Would they get the IP though? I think BioWare has a lot of talent, but creating successful new IP is no joke. I’m guessing EA and its overlords won’t let the IP go easily.
If they retained some of the talent (specifically the writers) they could make another Mass Effect adjacent game and call it something else. The articles start writing themselves, “The main people behind Mass Effect are working a new game.”
I don’t think it has to be a “triple A” game to be a commercial success.
Companies reinventing themselves has been done before many times (Black Isle Studios -> Obsidian; Squaresoft -> Square -> Square Enix; Konami -> Kojima Productions) and the Canadian government has thrown money at fiscally riskier projects.
Would they get the IP though? I think BioWare has a lot of talent, but creating successful new IP is no joke. I’m guessing EA and its overlords won’t let the IP go easily.
If they retained some of the talent (specifically the writers) they could make another Mass Effect adjacent game and call it something else. The articles start writing themselves, “The main people behind Mass Effect are working a new game.”
I don’t think it has to be a “triple A” game to be a commercial success.
Companies reinventing themselves has been done before many times (Black Isle Studios -> Obsidian; Squaresoft -> Square -> Square Enix; Konami -> Kojima Productions) and the Canadian government has thrown money at fiscally riskier projects.