Think people are taking this "Hiatus" thing the wrong way

MEA is proof of that...

Sorry, couldn't resist.

No way they didn't. Edmonton was tasked with moving all assets from Bioware's engine library to Frostbite for Dragon Age Inquisition. That alone was major. This was happening all the while Austin is adding yet another big expansion to SWTOR and then subsequently get their teeth kicked in when it went to F2P. On top of that, Bioware was developing Dylan in Austin while Montreal was tasked with their mobile games that EA puts out. So... they might have had a few people to get the groundwork started for Andromeda (moving assets from Unreal to Frostbite). They juggled a lot and it shows. Bioware 2.0 happened during this period as well. Bioware 1.0 left town. Every... one... of... them. That's a colossal failure from a corporate angle because you just armed the competition with people that know and understand a winning formula. Yes, it all falls on EA. All of it. BioWare is an art studio, not a commodity manufacturer and once EA's greedy self-serving culture gets that, the more profitable everyone will become. Good stuff sells. Bad stuff gets scrutinized. F***ing Sera in Inquisition gets it.

dang it. Okay. Pass me the Ryncol big guy.

6 days after article.

Can someone show me where BioWare have said it was wrong yet and that Mass Effect has not been put on hiatus and will continue?

Can you show me where it says forbes IGN and everyone else is wrong about there likely being no dlc?

Has anyone from EA or BioWare come out to answer the question with the words 'yes' or 'no' yet.

Its early here so I was hoping one of you has that statement.

I wasn't paying attention to the MEA dev discussions back then but I think I heard something about this. Additionally to comments like "making a game from fanfiction" in present topics. Out of curiosity, did they throw out a subject title like; ME is moving to Andromeda, and invite ideas from fans?  

I dunno.

I dunno about BioWare anymore. Once the bright shining light of video game fiction, now it's but a dim bulb analogous to a Christmas tree light not in complete focus.

I want to give a speech about video game literature... The Walking Dead, The Last Of Us, Life Is Strange, Mass Effect 1-3, Jade Empire, The Tomb Raider series, The Deus Ex series, The Witcher series, Fallout 4, The Mars Wars series, Knights Of The Old Republic, other games that I'm sure that I've missed.

But then I think, I'm no spokesman, and there's no reason I should want to. If I even could. Every single game I've listed above is great because they each told a story and a good story at that.

Video games are the new form of if not literature, at least comic books. 'Cause there are some great fucking comics I can point you at and some awfully shitty books.

Lol.

Half the internet thinks Mass Effect is dead. If it wasnt BioWare would be in a rush to let people know DLC was still inbound and they should keep there wallets ready.

So nothing? Nothing that verifies the Kotaku article?

As I thought.

Look, here's the Q4 Earnings Report from EA. Money. Talks. More so than some speculation from Kotaku.

If we're producing stone and Japan thinks we're not I need to tell them otherwise fast. Because they'll source granite for their gravestone monuments from elsewhere. More importantly if they think we've run out of Bridgestone black granite and are only selling Kimberley Black granite or Kimberley white marble they'll ring us up to say they want Bridgetown black.


You don't confuse your customers by letting rumours float. You put an end to the rumour.

Unless of course you were the one that started the rumour. In which case it serves a different purpose.

(Saves us having to ring everyone they call us instead.)

Yeah EA/BW would never stoop so low as to tell folks to keep their wallets ready. Right?

If nobody thinks its going to exist they'll never bother to check for it to see if they can buy it dude.

Im glad you don't run a business.

Thanks big guy. I wanted to rant about Marketing and PR, but you covered it.