r/videogames • u/Dhenn004 • 9h ago

News / Trailers / Articles Bioware is dead

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u/ClydeYellow 8h ago

Early development? The announcement came, what, six years ago?

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u/ConanTheLeader 8h ago

Meaning it was in development hell and that we avoided a disappointment.

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u/xX7heGuyXx 8h ago

This. I did not have high hopes based on what BioWare had become.

A studio is not a name, its a people and the new people just did not have that magic old BioWare had at all.

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u/Welfdeath 2h ago

That's what happens , when you go woke .

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u/xX7heGuyXx 2h ago

I dont even think its that like bioware has always been woke.

The difference is the writing and just likable characters.

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u/Outrageous-Depth 2h ago

Anthem was woke? That was the beginning of the end for the studio.

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u/Responsible_Draw_632 7h ago

I unfortunately agree. EA wants to make money, and Mass Effect is one of the most highly regarded video game IPs out there. They would not have shut down BioWare if they were working on something amazing. I can guarantee you this shutdown happened after BioWare was told to show their progress, and EA probably decided at that point the game really had no chance of being a financial success. Either it was still in development hell, or it was shaping up to be an Anthem/Andromeda/Veilguard style mess.

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u/suspiciouslyhorse 2h ago

Agreed. EA is just cutting their losses at this point. NGL I'm a little surprised that they didn't pull the plug on BioWare sooner.

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u/SagittaryX 1h ago

Maybe somewhat, but a lot of that time was the team being taken away from ME to work on Veilguard. It may have been announced six years ago, but for the longest time nobody was working on it.

After Veilguard sold poorly BioWare was gutted and a small team worked on Mass Effect. I’m guessing the idea was that if they got a good prototype going the studio would be scaled up again, or they would hire a lot outsourced talent.