

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u/One-Preparation-5320 8h ago

How many times has it changed studios now?

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u/ImperialCommando 6h ago

Twice. Saber is the second holder. Aspyr had it before but apparently something caused it to move hands

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u/One-Preparation-5320 6h ago

Right! Aspyr! Thats the one I couldnt recall.

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u/ImperialCommando 4h ago

They were the studio that handled the AI upscaled re-releases of Star Wars Bounty Hunter and the Battlefront Collection. I honestly just hope Saber does it justice and that we can get the KotOR remake in the future!

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u/Daniel2305 8h ago

Moved to a new studio

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u/PMYourTinyTitties 8h ago

Cool. I wasn’t too clear on who is who on that project anymore, thanks

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u/Dreaming_grayJedi04 7h ago

In what another 5 years?

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u/MihaelZ64 7h ago

Kotor was being handled by saber

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u/MapleSurpy 7h ago

LucasFilm chose NOT to give the game to Bioware probably for this very reason, because they knew it would never come out.

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u/One-Preparation-5320 8h ago

Dude the KOTOR remake has been dead for years and years. They started doing that all the way back in like 2012 and could never get it done

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u/RoastRage 8h ago

That was a project by a different studio. The current KOTOR remake is still going strong after a year or so of trouble back in 2022

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u/Sushiki 7h ago

kotor remake isn't bioware thankfully.

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u/No_Task_309 7h ago

Thankfully Kotor is being handled by a based developer, Saber Interactive.