BioWare Montreal absorbed by EA Motive. Mass Effect IP returns to Edmonton

Perhaps. We are just going to have to wait and see how accurate Mr. Schreier is. . . I miss the drell and hope to see them in future DLC, with their double eyelids.

No, I am criticizing him because he embellished the info he got with his own interpretation of events. He wrote about the Montreal team working on the Jaal romance patch while finding out they would be moved to Motive. By putting the move in such a context he implies that the cause and effect is "MEA did poorly so EA decided to move BW Montreal to Motive". When the reality is more along the lines of "EA has been planning on building a major studio in Montreal and the plan was always for Bioware Montreal to move there. It started with them being moved to the same building months before MEA even shipped." Which is public knowledge and which Schreier failed to include in his article as well. There's facts, and then there's framing the facts in such a way to sell a certain narrative. It's quite clear this is what Schreier was engaging in.

Here's the article. Please point out the embellishment.

You're implying that EA decided to merge studios long before ME:A dropped. That suggests that they probably had no intentions to publish a sequel and perhaps not even DLC regardless of ME:A's performance. EA would have proceeded accordingly even if ME:A had been a smashing success. 

EA decided to bump up a support studio to a full production studio just to scale it back down to support studio then merge it with another studio. I don't believe that. Do you?

We still don't know why exactly BW Montreal was "terminated" but if I had to take a guess it's probably because of their gross mismanagement of EA's resources. Therefore it is related to Andromeda's performance. So, Schreier got the big picture right but didn't get the smaller details.

Edit: before it gets lost, it needs to be reminded, most of you here vehemently claimed that there was no merger, that it was a simple office move. You were wrong.

Nah, most folks just said there was no merger until EA said there was a merger. When the word got out, then that was that. There's nothing wrong with or unusual about waiting for official word about something. 

Except many of you did not wait for official word of anything. Several forum denizens (and redditors) fiercely asserted that it was just an office move, that the merger rumors were wrong, that Schreier made it all up. 

Matter of fact, here and here. 1st page. I see you "liked" that 2nd one. 

Ok, so you don't know what was embellished otherwise it'd be easy for you to quickly find it. Got it.   He got the action right: BW Montreal was moved to EA Motive. He probably was not given the official reason because it was privileged information when he was researching the story. But nah, because he got the reason wrong the entire article is a lie and he's untrustworthy even when everything he reported actually happened.

Let's roll with your theory: EA decided to dismantle the studio before Andromeda dropped. The game was in a terrible state when it shipped. Thus, BWM was dismantled because Andromeda was a mess. That's pretty much Schreier's article.

No, all it means is we waited for official word that there was a merger. Until there was official word, it was right to point out there was no official word. 

Well if saying that we have no confirmation of merger before there is confirmation of a merger is an "attack" instead of just stating a fact... uh... sure. 

There's no official word on "no DLC", so until then there's a chance we'll have DLC. The "merger" was planned far in advance before Andromeda dropped. The game was designed for more story DLC, so it's not out of the realm of possibility that Austin and/or Edmonton is working on Single Player DLC. 

Are you calling me delusional? Personal attacks are a no-no here. 

If you have issues with being called something by somebody, it would probably be helpful to talk to that person about it. 

Again the two links: here and here. Show me the sentence "let's wait for official confirmation" or similar because all I read is "simply share office space." That's quite the definitive statement to make without official confirmation. 

Show me official word that the merger was planned before Andromeda dropped. Show me official word that indicates the other BW studios are working on SP DLC. All you have is conjecture (love the " " around merger; EA used it in its official statement. )

Peeps around here have been hostile towards those who dare criticize ME:A and this has been going on for weeks and months. 

Just so we are all on the same level, tell me where the goalposts are now so I can score.

*shrug* I read reports that Bioware Montreal was sharing space with Motive back in January. I also read reports that they were just sharing space, then later I read reports that the merger was announced. There's nothing mysterious or goalposty about anything, that's just what happened as I browse the forums. I'm naturally not going to believe there's a merger until EA says there's been a merger, again, nothing complicated or goalposty about that. 

Peeps have been hostile towards those who dare to not agree with their opinions both pro and con Andromeda, that's the internet. Again, if you have a particular problem with a particular person, talk to them or report them. 

Yes I'm guessing, difference is I'm an anonymous person on an internet forum, not a journalist that people read in order to get serious and accurate information on a video game.

Why do I have to prove anything? The burden of proof is on the journalist making the claims. His proof is "an anonymous source told me". It's my prerogative as a reader to doubt that kind of information. Why do you care whether I believe him or not? How does it affect you?