Der neueste Ableger der beliebten Science Fiction-Reihe: Mass Effect-Andromeda wird vorerst das letzte Spiel der Reihe sein, denn EA hat die Serie erstmal auf Eis gelegt. Das für Mass Effect: Andromeda verantwortliche Entwicklerstudio Bioware Montreal nimmt nun eine Support-Rolle ein. Einige Entwickler wurden auf andere Studios verteilt wie EA Motive, die auch in Montreal ansässig sind um bei der Fertigstellung von Star Wars Battlefront 2 mitzuhelfen während der Rest von Bioware Montreal an anderen Spielen arbeiten wie z.B. der neuen IP „Dylan“. Auch wird das Studio für Patches und den Multiplayer von Mass Effect: Andromeda zuständig sein.
Our teams at BioWare and across EA put in tremendous effort bringing Mass Effect Andromeda to players around the world. Even as BioWare continues to focus on the Mass Effect Andromeda community and live service, we are constantly looking at how we’re prepared for the next experiences we will create.
The teams in EA Worldwide Studios are packed with talent, and more than ever, we are driving collaboration between studios on key projects.
With our BioWare and Motive teams sharing studio space in Montreal, we have BioWare team members joining Motive projects that are underway. We’re also ramping up teams on other BioWare projects in development.
There will be much more to come from BioWare in the years ahead.
Interessant ist, dass es vor diesem Schritt eine Investorenkonferenz gab, wo kurz auf Mass Effect: Andromeda eingegangen wurde von Andrew Wilson. So sagte er, dass die Bewertungen hätten höher sein können, dennoch wäre er stolz auf das Spiel, welches von BioWare entwickelt wurde.
Mass Effect [Andromeda] is an interesting title; it was in development for a really long time and represented a lot of the great things that BioWare is known for: story, size, depth, breadth, imagination,“ Wilson said. „And while overall the aggregate review scores were lower than we would have liked, we did have over 100 reviewers score the game at 80 or higher. So it represents a fanbase that’s very passionate, that’s looking for very particular things, and many players found exactly what they’re looking for, and some players did not.
