BioWare Reduces Staff Due to Development of New Mass Effect
BioWare has decided to change its approach to game development following the release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Company head Gary McKay announced an internal restructuring within the team.
These changes are happening due to the new Mass Effect, which is currently in the pre-production stage. A small team is working on the game, and it does not require the full support of the entire studio at this time.
According to IGN, some employees have already been transferred to similar positions within Electronic Arts. Some members of the Dragon Age team have also lost their positions but can apply for roles within EA.
Electronic Arts provided a comment to IGN, noting that the studio is now focused solely on Mass Effect.
The studio's priority was Dragon Age. During this time there were people continuing to build the vision for the next Mass Effect. Now that The Veilguard has shipped, the studio's full focus is Mass Effect.
While we're not sharing numbers, the studio has the right number of people in the right roles to work on Mass Effect at this stage of development.
Previously, Electronic Arts acknowledged that Dragon Age: The Veilguard did not meet its expectations. The role-playing game attracted 1.5 million players in its first two months, but the publisher had hoped for double that number.
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