r/pcmasterrace • • 8h ago

News/Article BioWare is closing down.

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u/Dry-Faithlessness184 8h ago

Right? Like you cannot be in early development after 6 years without making something that will either

  1. Never come out or
  2. Be terrible if it does

A shame because it's a great concept. But a new series inspired by its ideas will eventually happen, it always does.

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u/Melody_in_Harmony 8h ago

I wouldn't be too unhappy if someone else carried the torch of mass effect the property elsewhere. I'm assuming that EA still holds all rights for those games?

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u/somejon 7h ago

I think the closest thing we'll get is the game Exodus.
It's being made by some former og Bioware devs, including the writer. So hopefully the game can hit that same mark.

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u/Melody_in_Harmony 6h ago

That'd be nice. I hate that this would likely be the end of the Mass Effect universe but if there's a spiritual successor, I'd be happy. All good things must come to an end and all that.

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u/bryn_irl 5h ago

From what I've seen, the lore could be Mass Effect levels of ambitious: tens of thousands of years of history, ruins upon ruins, empires upon empires, tons of opportunities for discovering ancient intentions. Whether they pull it off is an open question, of course!

https://www.exodusgame.com/en-US/prologue

https://exodus-game.fandom.com/wiki/Exodus_Timeline

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u/Icy-Cry340 9m ago

Yup, the foundation is pretty good. I read the books by Peter Hamilton, and after a rough start (contract work after all), it’s pretty obvious that they created a setting where an infinite number of stories could be told.