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Whupz.

Anthem Has Lost Its Lead Producer, Ben Irving

Ben Irving, who has been at the developer for eight years, has left for greener pastures.

www.gamespot.com

Ben Irving, the lead producer on BioWare's action-RPG Anthem, has announced he's leaving the company. In a statement on Twitter, Irving said that he has accepted a position with another company and that the game still has a "bright future" under current leadership.

Bright. Like a trash fire?

 

[Mista]

They’re leaving one by one. This is it, BioWare is no more.

 

[ResilientBanana]

Trash fires are fairly bright.

 

[GamingKaiju]

Somebody add Bioware to the papa EA meme now, it's official they are done.

 

[Aintitcool]

He should have been fucking fired and never get a job in the industry again. Mismanagement building anthem falls on someone like him more than EA.

 

[The Cockatrice]

I dunno. Reddit says it's actually good news since he's one of the reasons why Anthem is shit and some other bad decisions regarding swtor. Obviously, this is probably bullshit but who knows.

 

[sol_bad]

This might be in bad taste saying this, but, why would anyone want to hire someone from leadership on Anthem?

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

Don't worry. The game has a long and fruitful roadmap ahead.

RIP Bioware.

 

[Northeastmonk]

He was a lead producer on the Old Republic. He literally got his start at BioWare. I wish I had opportunities like these.

 

[Lupin3]

Ben's roadmap is probably brighter than Anthem's...

 

[FranXico]

Bioware, you are about to go on a walk with Papa EA...

 

[keraj37]

In a statement on Twitter, Irving said that he has accepted a position with another company...

He became cashier at McDonald's

 

[Caffeine]

I have like zero faith in the next dragon age.

 

[Lucumo]

A "bright future", heh? So the game is getting nuked then?

 

[Hudo]

They should've made a proper Mass Effect instead. Nobody won with both Anthem and ME: Andromeda.

 

[Lone Wolf]

Once responded to a barge fire and it was bright as fuck. So I'm going to compare it to that.

 

[Shifty]

Bright. Like a trash fire?

Bright indeed.

 

[newtypepilot]

Bioware needs to clean house at management level considering what happened with Anthem and ME:A

 

[Screamer-RSA]

Stole this from his twitter feed.

 

[SurprisedPikachu]

Whupz.

Anthem Has Lost Its Lead Producer, Ben Irving

Ben Irving, who has been at the developer for eight years, has left for greener pastures.

www.gamespot.com

Bright. Like a trash fire?

If his leadership resulted in the dumpster fire mascarading as 'game' called Anthem, and this company is willing to give him any sort of creative leadership role.. I can tell you right now I am not buying that game. Anthem was a massive disappointment and still is.

 

[nani17]

 

[iconmaster]

Dude, just scroll down a little.

Anthem Lead Producer Leaving BioWare

Whupz. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/anthem-lead-producer-leaving-bioware-for-new-compa/1100-6469114/ Ben Irving, the lead producer on BioWare's action-RPG Anthem, has announced he's leaving the company. In a statement on Twitter, Irving said that he has accepted a position with another...

www.neogaf.com

 

[Tsukumo]

Now that he's gone there is a good chance Anthem will rise from its ashes.

 

[McCheese]

If I were him I'd probably leave Anthem off my CV, say you took a sabbatical or something, a really long one.

 

[Ozymandias013]

They’re leaving one by one. This is it, BioWare is no more.

Bioware wasn't anymore since the day the doctors left

 

[Tygeezy]

I have like zero faith in the next dragon age.

There shouldn't even be a next dragon age. Not one developed by the husk of Bioware anyway. Bioware's name isn't a draw at this point anymore. If I were EA I would shutter Bioware, open up a new studio, let go of Bioware's management team, and bring over the actual talented people to the new studio, and hire some new talent with new management and give them Bioware IP's.

 

[iconmaster]

If I were him I'd probably live Anthem off my CV, say you took a sabbatical or something, a really long one.

"Hey, weren't you involved in that 'Anthem' game?"

"...Ben Irving is actually a really common name."

 

[nani17]

Dude, just scroll down a little.

Anthem Lead Producer Leaving BioWare

Whupz. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/anthem-lead-producer-leaving-bioware-for-new-compa/1100-6469114/ Ben Irving, the lead producer on BioWare's action-RPG Anthem, has announced he's leaving the company. In a statement on Twitter, Irving said that he has accepted a position with another...

www.neogaf.com

I used the search and didn't see that I'm so blind

 

[Helios]

This might be in bad taste saying this, but, why would anyone want to hire someone from leadership on Anthem?

