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[Draugoth]

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Over the past few hours, however, a number of social media posts have surfaced online, revealing the names of at least some of the employees who got fired from BioWare today.

According to posts shared on LinkedIn and Bluesky, BioWare's restructuring has led to the termination of Dragon Age: The Veilguard's Lead Writer Trick Weekes, Lead Editor Karin West-Weekes, and Narrative Editor Ryan Cormier. Additionally, BioWare Producer Jennifer Cheverie Cott, Associate Game Producer Daniel Steed, Senior Product Manager Lina Anderson, and Senior Systems Designer Michelle Flamm were also let go, while Senior Writer Sheryl Chee, who wrote Dragon Age's Leliana, Isabela, Blackwall, and Harding, was moved to EA Motive.

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A large portion of the writing staff behind Dragon Age The Veilguard has been laid off and won’t be working on Mass Effect 5.​

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[Luipadre]

"A large portion of the writing staff behind Dragon Age The Veilguard has been laid off and won’t be working on Mass Effect 5."

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Pronoun twats on the dole

 

[Complistic]

EA cleaning house

 

[Phobos Base]

Who would have though self-inserting yourself and your fetishes into a game would end badly?

 

[poodaddy]

 

[MALpractice311]

Womp, womp.

 

[PauloRoberto]

And of course... all those imbeciles use Blue Sky.

 

[GymWolf]

I can already imagine the next asmon video about this in my mind

 

[samoilaaa]

i usually dont like seeing people getting fired but

 

[j0hnnix]

Pronoun twats on the dole

This person.. looks like she's 70.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Buh-bye

 

[diffusionx]

First two thoughts, one is >bluesky lmao, two is who wrote Taash and is Xer still at Bioware?

 

[Nickolaidas]

So long, don't let your pronouns fall out of your pocket as you fuck off.

 

[Gaiff]

"A large portion of the writing staff behind Dragon Age The Veilguard has been laid off and won’t be working on Mass Effect 5."

Pronoun twats on the dole

Who would have though self-inserting yourself and your fetishes into a game would end badly?

Those messages at least suggest these people were around when the writing was still good. 19-26 years takes us back to the days of BG2 and KOTOR. Those guys are perhaps not to blame. It’s the narcissistic director who used this game as a vanity project who was the core of the issues.

 

[diffusionx]

Those messages at least suggest these people were around when the writing was still good. 19-26 years takes us back to the days of BG2 and KOTOR. Those guys are perhaps not to blame. It’s the narcissistic director who used this game as a vanity project who was the core of the issues.

Yes, it seems like a weirdo was put in charge of this project, ruined it with self-inserts, and the rank and file staff paid as much of a price.

 

[bundylove]

Its just another executive order trump signed last night

 

[peek]

LOL yeah... ya know, I think bluesky was actually a good thing in the end.

Studios now know exactly who to avoid hiring now xD

 

[winjer]

A large portion of the writing staff behind Dragon Age The Veilguard has been laid off and won’t be working on Mass Effect 5.

There is some hope for ME5.....

 

[Windle Poons]

And nothing of any value was lost.

 

[Gonzito]

Yeah, makes sense. Fire those activists, they dont belong in our beloved industry

 

[Gaiff]

There is some hope for ME5.....

Just saying those guys who said they were laid off were there for KOTOR, ME, DA, and even Baldur’s Gate II. Let’s not rejoice.

 

[Dr Cowley]

Pronoun twats on the dole

Jesus she looks like 'Lady Di' from the opie and anthony show

Edit: I suck, no pic

Better?

 

[Flabagast]

Layoffs are never good, but there is a good argument to be made that the Veilguard writing team single handledly tanked the entire game, franchise and potentially even the studio with their output, so...

Not a good work fellows

 

[Achelexus]

10 days into the new government and gaming is aready healing.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Yo hire me. I'm a DEI but I'll encourage heterosexual activity but throw some things a LITTLE bit gay in there for some balance.

I won't just have a gay character mid mission be like

"Yo MC guy. I love boy pussy."
"That's nice racially diverse support DPS monster."

 

[KiteGr]

LOL yeah... ya know, I think bluesky was actually a good thing in the end.

