Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier talked with BioWare head Gary McKay about the development of Dragon Age: The Veilguard and the studio’s reorganization.

The release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard took place on the evening of October 31. Within a few hours, the game’s peak online presence on the Steam platform reached 70,414 players.

While addressing investors’ questions during the financial report, Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson commented on the upcoming release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

Former BioWare studio producer Mark Darrah stated that he does not understand why some players consider Dragon Age: Inquisition a commercial failure. According to him, the role-playing game has sold over 12 million copies to date.

A month ago, Keywords Studios terminated contracts with testers who worked on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf and other BioWare games. As a result, the testers decided to hold a picket demanding to cancel the dismissals.

Recently, seven dismissed BioWare employees sued the company and demanded to increase their severance payments to the statutory ones. In a comment to Kotaku, the developers’ lawyer said that BioWare had previously refused them out of fear that it would become a financial burden for her.

Keywords Studios has joined the list of companies that have cut employees. At the end of September, she terminated contracts with specialists who helped BioWare with testing games.

Seven BioWare veterans have appealed to a Canadian court. They accused the company of “unreasonably mistreatment” during the dismissal.

BioWare has fired screenwriter Lukas Kristjanson. He was one of the oldest studio employees who worked on the first Baldur’s Gate.

Among those who fell under the reduction in BioWare was Mary Kirby, a screenwriter who has worked in the studio since 2006.

On August 23, BioWare CEO Gary McKay announced the reorganization of the studio. As part of it, 50 people will leave BioWare.

According to Game Developer, Jay Watamaniuk announced his departure from Bioware on July 7. He has been working at the company since 2001. The reasons for the dismissal were not disclosed.

BioWare will no longer Support Star Wars MMO: The Old Republic and will focus on its main franchises — Dragon Age and Mass Effect. Electronic Arts company decided to transfer the game to Broadsword Online Games studio.

David Gaider, who was responsible for the scripts of the Dragon Age series of games, does not believe that neural networks can create high-quality dialogues for games. In his opinion, developers will waste a lot of effort trying to use AI technologies.

In the gaming industry, the work of screenwriters is underestimated, says David Gaider, the author of the Dragon Age and Baldur’s Gate scripts. Even BioWare, which achieved success thanks to well-written characters and stories, eventually began to consider expensive scripts a burden.

Mac Walters has announced that he is leaving BioWare. He has worked for the company for more than 19 years.

Another developer decided to quit. Charles Boyd, Star Wars Creative Director: The Old Republic, announced that from August 5 it will no longer work in BioWare.

The next game in the Mass Effect series has acquired a senior narrative director. He became an experienced screenwriter Mary DeMarle, who previously worked for Eidos Montreal and Ubisoft.

The transition of CD Projekt RED to Unreal Engine 5 aroused the interest and surprise of the gaming community. We have prepared information about other studios that have also opted for UE.