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[TheBROgamer]

"As we look toward the future, BioWare is focused on being a leader in developing immersive, emotionally charged, single-player games, with teams primarily in Austin and Edmonton. This means a renewed focus on our two key franchises: Dragon Age™ and Mass Effect™. For Dragon Age, we continue to build, polish, and tune an exceptional experience we know our fans will love. We can’t wait to share more on this soon. For Mass Effect, we continue pre-production with a core team of veteran storytellers who are bringing the deep franchise history forward in a spectacular new way."

https://blog.bioware.com/2023/06/27/bright-future-for-swtor/

 

[TVexperto]

"core team" so for years only 5 people worked on it?

 

[YuLY]

Jesus Christ, still in preprod? wasnt this announced in like 2020 or even late 2019 ? I actually hate Dragon Age so much for this ) get that shit out already

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

The announcement trailer for this new Mass Effect was posted two and half years ago so great to get at least an update of some sorts.

5,247,020 views 11 Dec 2020
Get a sneak peek at the next chapter of the Mass Effect universe. A veteran team at BioWare is in the early stages of what is on the horizon for the Mass Effect franchise, and we are excited to show you where we’ll be heading next!

 

[Complistic]

A veteran team, right.

 

[Doom85]

Jesus Christ, still in preprod? wasnt this announced in like 2020 or even late 2019 ? I actually hate Dragon Age so much for this ) get that shit out already

I mean, Dragon Age: Inquisition’s final DLC ended on one major plot set up for the next game, so it makes sense they prioritize that one IMHO.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

A veteran team, right.

Well by the time the game gets out they'll be veterans alright lol!

 

[OmegaSupreme]

I'd love remake of the og trilogy. Give it to the Dead Space remake team. That was fantastic.

 

[nowhat]

Well they'll be veterans by the time the game gets out lol!

I was thinking they've hired a bunch of retirees.

 

[mdkirby]

Jeeez....Gaming is in such a weird space between bonkers levels of secrecy and NDA's, and then at the same time announcing and making trailers for games that are years away from even being started.

 

[Drizzlehell]

Great. Maybe by the time a new trailer for Mass Effect 4 shows up, Star Citizen will be out already?

 

[Shubh_C63]

Fumble three times in a row would be something to see.

343 got competition.

 

[scoobidoo112]

The ending to 3 was complete shit, Andromeda was shit, Anthem flopped, Dragon Age Dreadwolf has been in developmeent hell since 2015, and now you're telling me the new Mass Effect is still in pre-production?

Tick Tock Bioware... Tick Tock.

 

[STARSBarry]

Fumble three times in a row would be something to see.

343 got competition.

I mean if it can fail and win GAF's GOTY you know its something truly special.

 

[AJUMP23]

Hey guys we made a trailer.......how long did it take.......3 years.

 

[Drizzlehell]

The ending to 3 was complete shit

 

[TheBROgamer]

This is probably going to be a next gen game, along side with TES VI, Witcher 4, and possibly Perfect Dark (depends on how development goes).

 

[Tsaki]

Well they definitely don't have recent successes to ride the hype so the ball is in their court to prove that they have anything resembling the quality of the older games. Hopefully Dragon Age is the start of that.

 

[The Infectious Paradox]

Pre production?? Damn. I hate how game announcements work. A completely different team cranks out a trailer yet the real game hasn't even been started.

 

[balls of snow]

2029 is gonna be lit. Perfect dark, elder scrolls 6 and a new mass effect. May be the best gaming year of the gen.

 

[adamsapple]

2029 at the earliest.

 

[SCB3]

Witcher 4, and possibly Perfect Dark (depends on how development goes).

I can see both of these being Late gen games tbh

 

[TheBROgamer]

2029 at the earliest.

Next gen or probably cross gen at the least.

XSX2/PS6 with a port on XSX/PS5, similar to what we see now.

 

[swaffles23]

I couldn't care less for a new Mass Effect. The last one was awful and there's no reason to think Bioware won't fumble this one too.

 

[Gorgon]

Dragon Age, meh. When will developers realise that what we nowadays call fantasy literature didn't start with Tolkien and the later 80s derivative shiff-shaff? When are we going to finally give some love to classic Sword & Sorcery? Time to drop the cute elfs n dwarfs crap mashed with Game of Thrones as if that was the best shit ever. Hasn't this shit been done to death already? How much more off-the-shelves, creatively dead fantasy crap do we need?

/rant

As for Mass Effect: I'll believe Bioware can pull out a good ME game again when I see it.

