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[entremet]

Strange things are afoot at Mass Effect and Dragon Age studio BioWare. Mass Effect's former creative director, Casey Hudson, is leaving his spot at Microsoft and will return to Edmonton to lead the studio, as general manager Aaryn Flynn has announced he's stepping down. "I have been contemplating changes in my own life for some time, but when I heard that Casey had confirmed he was up for the task, I realized the opportunities before us," Flynn writes. "I will be working with him over the next couple of weeks to catch him up and do my part to set him up for success to be the best GM he can be."

Considering Mass Effect: Andromeda's tepid reception, critically, from fans and, surprisingly from with in publisher Electronic Arts, maybe this shouldn't come as a surprise. When something like that happens it isn't uncommon for the head of a studio to step down. After all, BioWare founders Drs. Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk retired from the game industry wholesale after fans' vocal reaction Mass Effect 3's ending.

"With Mass Effect, the game wasn't maybe as finished as people wanted it to be," EA's vice president Patrick Soderlund told Engadget ahead of E3 this year. "Of course, we take that seriously. What we do is we look at that toward the Mass Effect team themselves, but we also look at what learnings we can apply to the rest of the organization so that this doesn't get replicated in another place around EA."

The interesting part here is Hudson's return. The Mass Effect lead parted ways with BioWare in 2015 to work on HoloLens projects at Microsoft. Now, he's heading back to old stomping grounds. Maybe bringing him back is an attempt to find Mass Effect's magic once again.

https://www.engadget.com/2017/07/18/casey-hudons-retuns-to-bioware-aaryn-flynn-departs/

Return of the King?

 

[RedlineRonin]

lol

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1407735

 

[Jocund]

We've already got a thread on this, bb boi

 

[EvilKatarn]

Where did he say he's returning to Mass Effect?

 

[Diancecht]

"Alright, time to clean this shit up."

 

[Intheflorsh]

There's still a franchise?

 

[entremet]

We've already got a thread on this, bb boi

Drats. I title searched Mass Effect lol. Nada.

Lock her up.

 

[iRAWRasaurus]

Please correct me if i am wrong, but wasn't Hudson involve with the ME3 ending? Or am I thinking of someone else.

 

[RedlineRonin]

Please correct me if i am wrong, but wasn't Hudson involve with the ME3 ending? Or am I thinking of someone else.

You'll love the other thread

 

[keidashxd]

If I remember correctly ME 3's ending was his decision, disrupting all others involved with it... I am hearing the prodigal son is back...nope!

 

[Madness]

With Mass Effect, the game wasn't maybe as finished as people wanted it to be," EA's vice president Patrick Soderlund told Engadget ahead of E3 this year. 

Understatment of the year you greedy suit. You knew the game was unfinished and unpolished. Hell I refuse to believe anyone did any sort of QA testing or even got to complete the game before going gold or they would have caught dozens of things wrong. People who plan to get Anthem. Yes it is the A team in edmonton this time. But the game has veen in development longer than Andromeda. Don't think some of the same issues aren't happening there. When games take 6+ years to develop these days, something is seriously afoot.

 

[Venom.]

Time to prove you have faith in the development team. Don't task them with making a game that doesn't count by it taking place in a splinter universe that doesn't count - instead make it a true sequel to Mass Effect trilogy. Show us what happens with Shepard and the Reapers.

 

[paragonpro]

Hes back at ea, something tells me there wont be another mass effect title for quite a few years if that. I mean for ea sll it takes is one under performer to kill a franchise, look at dead space