The ME:A 'Story DLC Cancelled' Sinclair Networks Facebook hoax

Still reeeeeally scratching my head about this.

Like, say they really did make a single-player DLC all by themselves that BioWare is somehow not allowed to then alter - how is that even possible? BioWare are still responsible for character designs, location designs, audio design, VA recording, etc. even if the 'grunt work' of putting the content together is handled by an outsourced studio. I just can't conceive of any contract that would stop BioWare having full control over content created for THEIR OWN GAME.

So Anthem did take out Mass Effect after all.

Damnit, Anthem, I just do not like you very much right now.

I appreciate someone finally posting a screenshot. It puts some of the SN quotes into better context. Still, this should've been added to the existing thread. I guess that thread didn't have a suitably "doom and gloom" title.

Creative control, sure. It would make no sense, though, for a contracting studio to be allowed to take Sinclair's work, alter it, and then release it. It muddies the waters of "which part is BioWare's work" and "which parts are SN". It's very probable, and sensible, that you get a contract to do the entire job. Yes, the contracting studio has creative control, and decides if they like what you've done, if it needs more work, etc... They don't go doctoring your work after the fact, though, outside of contract parameters. The SN Fb posts make sense.

Creative control, sure. It would make no sense, though, for a contracting studio to be allowed to take Sinclair's work, alter it, and then release it. It muddies the waters of "which part is BioWare's work" and "which parts are SN". It's very probable, and sensible, that you get a contract to do the entire job. Yes, the contracting studio has creative control, and decides if they like what you've done, if it needs more work, etc... They don't go doctoring your work after the fact, though, outside of contract parameters. The SN Fb posts make sense.

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Sinclair Networks. Derp.

Predicted that was what happened with the Jaal romance and patch additions.  Feels good man.  

Sad news, peeps, if true...still waiting for word from BioWare/EA:

"This news saddens us to say, but it was made official after a meeting this week that there will be no story DLC for Mass Effect Andromeda. Due to issues in initial production, heavy critique, significant delays in other projects it was decided to shelve the franchise for the time being and all resources and outsourcing are being focused to the 2018 release of Anthem.
For the moment the Mass Effect series will be on ice until BioWare can decide which direction the franchise will go.

The only content that will be produced will be the recurring APEX missions as well as patches as and when needed"

Again, just Sinclair's statement at the moment but it doesn't look good

I can't find their statement. Was it deleted?

Also, Sinclair making that post prior to an official PR statement from EA surely implies a breach of contract. EA loves their NDA's.

Sorry, but I'm not buying it. Especially if SN deleted the original post. No publisher in their right mind would want to work with a contractor who pulls that shit.

Yep...at least the person that forwarded me the quote says it is. It's on a closed Facebook Mass Effect Andromeda fan-page so you need to part of the closed group to see it

They deleted it when called on their bs. They backtracked a lot, claimed they were off MEA, but BW could still make the DLC, how they helped them with recent patches and how BW will never tell us it's over.