Studios now know exactly who to avoid hiring now xD

Yeah, I know.
Twitter has never been so peaceful.
Let them all go to Blue Sky. Lock them in if you can!

 

[RetroGamingUK]

There is some hope for ME5.....

Everyone who worked on the Mass Effect trilogy left years ago

It’s over

 

[Hookshot]

Whose been fired?

 

[stn]

Hopefully they land on their feet, though I will say that Veilguard had horrendous writing. Probably the worst I've ever seen in an RPG. I never thought we'd get Disney-level writing, and the word "skullfucker" being used as an insult in a fantasy setting, but here we are.

 

[LordCBH]

Good. Anyone in a creative position involving the writing and story of this turd should be fired and blacklisted from the industry.

 

[Shaki12345]

I just found out that the Mass Effect Reddit has locked all discussions around this topic. There is NO room for multiple views on this subject at all.

Fucking done with all the censoring. Thank God we still have NeoGaf where we can say wat we want. Right?

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

That Taash non-binary shit is some of the most cringe DEI woke trash I’ve ever seen in a game. Even if the rest of the writing were a masterpiece (which it’s not), anybody who had anything to do with writing Taash or giving it the green light should be fired and blacklisted from the industry.

 

[The_Observer]

They say videogame writing always sucked. BUT videogame writing was infinitely better when enthusiasts made did it, before these activists became so called “professional writers”. Oh well, how much we will miss you, dear professional writers.

 

[Shaki12345]

They say videogame writing always sucked. BUT videogame writing was infinitely better when enthusiasts made did it, before these activists became so called “professional writers”. Oh well, how much we will miss you, dear professional writers.

Apparently EA is also done with DEI infested crap that doesn't sell.

Voting with your wallet (and time) certainly helps.

 

[Topher]

Those messages at least suggest these people were around when the writing was still good. 19-26 years takes us back to the days of BG2 and KOTOR. Those guys are perhaps not to blame. It’s the narcissistic director who used this game as a vanity project who was the core of the issues.

I get what you are saying, but Bioware has been wallowing in mediocrity for a while now. Probably a good thing to bring in some new blood.

 

[Shaki12345]

I get what you are saying, but Bioware has been wallowing in mediocrity for a while now. Probably a good thing to bring in some new blood.

The last really good Bioware game was ME2 and (imo) ME3. That takes us back at least 13(!!!) years.

 

[The_Observer]

Apparently EA is also done with DEI infested crap that doesn't sell.

Voting with your wallet (and time) certainly helps.

It’s exactly what I’m doing. No money from me for civilization destroying agendas.

 

[Cornbread78]

That's unfortunate. Outside of Taash, the writing has been pretty good for vanguard. A few of the char stories have been really good.....

 

[LectureMaster]

LMAO, you thought it's just a meme, but it's literally the bioware documentary.

 

[Draugoth]

Dozens of developers were laid off:

 

[Shaki12345]

Guys, in the end we fired those people by not buying the game.

This is on us.

 

[Saber]

 

[samoilaaa]

Apparently EA is also done with DEI infested crap that doesn't sell.

that remains to be seen

its funny that people didnt even bother to pirate games like veilguard and suicide squad

 

[Hookshot]

Guys, in the end we fired those people by not buying the game.

This is on us.

My good deed for the day.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Give these guys credit. Seems like many were longtime Bioware employees. Fuck up a franchise with politics, fortnite graphics, and you cant even control NPC anymore.

Get fired and collect giant severance. And as you know, the longer you work at a company the more you get (unless you get fired for cause and something serious). These guys probably got 12-18 months severance pay.

It’s like getting rewarded for screwing up. It would be like you hire a contractor to fix your house. He messes up. Instead of getting compensated or the issues fixed for free, you pay him more money as a bonus.

 

[Saber]

This is on us.

 

[Fake]

Begone.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

This person.. looks like she's 70.

Well she is probably in her 60s indeed

 

[VanCityGamer]

That's unfortunate. Outside of Taash, the writing has been pretty good for vanguard. A few of the char stories have been really good.....

Totally disagree with that.