"I Will Believe It when I See It, the Next Mass Effect Game" - Former EA Manager Believes BioWare's Sci-Fi RPG at Risk From Recent Saudi Takeover
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"I will believe it when I see it, the next Mass Effect game" - Former EA manager believes BioWare's sci-fi RPG at risk from recent Saudi takeover
Inside and outside Electronic Arts, everyone is bracing for what's sure to be a very different company now that it's fully owned by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund. But the fate of one game in particular may be more perilous than any other: the next Mass Effect.
Former EA manager will "believe" the next Mass Effect is happening "when I see it" after $55 billion acquisition: "They can pull the plug very, very easily"
EA, the publisher behind games like Battlefield 6 and The Sims 4 and parent of Mass Effect developer BioWare, is on many a player's mind right now following the $55 billion deal that saw its buyout – one that might spell disaster for Mass Effect 5, apparently.Although we don't know too much about the next Mass Effect game as BioWare has been too "busy" to share its progress, it's been underway – or at least in some sort of pre-production state –…
'I'll Believe It When I See It': Things Look Bleak for New Mass Effect, Says Former EA Manager
"They can pull the plug very, very easily".Over the last few years, the conversation surrounding the new Mass Effect game has shifted.It's gone from people wondering whether modern BioWare has the chops to follow up on the original Mass Effect trilogy, to questioning whether BioWare will actually be around long enough to finish the project.Read the full article on pushsquare.com
The largest acquisition of private capital in history was recently closed, when a consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, along with Affinity Partners and Silver Lake, bought EA. The future of the video game giant is very much on the air right now, with little certainty. Something that worries fans a lot is the next game of Mass Effect, something that not even the former EA executive Emmanuel Rosier takes for granted. “I think e…
Both internally at Electronic Arts and in the rest of the industry, everyone is preparing for a massive change. The company is now fully part of the Saudi Public Investment Fund. But the fate of a very specific game probably hangs more than any other thread: the next mass effect. more
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