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Among the recent layoffs at BioWare was Mary Kirby, creator of Varric and some of the best characters of DA:I

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Considering that DA veteran David Gaider left ages ago, I do not have much hope left for the next DA game. BioWare may have hung on a little bit longer than other EA studios, but it looks like the notorious mismanagement by EA will get it too.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

What do you want us to do? We cut their funding, we forced them into layoffs, we demanded unrealistic timelines, we have zero idea of how single player games are made, we've mismanaged the IP and done nothing with it for a decade now - and they still won't be profitable!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well, another Mass Effect now looks less likely.

How many people work at Bioware right now? I wonder how big of a cut it is for the company.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Last I heard they had some 250 headcount and they just did 50 layoffs. Bioware was already on life support and ea is just playing with the plug