Anthem Twitter Thread

Don't think they've done an E3/EA Play without something Bioware related, and not sure they are working on anything else that is ready to be revealed.

Whatever happened to that idea tweeted out from Darrah about a Dragon Age tactics game? Something like Xcom or Fire Emblem. Maybe that's what Austin is working on. Found the tweet!

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Finding a time slot where I can get 10 producers all in a room together seems like a mathematical impossibility.

Thanks for the clarification! I will file it as "interesting trivia" and keep waiting for new IP reveal.

I understand that this is to give the game more time and avoid the problems Andromeda have, which is fine by me. But I hope we still get to see a trailer for the game, because I'm still curious as fuck.

For those interested in EA's Quarterly Results: investor.ea.com/

If I have a moment, I'll go ahead and read their comments on the subject.

DA:O took a little over 6 years to develop. I think the creation of New IP (in general) is important though, even if this specific game doesn't sound like it's for me. But yeah, no question it's a risk, especially given the costs of game development these days.

It's curious though why we're hearing about a delay now, a full 10 months ahead of their original release date. If they know it's going to take longer at this point, there must be some significant hurtle/scope creep/etc. in this project. I'm thinking this isn't going to be a small delay.

I'm curious about what this means for the online component.  I'm concerned EA decided the online component was insufficient and demanded Bioware expand it.

Yeah, they were saying ~March 2018. Typically, you won't hear about a game being delayed until a few weeks to a couple of months before release. If they're delaying it now, it means that they know they can't make the usual adjustments to their development (cut content, etc.) to be able to make that deadline, even looking 10 months ahead. So it has to be something significant, something they know they can't triage their way around...

Yeah, feature creep is a real possibility. Someone from mothership (or even BioWare) suddenly getting an idea mid-development that the New IP has to have this/these new features. Maybe seeing something in another game they'd like to implement. I imagine that has to be a real temptation with games that have long dev cycles.

Fair enough.

This whole 'live component' thing is pretty much killing any interest or anticipation I have for the title.  Really could not be less interested in that sort of thing.  Will wait and see, though.  If nothing else, we'll always have the time everyone went nuts looking for a guy wearing a t-shirt