Earlier this year, executive producer Mark Darrah, lead producer Michael Gamble, and lead director Jonathan Warner confirmed that they've left 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Anthem's development team. Today, lead producer Ben Irving, who helped fill in for Gamble, announced that he's leaving BioWare entirely to accept a pಞosition at another gaming company.
"After eight amazing years at BioWare I have made the decision to move on and have accepted an exciting opportunity at another gaming company," he said on . "Since the first time I played Baldur's Gate many many years ago, BioWare was the dream place I🦩 always wanted to work.
"I will forever be grateful to all the people who gꦅave me the chance to work on great🦂 products with amazing people. I believe Anthem has a bright future - there is a great team working on it and I look forward to following its progress (and playing it!) from the sidelines.
"I have really enjoyed interacting with the Anthem community - Streams, Twitter and Reddit. Through the good times and the tough times. You all are in great hands 💝with [EA global lead Jesse Anderson] and [EA / Bioware global community lead Andrew Johnson]. I wish nothing but the best for all of you."
Irving's departure comes at a decisive moment for Anthem. After a rough launch and an even rougher follow-up plagued by delays and repeated setbacks, the most recent 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Anthem patch notes outlined the long-awaited Cataclysm, not to mention a suite of Javelin upgrades. It's not without issues, and the Cataclysm itself is a bit underwhelming, but the most recent update has been met with fairly𓄧 positive reception in large part thank൲s to Grandmaster difficulty nerfs and more plentiful high-end loot.
Anthem isn’t dead in the water and a single departure won't change that, but a disconcerting pattern is starting to emerge among the game's higher-ups. With its roadmap pushed back to who-knows-when and ༒its leadershipꦓ steadily moving onto greener pastures, BioWare and EA could stand to discuss Anthem's immediate and long-term future.
Irving's departure is unrelated, but internal shifts at BioWare suggest the studio is doubling down on Dragon Age 4.
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