You’ve met Mass Effect, Dragon Age and The Old Republic. Now it’s time to welcome The Agonising Wait.
BioWare’s new IP has been pushed again to FY 2019, EA informed traders in a convention name as we speak.
The first all-new property from the developer since Mass Effect and Dragon Age, which debuted final era, the brand new challenge had been slated for FY 2018, that means it would release before the end of March 2018.
The new window means we might see the brand new BioWare IP in April 2018 – or we might see it in March 2019, or wherever in between. Dang.
EA didn’t give any motive for the delay, nevertheless it’s arduous not to wonder if EA’s ten year Star Wars deal has one thing to do with it. Along with 2002’s Morrowind, BioWare’s Star Wars: The Knights of the Old Republic helped put RPGs on console players’ maps, paving the best way for Mass Effect. Could the prospect to return to single-player Star Wars tasks have diverted assets from an authentic BioWare IP? It does appear BioWare Austin was working on a Star Wars game, though that now appears to have been shelved – perhaps as a result of the core studio needs a crack at it?
Despite the delay and the brand new vogue for brief PR cycles, there’s nonetheless an opportunity for an E3 reveal; EA said in September 2016 that we’ll see the new BioWare IP “soon”. On the opposite hand, a November remark recommended that we shouldn’t count on an imminent reveal – whereas additionally confirming the new BioWare project is a story-driven game. Other mentions recommend it should have action-adventure gameplay.
That’s all we have now formally, however rumours recommend whatever BioWare has cooking will be something like Destiny and The Division, which isn’t stunning given the push for service-model video games this era. The considered one thing like Destiny however with BioWare’s A crew driving the lore is fairly thrilling.
Anyway, the one different information to return out of the writer as we speak that wasn’t in Steph’s full EA financials report was a teaser site for The Sims Mobile. Hooray.
EA’s launch slate is trying completely dire at this stage, so we will solely hope it has some surprises for us at E3 2017.
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