 

[Rambotito]

A verteran team of storytellers?

For Mass Effect, we continue pre-production with a core team of veteran storytellers who are bringing the deep franchise history forward in a spectacular new way."

And it's probably going to involve lots of rainbow flags and missing 10 year olds.

 

[Hudo]

Jesus Christ, still in preprod? wasnt this announced in like 2020 or even late 2019 ? I actually hate Dragon Age so much for this ) get that shit out already

Yeah, it has been announced or at least teased for quite a while and has been in "pre production" since then. But I guess that BioWare are furiously trying to get the next Dragon Age out, which has been in dev hell.

 

[Hudo]

Dragon Age, meh. When will developers realise that what we nowadays call fantasy literature didn't start with Tolkien and the later 80s derivative shiff-shaff? When are we going to finally give some love to classic Sword & Sorcery? Time to drop the cute elfs n dwarfs crap mashed with Game of Thrones as if that was the best shit ever. Hasn't this shit been done to death already? How much more off-the-shelves, creatively dead fantasy crap do we need?

/rant

As for Mass Effect: I'll believe Bioware can pull out a good ME game again when I see it.

I'd fucking love a bonafide new Dark Sun game. But it will never come to fruition since even WotC are "scared" of touching the IP because muh slavery and racism.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

A verteran team of storytellers?

And it's probably going to involve lots of rainbow flags and missing 10 year olds.

"Introducing the Zem, a new nomadic species from The Far Left reaches of their last safe space in the universe. Your face will get tired from the mind-melting visuals inherent to the Zem's native habitat. An impressive and forward thinking race, the Zem have long ago evolved away from a sex-based biology and thrive as an extant species of gender less philosophers, making exponential leaps in their goal of taking back power from their oppressive separatist faction, the Siswytes,"

 

[Edder1]

Wait, I didn't know Microsoft is publishing this one...

 

[SJRB]

What the fuck are these people doing all day?

 

[Edder1]

I'd love remake of the og trilogy. Give it to the Dead Space remake team. That was fantastic.

Race swaps, rewriting dialogue and changing important scenes in the game? Nah, keep those guys away from this. Mass Effect is gonna get heavy backlash from fans if it's not 1:1 remake.

 

[Hudo]

Wait, I didn't know Microsoft is publishing this one...

What? EA are publishing it. Microsoft did publish the first Mass Effect, though. But then BioWare was bought by EA and EA got the rights.

 

[Rush2112]

Not a single person that made ME2 Is on that team. They all quit or got fired. You’re not Bioware. You’re just a bunch of millenial kids EA hired to replace ‘em.

 

[TheBROgamer]

What the fuck are these people doing all day?

 

[DeepEnigma]

Do we really want a current year ME though?

 

[GymWolf]

My face is tired of waiting.

 

[Hudo]

Do we really want a current year ME though?

I am enough of a sucker for ME that I am still curious about a new one but only if they pick up where ME3 left off. No more Andromeda bullshit. Choose an ending as canon and go with it.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Not a single person that made ME2 Is on that team. They all quit or got fired. You’re not Bioware. You’re just a bunch of millenial kids EA hired to replace ‘em.

I have some bad news to you once gen z are starting to get into leadership roles on gaming franchises you still love.

 

[scoobidoo112]

 

[Drizzlehell]

 

[Team Andromeda]

Can't wait

 

[Hudo]

Can't wait

It seems you have to, though (for quite a while).

 

[Edder1]

What? EA are publishing it. Microsoft did publish the first Mass Effect, though. But then BioWare was bought by EA and EA got the rights.

It's a joke. Recently we had Microsoft have many projects stuck in pre-production after being announced years ago.

 

[Team Andromeda]

It seems you have to, though (for quite a while).

Not when you have Irony on your side

 

[MMaRsu]

So excited after Andromeda and Dragon Age Inquisition! Those games didnt put me to sleep at all

 

[Hudo]

It's a joke. Recently we had Microsoft have many projects stuck in pre-production after being announced a few years back.

Not when you have Irony on your side

Fair enough, lads. Carry on.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Earth’s military has grown and Shepard wants to show the universe how strong it is, neighboring species will have abilities that humans don’t and also show their strength.

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

No excitement for this after Anthem. Also no excitement for the next Dragon Age after the shit show that was the recent Netflix show.

 

[TheBROgamer]

No excitement for this after Anthem. Also no excitement for the next Dragon Age after the shit show that was the recent Netflix show.

Yeah, current Bioware has a lot to prove.