Chris Wynn, otherwise known as Mass Effect: Andromeda's senior development director, has ended his career at BioWare. Wynn was originally taken on by the developer in 2013 to help with the upcoming sci-fi project.
So, what does this mean for the highly anticipated role-playing release? Thankfully, according to the Canadian company, "development of Mass Effect: Andromeda continues to move full speed ahead". As far as we're aware, the title is supposedly still set to launch in the latter half of 2016, and we'll no doubt be hearing plenty about it as we move further into the year.
However, even with BioWare's reassurance, we're not entirely convinced that the game's in top shape - and that's mostly because we've seen next to nothing of it since it was revealed back in 2014. Wynn's departure means one of two things, then: either his role on the project has been fulfilled, or there's some trouble brewing in the depths of space. Here's hoping that it's the former.
[source gameinformer.com, via develop-online.net]
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My expectations are so high for this game, something I usually advise against but I can't help it, love Mass Effect and this is next gen Mass Effect. Hopefully they are saving up some amazing game play footage to blow our socks off. Maybe for E3?
@LieutenantFatman If it really is coming out this year then I think it has to be at E3.
I'm cautious after the third game. She was not MY Shepard!
I will be so surprised if it's coming out this year still. Spring 2017 is my guess just from how incredibly little we have seen of it. Like said, I just hope this means his contract was fullfilled, not that there is trouble brewing. Me is an All time favorite series for me, with the trilogy getting a twice a year complete play through, please let it be good.
Saying his career is over with Bioware he was only there for 2 years hardly makes it a career. I have absolute faith in Bioware to produce a great game. They do not need to show much of the game the hype is there. Even if there was nothing said or shown of the game it would still sell millions of copies on release.
I wouldn't mind a delay for this game, honestly. There's way too many games coming out this year anyway that I might have to do some pick-and-choose.
Really hope we see it this year... It is the big one for me in 2016.
With EA involved and after the Kojima debacle I'm very concerned about this.
Tacked on Multiplayer, a compromised campaign, Day one DLC, Microtransactions, season passes, Origin.... They'll all be on there I reckon. I have a horrible feeling that this is going to be the Phantom Menace of Mass Effect games.
I must admit a new Mass Effect game would be very high on my wanted list but as this has very little information and the 'Shepherd' story has finished, I can't get too excited yet.
So many other games are out before this and have more information available so I am keeping a watchful eye on this but more excited about the games I know more about
I have faith in Bioware. They were able to bring Dragon Age into the new Gen and it was a great game. I think this one will be great as well. No need to reinvent the wheel on this one, the core mechanics are so superb.
The only thing that worries me is we've seen nothing of it, actually gameplay footage & we know nothing at all about it.
@ApostateMage Yeah - my femshep changed too in the 3rd game
I need this game in my life...
Little bit concerned that one by one a lot of the big names behind the original Mass Effect seem to be disappearing. I have no doubt Andromeda will be a fun game of course, but I'm just worried that no storyline and character will manage to top Shepard...fingers crossed almost to the point of breaking...
With the recent Star Trek movies, and the new one produced by Justin Lin, being what they are we need Mass Effect to be a successful franchise.
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