☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agoEA is shutting down BioWare and the next Mass Effect has been canceledwww.respec.netexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down11cross-posted to: games@lemmy.world
arrow-up1115arrow-down1external-linkEA is shutting down BioWare and the next Mass Effect has been canceledwww.respec.net☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square17fedilinkcross-posted to: games@lemmy.world
minus-squareBerttheduck@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down1·1 day agoOn one hand I’m sad that a good team with some good games under them is closing down. On the other hand I’m glad that the BioWare team isn’t going to be making games for the Saudis so hopefully someone decent picks up the team and the IPs in future.
minus-squareGenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 day ago IPs i’m going to assume they do the classic EA thing of yesteryear and just keep the IP so no one can use it
minus-squarerobot_dog_with_gun [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agothe saudis and kushner need to make their money back so an IP firesale is in the cards
minus-squarea_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoI don’t think that’s sort of wishful thinking applies here.
On one hand I’m sad that a good team with some good games under them is closing down. On the other hand I’m glad that the BioWare team isn’t going to be making games for the Saudis so hopefully someone decent picks up the team and the IPs in future.
i’m going to assume they do the classic EA thing of yesteryear and just keep the IP so no one can use it
the saudis and kushner need to make their money back so an IP firesale is in the cards
I don’t think that’s sort of wishful thinking applies here.