BioWare Producer Cameron Lee [has left] the Company

Damn, Bio are losing people so fast...

I am very, very curious about that "Secret IP". It looks like everyone assigned to it quit within months.

Good for him!! I hope he finds greener pastures, and wish him the best of luck in his career.

Before this thread descends into full "EVERYBODY PANIC OMG THE COMPANY IS DYING" mode, it should be noted that he himself has at least said that it's due to him and his wife wanting to move to a bigger city to raise their kid that she's pregnant with.

Sure thing. And should he be the only one - no one would say a word (other than "Happy for him" and "Good luck"). But he is not the only one leaving. And within such a short timeline too.... Not to mention, all who left so far were telling right away - "we are going to work in some other company" (sometimes almost indi and doubtfully with bigger pay-check). Here, from Lee himself: "While I can’t discuss what I’ll be working on next, it’s fair to say that creating massive, AAA games is still what gets me excited to go into the studio every day so stay tuned for more on that in the next month or so.”


Would not go as far as to talk about "sinking ship" but it does look more and more like an employee turnover typical for big corporation, where individual skill is nothing and anyone is just a "worker for hire" - Ok politics for idn running a superstore but questionable in case of art (as I would call games).

I receive a newsletter every month at work of all departures and new arrivals and there are always several. I work for a video game company with several hundred employees at our localization branch office alone. Some are producers.
This is nothing unusual at all.

"His reasons for leaving the studio are personal and have nothing to do with the game’s development"

If we had a coin for every time they say this hahaha.

Now seriously, I don't think this is a conspiracy or anything. And honestly looking at the bright side at this point the company probably needs new blood.

Montreal is a big city, he could still work for Bioware there. Guess he doesn't want to put up with crunch when he has a child on the way.

Good luck Cameron if you by some chance read this.

I am curious about this new IP...what are they making at this point...

... probably got offered a job that pays more... maybe with a better family health care plan or maybe job prospects for the wife after a maternity break are better in a larger city... just maybe, all you Chicken Littles, the sky isn't falling.

Given how often people seem to assume the worst, it's no wonder they feel they have to emphasis this.

BioWare is an entirely new studio to come considering the rapid rate to which the staff you know is being replaced by new guys. But to be fair, both Cameron and Mike Gamble joined in during the EA days and now they're leaving again. I think it's more common practice in the EA biz for people to jump in and out of these bigger companies as milestones in their career, and in Cameron's case he openly says it's because he's on leave due to getting a child and he has a new gig in a bigger town already. I never considered him core staff despite having a lot of prominence throughout the DA:I days, but still, sad to see people we know leave the studio.