Casey Hudson returns to BioWare

I really don't see why having Hudson back is a good thing

that's really the most important thing.  I don't care about his work on KOTOR or ME1 and 2, I'm looking at the most recent thing he's been involved in, and it was a shitshow

There is no way to say this with any certainty. You don't know him. But we do know he's got his share of responsibility for the incident. I for one have mixed feelings about him coming back, not that it will matter. He's come back, only time will tell what the impact will be. 

A change in GM doesn't necessarily mean a change in strategy, especially if said strategy is dictated by EA. Anything is possible long-term I guess, but I doubt this will have any effect on MEA's present situation.

Depends on how you look at it. To many he did good work till ME3 when he crammed in an abomination ending. For the most part many would say his direction or creative thinking will be a positive even with a hiccup every so often.

Honestly, I'm leaning towards being curious how things play out cause to my knowledge he never was a GM, it's a very different position than creative lead like he was in the past, he's got a lot more to cover now and to me it's to early to say if this is a good move or not. It does bring back someone with experience in a leadership role which is my biggest take on it, and honestly I think he's more passionate than Flynn ever was.

Finally someone in charge with an overarching hard-sci-fi vision, whereas Andromeda - whether you liked it or not, lacked a cohesive vision. Seems like it was trying too hard to be everything to too many people, partly due to all the shifts in management that probably each had a different take on its overall direction.

You can't dismiss the fact that he was part of some of bioware's most succesful projects due to a lousy ten minutes in ME 3 (which in it's own right was still a damn good game).

I'm just more confident now that it can sidestep such issues that plagued Andromeda - "Casey how about this scene, these animations look ok" - "fuck no those are awful try again"

There definitely were going to be repercussions over the "Andromeda" brouhaha. Not surprised over Mr. Flynn's departure, just that it happened before the six-month cutoff I gave it following "Andromeda's" underwhelming reaction. As for Mr. Hudson's return, it's been over five years since the "Mass Effect 3 'artistic integrity'" controversy. Time will tell if that's enough.

Personally I'm taking a wait-and-see attitude. My feelings towards "Andromeda" were ones of disappointment...and currently I'm just not feeling that "Anthem" excitement. EA's treatment of "Andromeda" PC players didn't help any, either.

Of course, this is just my opinion. Your mileage may vary.

Added Aaryn Flynn's farewell message to the OP.

There are plenty of legit criticisms, including his presiding over the rool of cool influences that changed the ME franchise into something less than what it could be. Nobody with a functioning brain believes that ME3 was a critical success, it was obvious at the time that "gaming journalism" had become bought and paid for - a joke (this is one of the reasons why having a gaming journalist as a character in the game was rightly criticized) and that Casey himself was responsible for tons of public relations hyperbole that many considered (rightly) false advertising. None of that can be swept under the rug or forgotten. 

Now we listen to these rumors, eh?