Comment on Why Electronic Arts Shut Down BioWare
WolvenSpectre@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
Jason Schreier is usually spot on but this time I am calling BS. EA was bought out by The Saudi Wealth Fund to continue its game-washing its reputation, and Jared Kushner’s firm, and several right leaning investors, and one of the first things they asked BioWare to do was remove a Pride Flag from a game for a franchise that is famously LGBTQ+ Friendly that does not expose that content unless you seek it out, and they refused. Then shortly before their game was to be announced and the teaser trailer which was finished was to be dropped, the game was cancelled and the studio closed.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Long before that happened, a studio that’s supposed to be able to output a AAA game was cut down to 50 people from more than 200 after The Veilguard. The writing was really already on the wall. Also, that trailer was not meant for us; it was for EA. It was only shown to us by a former employee since it’s cancelled anyway.
WolvenSpectre@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
It was the trailer that they were going to release until the project was cancelled. You can tell by the disclaimers used on it.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Check the actual reporting coupled with the trailer. It was for internal purposes.
WolvenSpectre@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
“Internal Trailer” means it hasn’t been officially released yet, not that it was for internal use. Like I said, project and BioWare were shutdown before its intended release.