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Dragon Age: Según los informes, el Veilguard Dev BioWare hasta menos de 100 empleados después de despidos y salidas del personal

Autor : Grace Actualizar : Feb 19,2025

Según los informes, la fuerza laboral de BioWare se ha reducido a menores de 100 empleados después de despidos y salidas recientes, una reducción significativa de hace más de 200 años durante Dragon Age: The VeilGuard 'El ​​desarrollo. Esta reducción se produce después de que EA reestructuró BioWare para concentrarse únicamente en Mass Effect 5 .

Bloomberg informó que el cambio de enfoque del estudio resultó en la transferencia permanente de varias Dragon Age: The VeilGuard miembros del equipo a otros estudios EA. Los ejemplos notables incluyen al director creativo, John Epler, quien se mudó al proyecto skate de Full Circle, y al escritor senior Sheryl Chee, quien se unió al equipo Iron Man de Motive. Estas no son tareas temporales; Estos empleados ya no se consideran personal de BioWare. Los miembros adicionales del personal confirmaron despidos en las redes sociales, incluido el editor Karin West-Weekes, el diseñador narrativo de Trick Weekes, el editor Ryan Cormier, el productor Jen Cheverie y la diseñadora de sistemas senior Michelle Flamm. Esto sigue a los despidos anteriores en 2023 y la partida de la directora Corinne Busche el mes pasado.

La respuesta de EA a las consultas con respecto al número exacto de empleados impactados fue vaga, afirmando que el estudio cuenta adecuadamente para la fase actual del desarrollo de Mass Effect . Sin embargo, Bloomberg estima aproximadamente dos docenas de despidos. Los informes sugieren que el personal de BioWare consideró la finalización de Dragon Age: The Veilguard Un logro notable dados los desafíos planteados por el impulso inicial de EA para elementos de servicio vivo, luego se invirtió. IGN ha documentado previamente el desarrollo problemático del juego, incluidos despidos anteriores y la partida del personal clave.

A pesar de las preocupaciones de los fanáticos, un ex escritor de BioWare ofreció la seguridad de que la franquicia Dragon Age no está necesariamente desaparecida. EA confirmó que un equipo central de veteranos de la trilogía original Mass Effect , incluidos Mike Gamble, Preston Watamaniuk, Derek Watts y Parrish Ley, están liderando el desarrollo del próximo juego Mass Effect .

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