Not only that but it says he's been on Bioware for 8 years. Which means he came just in time to work on the wonderful Dragon Age 2. He doesn't have exactly the best history.
There was also this reddit thread I just found

 

[Spaceman292]

I know the titanic hit a little snag, but I believe it has a bright future.
*steps onto lifeboat

 

[iconmaster]

I know the titanic hit a little snag, but I believe it has a bright future.
*steps onto lifeboat

And just like on the Titanic, you definitely want to be a lifeboat early bird.

 

[Stuart360]

Isnt this that young looking chubby guy who was constantly bigging Anthem up in vids?. Good riddance, he didnt work on Mass Effect or Dragon Age anyway.

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

And just like on the Titanic, you definitely want to be a lifeboat early bird.

Iceberg-tested in the future.

 

[Virex]

Has Hellpoint dev confirmed this?

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

I look forward to finding out what studio he's joining...so I know to avoid their games in the future.

 

[Slings and Arrows]

Sacked or jumped before pushed?

 

[iconmaster]

Has Hellpoint dev confirmed this?

What if he now is a Hellpoint dev?

 

[Woo-Fu]

If I were him I'd probably leave Anthem off my CV, say you took a sabbatical or something, a really long one.

Even prison time might be a better excuse for those years.

 

[Riven326]

Good riddance to this joke of a studio. Bioware was one of the first studios to be infected and eventually overrun by the SJW virus. I'm honestly surprised they're still around given their output.

 

[Virex]

What if he now is a Hellpoint dev?

He can not be Hellpoint Dev. Hellpoint Dev is all, Hellpoint Dev knows all, Hellpoint dev is all that was and ever will be. So I'll wait for Hellpoint dev to confirm this before I believe it. Even if Ben Irving confirms it personally. I still won't believe him until Hellpoint Dev confirms it.

 

[Jigsaah]

Lemme guess, he went to The Initiative? That's what all the cool kids are doing nowadays

 

[HotPocket69]

At this point BioWare is basically Karen Hill and EA is Jimmy trying to coax her into checking out the shady alley

 

[Ichabod]

Don't worry. The game has a long and fruitful roadmap ahead.

 

[Tygeezy]

It seems like we have a major sunk cost fallacy going here. This ip is so damaged that I doubt there is anyway they can revive this game without a considerable amount of time and money. Is bioware even talented enough at this point to make this a fun game that people want to play assuming they have unlimited time and money? Id be tempted to shut this game down completely around a good time to deliver bad news. So maybe around a time a bunch of anticipated games are getting released?

 

[Lionel Richie]

Now that Bioware is kill, how long until DICE is next? I know that Criterion is still alive but mainly as a zombie and Respawn is too recent, so that leaves DICE as the prime candidate for EA (Electronic AIDS).

 

[iorek21]

Meh, there are probably other 10 people with more responsability on Anthem than this guy.

I believe that Anthem's failure is mostly a collective failure rather than a individual one; Bioware as a whole is messing up projects ever since Dragon Age 2 back in 2011


Best of luck to this guy, I'd try to leave Bioware ASAP as well

 

[Screamer-RSA]

Not only that but it says he's been on Bioware for 8 years.

And in that time Bioware released Anthem and Andromeda. They spent 10 YEARS making those 2 games. Must have cost EA millions.

 

[Slings and Arrows]

And in that time Bioware released Anthem and Andromeda. They spent 10 YEARS making those 2 games. Must have cost EA millions.

With a track record like that, ben irving must be going to join Microsoft

 

[iorek21]

It seems like we have a major sunk cost fallacy going here. This ip is so damaged that I doubt there is anyway they can revive this game without a considerable amount of time and money. Is bioware even talented enough at this point to make this a fun game that people want to play assuming they have unlimited time and money? Id be tempted to shut this game down completely around a good time to deliver bad news. So maybe around a time a bunch of anticipated games are getting released?

I doubt they'll ever fix it, Anthem's budget must've been huge, and look at what they delivered....

No amount of money can make miracles in this case, unfortunately

It seems that Bioware is all SJW talk and no talent whatsoever

 

[Tygeezy]

I doubt they'll ever fix it, Anthem's budget must've been huge, and look at what they delivered....

No amount of money can make miracles in this case, unfortunately

It seems that Bioware is all SJW talk and no talent whatsoever

Final fantasy 14 comes to mind, but Final Fantasy is also squares crown jewel ip with a 30 + year legacy that they couldn’t afford to have tainted.

Anthems ip is probably a negative asset at this point while final fantasy is one of the biggest in gaming history.