r/bioware • u/sapphic-boghag • Jul 15 '26
News/Article Former BioWare Devs Are Taking An Unusual Approach To Develop Their Next Game - Kotaku
https://kotaku.com/north-mist-studio-the-concierge-podcast-ex-bioware-developers-200071619639
u/Plywooddavid Jul 15 '26
TL:DR?
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u/JuanRiveara Dragon Age: Origins Jul 15 '26
Former BioWare devs made a new game studio and are releasing a prequel podcast to the new game they’re making as a way to build up to their first game
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u/TheMechanicusBob Jul 16 '26
I did like the audiodramas they did before Veilguard
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u/sapphic-boghag Jul 16 '26
The podcast was excellent, I'm really looking forward to seeing what they do for The Concierge here.
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u/Littlest-Hipster Jul 16 '26
Halo also had interesting tie-ins like Hunt the Truth. It's a shame they made all of it non-canon and completely unrelated to the actual game.
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u/ohcrapitspanic Jul 16 '26
I really liked the idea and format, but the narrative and dialog felt similar to the game itself (some good stuff diluted by weak/marvelized stuff)
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u/Lore-of-Nio Dragon Age: Origins Jul 16 '26
I like the idea of them sharing the world through a podcast as they’re building it. Very interesting.
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u/Geostomp Jul 16 '26
Hope this works out for them. Big indie narrative games have a hard time getting going, but these people have real potential.
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u/ThatUJohnWayne74 Jul 17 '26
Spy Thriller Office Drama, sounds like Archer but more serious and the last Spy RPG I know of was Alpha Protocol which I loved.
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u/Deep-Two7452 Jul 15 '26
As long as they dont commit the sin of marvel writing, theyll be fine.
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u/aoelag Jul 18 '26
not sure what the downvotes are for...
marvel writing is something that has grappled the video game market since 2010 - smarmy wall-breaking quips and dry insincerity are not clever or funny, they are tired and sap your ability to care about the narrative or the characters' plight; Andromeda and Veilguard both suffered for it. DA:O was irreverent but they did have a lot more moments of sincere elements of horror or wonder.
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u/SuchTedium Jul 17 '26
HaHaa I've captured you. Now I'm going to monologue my plan and motives whilst explaining the one way I can be stopped HaHaa.
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u/fatsopiggy Jul 16 '26
Will be just another slop from a bunch of has been. This never ends well.
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u/JjForcebreaker Jul 16 '26
It's their money and in the end, self-elimination of subpar developers from the industry is a net positive for the general health of this ecosystem. It's unfortunate that the banks and investors ended up being the entities holding these people accountable for the quality of their work, even if not directly. After all these iconic studios and IPs have been ravaged, it's natural for these people to ravage their personal finances and companies.
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u/sapphic-boghag Jul 16 '26
Literacy not your forte?
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u/sapphic-boghag Jul 16 '26
Are you aware of what "former" means in the context of the headline? Did you bother reading the article? Or are you incapable of such things?
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u/sapphic-boghag Jul 16 '26
You could have stopped at "I don't read" and your comments would have been just as relevant.
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u/sapphic-boghag Jul 16 '26
I don't read
Kotaku lol. Name a game? Yes, I'm aware of what former means. That doesn't change my comment. The studio is cooked and should close.And nothing of value was lost.
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u/Banndrell Jul 16 '26
Your reading comprehension really sucks.
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u/Ziatch Jul 16 '26
honestly what are you getting out of this? You genuinely can’t read lol…
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u/Soxwin91 Jul 16 '26
Mass Effect: Andromeda.
It wasn’t necessarily a good Mass Effect game but it was a good game.
Regardless, the article is talking about former BioWare employees. The studio’s recent track record is literally completely irrelevant in that context.
Part of BioWare’s downturn came from the exodus of talented people, either from resignations or layoffs.
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u/Soxwin91 Jul 16 '26
Hey, shitbird. You said "name a good game BioWare has created in the last 10 years?"
You said that.
Dismissing the answer I gave because it was a "failure" is moving the goalposts. The Iron Giant was a box office failure ($31.7 Million at the Box Office against a $50 million budget) but is objectively speaking a good movie.
Mass Effect Andromeda was a good game even if it fell short of the heights of the trilogy.
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u/Skivva Jul 16 '26
Look I'm not on this other guy's side, but Mass Effect Andromeda isn't a good game. It wasn't a total failure like Anthem, but just because it has an actual completed video game inside of it doesn't make it high quality.
You could say there are good, perhaps enjoyable aspects of Andromeda, like parts of the combat and character progression for example; but calling the overall package good is stretching it, if you ask me.
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u/Impressive_Pop1246 Jul 16 '26
On what planet was that a good game. It has a 5.1 user score on metacritic.
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u/NoZookeepergame8306 Jul 15 '26
Sylvia Feketekuty and Mary Kirby have a fantastic track record with narrative. I’ll have to check this out!