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Dragon Age veteran defends studio's attempt to make something different with Anthem: "BioWare's always been changing"

"By that argument, we should have never made Neverwinter Nights because we were a 2D RPG maker"

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"It took Anthem a very long time to admit to itself that it was a looter shooter," BioWare veteran says, which is why it was taking lessons from Diablo instead of Destiny

"From a design perspective, the number one touch point for Anthem was actually Diablo"

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Mass Effect 5 is going to release "a long time" after Dragon Age: The Veilguard because BioWare has become a "one project studio," veteran suggests

Mark Darrah says it's "probably for the best" since different teams won't be fighting for resources

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Anthem is dead after the game's shutdown, but it doesn't have to be — lead dev reveals code for private servers exists, "there to be salvaged and recovered"

EA may have shut down Anthem's official servers, but its executive producer says code for private ones exists and is "there to be salvaged and recovered."

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GOG director wants to help multiplayer games like Anthem "live forever" too, but fears increased regulation might lead to "fewer cool games for gamers": "I don't have the perfect answer yet"

"It's good that the discussion is taking place"

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Dragon Age veteran says scrapped Anthem Next "could have been" up there with No Man's Sky's legendary turnaround

Anthem Next was canned in early 2021

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Dispatch season 2 isn't even confirmed, but I'm already wondering how it could handle the battle of the best girl

Opinion | Whether Visi goes to the dark side or not is kind of neither here nor there

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Anthem "did permanent damage to the careers of a lot of game devs" says Dragon Age veteran, and he's not sure he or BioWare ever "came back" from its spectacular failure

Anthem's servers have now been shut down

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'All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain' — Players bid farewell to Anthem as EA officially shuts down the game's servers for good

Anthem servers have officially gone offline, making BioWare's 2019 online sci-fi shooter no longer playable, leaving players to share their final farewells.

TechRadar

Anthem is finally, officially dead

It died as it lived: As a game with pretty fun flying.

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Anthem fans say goodbye to BioWare's looter shooter on its server shutdown day, mourning the "potential" that was lost: "Such a waste"

"People can feel how they want, but the potential this game had was undeniable"

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That Mass Effect 3 scene with Garrus, you know the one, made Shepard actor Jennifer Hale "break" because it took her "by surprise": "I was like no, no, no, Shepard doesn't cry"

Hale had no idea what was coming

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A week before BioWare's worst game meets its final end, Anthem players gather to mourn what might have been: "One last flight"

It's time to say goodbye

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Asked if Commander Shepard will return in Mass Effect 5, actor Jennifer Hale has "no idea," but if you ask BioWare nicely, maybe the devs will listen: "I would love it"

The long-awaited sequel remains in development

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You've got 1 week left to play Anthem, the game that mortally wounded the one-time king of RPG studios

Anthem's road is a long and sorry one.

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"You're going up against Destiny. You're going up against massive entities": BioWare veteran says indie devs who can't outspend AAA push "a lot of innovation"

"Video games are much more than simply AAA"

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Dragon Age and Anthem veteran argues risk-averse AAA games have become "too homogenous" and "soulless," which might lead fans to accept generative AI

Mark Darrah says people might be willing to accept AI because "a lot of media has become soulless already"

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Commander Shepard actors will return for the new Mass Effect game 'with bells on' if BioWare asks them: 'Email the powers-that-be who make these games and say, Give us more Shepard'

After all these years, Jennifer Hale and Mark Meer are eager for more.

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OG Mass Effect Shephard actors would be there "with bells on" if BioWare brought them back for Mass Effect 5

Jennifer Hale and Mark Meer are ready and willing

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BioWare legend James Ohlen steps aside at studio headed up by Mass Effect veterans after reportedly deciding his work on sci-fi RPG Exodus "was complete"

Exodus is due in 2027

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The Next Star Wars RPG Will Be The End Of An Era

With a new 'Old Republic' game on the way, it feels like any hope that BioWare could pick up where it left off is gone.

PC Gamer

Is a return to the Divinity series the right move for Larian after Baldur's Gate 3? Our team of RPG fans is divided

The studio's newly announced game takes us back to Rivellon.

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Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic trailer "echoes" Knights of the Old Republic "nearly 2 decades later," Mass Effect lead says, and that beloved RPG "is the reason I came to BioWare"

He also has a message for director Casey Hudson: "F**k yeah"

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Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic – Everything we know so far about the new Star Wars RPG

Everything you need to know about Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, the spiritual successor to Knights of the Old Republic

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Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic is not "a direct sequel or continuation" of the KOTOR games, but it is a "spiritual successor": "This new project is about honoring that legacy"

Casey Hudson, who directed the first KOTOR, is CEO of the studio

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