It’s been a rough six months for Ubisoft, and BioWare isn’t that far behind. Their games have tanked, their transparent lies are becoming more known, and their popularity/defenders are dwindling by the day. They need to do something so they can still hope to have value when their companies put up the “For Sale” sign.
We might have seen a glimmer of hope from the Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed when he admitted that DEI was toxic to their latest entry Shadows (see the report from Eurogamer). It was not to be, however, when he dodged taking the blame and instead tried to flip the conversation back to the self-deluding idea that while his game’s accuracy doesn’t revolve around the lies of the individual characters in the game (Yasuke wasn’t a Samurai, despite what he wants you to believe), but rather what they represent. So clearly, he’s still interested in the REPRESENTATION! aspect of THE MESSAGE!
Another ray of sunlight briefly broke through the clouds when Ubisoft replaced the Creative Director of Star Wars Outlaws. She’s clearly the fall guy here because Creative Directors still have bosses and that boss, in this case, still isn’t owning up. In an Earnings Conference Call Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot dodged a questions faster than Neo dodges those bullets in The Matrix. RIP Ubisoft.
Finally, in a move that seems to admit failure, BioWare is reported to be removing the entire team responsible for the disaster called Dragon Age: The Veilguard. For context, the CEO of EA was blowing smoke up the investors back sides about it’s “breakout potential” a mere two days before the game released. And now, a couple of weeks later, it’s been declared worthless.
We’d normally celebrate the news of terrible game dev team getting fired. Unfortunately, that’s not what’s happening. Instead, their being moved over to murder another BioWare IP: Mass Effect 5. RIP BioWare.
It’s like Ubisoft and BioWare are allergic to money, common sense, and popularity.
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- NINTENDO SWITCHING/NOT SWITCHING
- UBI-SOFT IN THE HEAD
- DREAD STARWARS
- BE(BIO)WARE!
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