BioWare's woes continue to mount with the news that Fernando Melo, who had been leading production on the company's forthcoming Dragon Age title, has announced his departure♊ from the studio.
The longtime BioWare employee also worked on games such as 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age II and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Mass Effect: Andromeda. He shared his departure via a Twitter thread.
"To be clear, this is my own decision. I've beenℱ wanting t🌺o take some time to disconnect and explore a couple ideas for next chapter in my career," he tweeted.
The news comes only days after BioWare's Ben Irving, who was the lead producer on the poorly-received 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Anthem, shared news of his own exit.
BioWare, the once-beloved studio behind masterful games including all three games in the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Mass Effect trilogy and Dragon Age: Inquisition, appears to be in the midst of a 💛major period of turmoil.
, a spinoff of th🦄e main trilogy riddled with production struggles that resulted in what many felt was 😼a lackluster game.
After its release, in order to shift focus to a🌟nd 🔯its incredible visual imagery.
Unfortunately, that game also suffered criticism upon launch, t💦hough as of May, BioWare's Chad Robertson shared that the t♐eam would remain committed to improving the game.
The forthcoming , not the least of which is the fact that it's now lost a person heading its proꦯduction.
🐭It's hard to know what all of this means for the future of BioWare. On one hand, a shakeup could be exactly what the company needs to facilitate a return to that "BioWare magic" that drove the studio's major hits.
However, these exits could also signal the downfall of the studio as a whole. It wouldn't be the first time parent company 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Electronic Arts shuttered one of its studios, as the same fate befell Maxis (SimCity), Pandemic (Star Wars Battlefront), Westwood Studios (168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Command & Conquer) and many others.
The fact that twoಌ integral team members left the studio within a week of each other implies that someone, somewhere down the line, may be losing sight of BioWare's mission. It remains to be seen whether these leadership departures leave the company ripe for a new beginning, or if they simply signify the beginning of the end.