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@masseffect21 Mass Effect isn't telling you a story, it's the people who develop the game. And for over a decade, they've been failing to tell good stories. Just like Star Wars, the franchise isn't what makes it good, it's who's behind it.

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Pointless petition. They're not going to re-hire everyone they just fired. If they pass the project to another team, the new team will start from scratch.

[IGN @IGN]

After hearing news of BioWare's closure on Wednesday, over 75,000 Mass Effect fans have signed a petition demanding that EA put another studio in charge of the franchise or license out the IP. https://t.co/cSY7KVWhhC

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Bill Finger created Batman and Bob Kane stole the credit. Bill Finger died in poverty, never benefiting from Batman's success during his lifetime.

[Onii Chan @oniichanph]

The creator of Batman, Bob Kane Sadly Passed Away Twenty Seven Years Ago at 83; He Would Have Turned 111 Today! 🦇🕊️

Happy heavenly birthday! 🎂

Bob Kane was a legendary American comic book artist and writer best known for co-creating Batman with Bill Finger in 1939. Their creation of the Dark Knight became one of the world's most iconic superheroes, inspiring generations of comics, animated series, films, and video games.

Working with collaborators such as Finger and Jerry Robinson, Kane helped shape Gotham City's universe, including characters like Robin, Catwoman, the Penguin, and Two-Face. His creativity also extended to animation through Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse and Cool McCool, further expanding his legacy beyond comics.

Kane's contributions helped establish one of entertainment's most enduring superhero franchises. His early work with fellow comic creators laid the foundation for characters and stories that continue to captivate audiences worldwide.

At 111, you are remembered as one of the creative minds behind Gotham City's legendary heroes and villains. Twenty-seven years after your passing at 83, the world of Batman remains a lasting part of your legacy 🕯️❤️

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@Pirat_Nation Just because an idea is new or unique, doesn't mean it's a good idea.

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@PlayStationPark This was basically Sony's Starfox.

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Don't give clicks or engagement to anyone who blatantly lies or gas lights you.

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@TheDezembro @cultofshepard I'll argue their last great game was in 2010, Mass Effect 2.

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@RetroNewsNow As a kid, I got upset seeing Michael Keeton come out of the bat suit because I didn't know who he was and he looked weird.

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Grieving over a canceled game is pointless. Those who want to #SaveMassEffect are in denial that the studio is shut down and everyone working on it are now jobless. Even if EA decides to green light a Mass Effect game, it would be a different studio with mostly different staff

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What cancelled game(s), what would you choose to rescue/revive if you could?🚀

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@TheDezembro MS destroys every studio they touch.

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@IsaiahToth_Dev @BilsuArt I agree. If your GDD can be summed up in one page or less, then your game will get cloned even faster.

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@PaulTassi @Forbes I don't see EA selling the IP. They can make more money milking the franchise dry than to sell it off. Just because they don't see value in the studio anymore doesn't mean they no longer see value in the IPs.

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I see a lot of people expressing shock and sadness over BioWare shutting down. And I get it.

But here's the uncomfortable truth:

The BioWare that made Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, KOTOR, Dragon Age: Origins and the original Mass Effect trilogy had largely ceased to exist long before yesterday's announcement.

BioWare's decline began around the time the doctors left and much like what happened at Blizzard, most of the original talent responsible for building those legendary franchises had moved on years ago.

What remained was the brand. The IP. Basically just the name on the building.

But a studio's name doesn't make great games. Insanely talented people do.

And that's the lesson our industry somehow keeps refusing to learn.

The people who built those studios, who poured their blood, sweat and tears into establishing their creative identities were the actual assets. Their experience, their taste, their leadership, their ability to recognize what made a game special in the first place was always the thing that mattered, not the brand.

You can't simply replace those people, keep the logo on the door and expect the magic to continue.

Yet, that's precisely what publishers have been doing for the past 10-20 years.

They've spent billions acquiring studios and IPs, seemingly under the assumption that the creative output would continue regardless of who was actually making the games.

And when the original talent inevitably left, the remaining teams were expected to fill shoes that were often impossibly large, without necessarily having the experience, leadership or creative vision required to do so.

And... the results speak for themselves.

I think we'll eventually look back at the COVID-era acquisition frenzy as one of the most destructive periods in the history of our industry.

Publishers were buying studios left and right, paying absurd valuations mostly just to secure IPs... and developers were often all too happy to cash out.

At Moon Studios, we got quite a bit of crap for refusing to sell when seemingly everyone else was getting acquired.

I remember telling our team back then that I'd seen this movie before.

The exact same thing happened in the 90s, when EA went on its acquisition spree.

Studios were bought, their founders and creative leaders gradually lost the freedom to make the games they believed in, the original talent became frustrated and left and eventually the studios all became a Ship of Theseus.

History doesn't repeat itself perfectly, but it sure as hell rhymes, and that's exactly why I never wanted Moon to end up in that position.

And I don't think we're even halfway through the ultimate fallout of the latest acquisition frenzy.

There's going to be a very rude awakening for quite a few publishers when they discover that the studios they acquired for billions are worth a fraction of what they paid. And that shoving ideology down peoples throats ultimately came at a cost that they didn't quite grasp.

They didn't actually buy the creative vision, the institutional knowledge or the culture responsible for making those studios successful.

They bought the names, the buildings, the IPs and whatever teams happened to be there at the time.

But those things don't matter at all.

You can buy a studio. You can buy its IP. You can even buy its entire back catalogue.

But you can't buy the magic that made those games special in the first place.

And the sooner our industry understands that, the better.

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@DashAttackVT The downfall did start with EA though. The failure of The Old Republic and Mass Effect 3 lead to the Doctors leaving and it was downhill from there. I go over the timeline of events in my live stream
https://t.co/IpZ4dhPEdu

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https://t.co/Xfpo6eMZMM
Check out the live reply in which I go over the timeline and major events that lead to the downfall of Bioware

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@TheDezembro I'm not defending this guy at all, I don't care for him, but I thinking hanging your dirty laundry in public is disgusting. Family issues should stay private.

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@IGN What's the point? The studio has been shut down. You can't prove the game was going to be great since it's never going to happen. Bioware hasn't made a great game since 2010, back when the Doctors were still in charge.

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https://t.co/Xfpo6eMZMM
Check out the live reply in which I go over the timeline and major events that lead to the downfall of Bioware

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@psychotronica_ Buggy from One Piece

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@WeAreMassEffect I will be surprised if EA sells the IP. EA is now owned by the Saudi royal family. They are going to try to milk EA to make as much money as possible, and they will see the IP as more valuable under them than to sell it.

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@StutteringCraig Does this mean he's going to be a guest on the show any time soon?