There were some severe consequences for BioWare last year when Dragon Age: The Veilguard stumbled out of the gate and failed to meet EA's sales expectations. EA laid off a lot of BioWare's staff and left a much smaller team working on the next Mass Effect game. But there may be a silver lining to that, according to former BioWare employee Mark Darrah.
Darrah--who served as an executive producer on the first three Dragon Age games before leaving BioWare--recently joined MrMattyPlays on YouTube and shared his belief that the remaining BioWare devs should "scapegoat" The Veilguard to get every resource they need from EA.
"To be frank, the Mass Effect team is going to be able to point to The Veilguard and say, 'We should steer away from some of these things, because look what happened,'" said Darrah. "I would honestly encourage that team to scapegoat Veilgard as much as they need to to get what they need from the organization, whether it's true or not."
During the same interview, Darrah recalled that BioWare attempted to get a Dragon Age trilogy remaster off the ground, but didn't get a favorable response from EA. The Veilguard went through a difficult development that included a shift to a live-service model before it was redeveloped as a single-player game. Former BioWare employees have also said that the Dragon Age and Mass Effect teams didn't get along.
Mass Effect producer Mike Gamble recently teased that the next game will maintain the series' signature lens flare. The Mass Effect TV series in development at Prime Video also recently added showrunner Doug Jung.
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Darrah--who served as an executive producer on the first three Dragon Age games before leaving BioWare--recently joined MrMattyPlays on YouTube and shared his belief that the remaining BioWare devs should "scapegoat" The Veilguard to get every resource they need from EA.
"To be frank, the Mass Effect team is going to be able to point to The Veilguard and say, 'We should steer away from some of these things, because look what happened,'" said Darrah. "I would honestly encourage that team to scapegoat Veilgard as much as they need to to get what they need from the organization, whether it's true or not."
During the same interview, Darrah recalled that BioWare attempted to get a Dragon Age trilogy remaster off the ground, but didn't get a favorable response from EA. The Veilguard went through a difficult development that included a shift to a live-service model before it was redeveloped as a single-player game. Former BioWare employees have also said that the Dragon Age and Mass Effect teams didn't get along.
Mass Effect producer Mike Gamble recently teased that the next game will maintain the series' signature lens flare. The Mass Effect TV series in development at Prime Video also recently added showrunner Doug Jung.
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