This Anthem article has put such a pit in my stomach all day. It’s always been easy to blame EA for everything gone wrong with BioWare but between this, and the article about Andromeda’s development, it’s pretty clear that EA is not the sole problem. Actually, they’re a minimal problem. I’m so hurt for the developers who spent 6 years waiting for answers and leadership to get it in the last two years and be forced to rush, for the people who had to find private rooms to cry in, or who had to take “stress leave”, or wanted a game to fail so that people would see the way BioWare wants to make games just doesn’t work. Every week it’s a new company fucking up and showing their colors and how they wish to treat their employees. It was easy to blame EA, and see BioWare in a positive light but the moral I guess is that BioWare is a company and they have shown to mistreat their developers and failed from a leadership standpoint on multiple games now. Somethings got to change. So few people on tumblr get what it is to work in game development, but I hope they consider reading this article for what it says or even better, read MORE about game development and learn about the industry. The people who make games we love are suffering because of leadership and exploit and need help. If you love their work and love playing games, be vocal about these terrible work practices and abuses. Help them get unionized and don’t let companies - yes, even BioWare, not just EA - get away with harming their employees.
annaxmalina
