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And I guess if they're tightlipped about patches, then what about the next book?
we'll get the info we want eventually we just have to be patient for it. As for he book I don't know
Well, we know officially (as for now) September 1st for Annihilation. Beyond a release date we know nothing about the book regarding story details--other then that they'll tie-in to what the game revealed. It seems strange that we know nothing about this book and were almost a month away from release.
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we'll get the info we want eventually we just have to be patient for it. As for he book I don't know
Well, we know officially (as for now) September 1st for Annihilation. Beyond a release date we know nothing about the book regarding story details--other then that they'll tie-in to what the game revealed. It seems strange that we know nothing about this book and were almost a month away from release.
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ca.linkedin.com/in/duane-webb-055824/ Listed as Senior Director of Studio Operations at Edmonton. Don't have a linkedin account so I can't see his full profile.
“The story so far: In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.” ― Douglas Adams, 1980
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Having followed the development of every BioWare game since ME1, it's still amazing to me how the end of a game's development always feels like the company is imploding and hemorrhaging staff, even when it's completely normal.
Even if someone joined BioWare and only worked on MEA, that's potentially 5 years of their life. And just look at Aaryn Flynn - 17 years with the company. As consumers we get distracted by all the other games that come out in the meantime, but working on just the one game/franchise for so long must make one eager to try something different, so I can't begrudge them moving on.
Still, very strange seeing names we've become so familiar with leaving. Going to miss Billy in the MEAMP streams, but at least he's streaming MEA in his own time now so he can still offer some insight even if he's no longer actively developing it with the team.
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Anyone try to ask them about the DLC now if they aren't in EA/BW now?
If I were them (the employee who left), I wouldn't reveal dlc plans especially (and when I get that new job) if I was looking for a new job. New employer perspective: Oh, he/she just revealed the status of a project because, the left the company? That's a major red flag from my perspective if he/she can't stick to NDA's if something were to go wrong during production.
And I guess if they're tightlipped about patches, then what about the next book?
Well 1.09 patch came completely out of nowhere and that was a big patch, so yeah. BioWare is just very quiet despite doing quite a bit of work on ME:A. And since ME Discovery #4 was quietly delayed too( straight after SDCC where ME Discovery comics were a topic), so you can expect a lot of silence on books too.
And I guess if they're tightlipped about patches, then what about the next book?
Well 1.09 patch came completely out of nowhere and that was a big patch, so yeah. BioWare is just very quiet despite doing quite a bit of work on ME:A. And since ME Discovery #4 was quietly delayed too( straight after SDCC where ME Discovery comics were a topic), so you can expect a lot of silence on books too.
Yea the were also kind of nonchalant about 1.09 being released. They were like, "yeah this is out-moving on." Though regarding the book, it seems strange that were almost a month a way from releasing and we know nothing about it. Beyond being a tie-in and revealing "secrets" that the game presented itself with. Hell, we don't even have cover art for it. In the book world, is that normal being this close to release and no nothing about it?
I re-read EA Chief Financial Officer Blake Jorgensen's comments again, about Bio Montreal. The studio has been moved into the EA Motive studio to help Jade Raymond's team develop a new IP.
For the record, here is what Blake said: "We're building out a new studio in Montreal, as we've told everyone. And we've hired over 100 people into that studio that are brand-new to EA. This is to build the new IP around Jade Raymond's team that she's been building. I was in that studio last month. And it's a wonderful new addition to our team. And we brought our BioWare Montreal team into that same facility. So they now all sit in one new studio together,"
Frankly, it seems the "care taker team" for MEA is just that.
Morpheus: "know what happened happened and that it could not have happened in any other way".
I re-read EA Chief Financial Officer Blake Jorgensen's comments again, about Bio Montreal. The studio has been moved into the EA Motive studio to help Jade Raymond's team develop a new IP.
For the record, here is what Blake said: "We're building out a new studio in Montreal, as we've told everyone. And we've hired over 100 people into that studio that are brand-new to EA. This is to build the new IP around Jade Raymond's team that she's been building. I was in that studio last month. And it's a wonderful new addition to our team. And we brought our BioWare Montreal team into that same facility. So they now all sit in one new studio together,"
Frankly, it seems the "care taker team" for MEA is just that.
You're jumping to conclusions there. Read closer.
All it says is BW team has moved into the same building. Says nothing about working on the same project.
Anyway, given that this is a twitter thread, can we maybe stop bringing things up that have nothing to do with tweets just to try and make a point? There are plenty of threads where you can make you opinions known without derailing this one...
Post by Andrew Waples on Jul 29, 2017 21:52:31 GMT
All these people leaving BioWare at once...I know it takes more then one person to make dlc/games. However, it doesn't make me feel good about the state of dlc.