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'No other studio in the world did it better' than BioWare at its peak, says former Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider

via PC Gamer

Star Wars: The Old Republic lead writer calls it "heartbreaking" there was "no mention" of the MMO in BioWare's goodbye

via GamesRadar

Star Wars: The Old Republic's Lead Writer Says The MMO Being Left Out Of BioWare's Goodbye Message Is 'Heartbreaking'

The long-running PC-only MMORPG is still getting updates and expansions over a decade after it launched

via Kotaku

Star Wars: The Old Republic Lead Writer Mourns Death of BioWare as Farewell Post Leaves Out MMO

The lead writer of Star Wars: The Old Republic has expressed sadness at the death of former developer BioWare, after the studio's official farewell statement failed to mention the MMO.

via IGN

Star Wars: The Old Republic lead writer calls out BioWare for snubbing the MMO

via PC Gamer

Nivalis Nights might not have any combat, "but that doesn't mean it's a cosy game," so says its lead writer

Discourse notwithstanding, there is a time and a place for cosiness in games. It's nice to chill out sometimes! I can admit that.

via Rock Paper Shotgun

Despite the tragic death of its lead writer, one of the scariest games I have ever played will finally come out later this month

via PC Gamer

The Witcher 3 "is not a monument" says lead writer ahead of Songs of the Past, which means "adding a new expansion is not such a huge deal"

via GamesRadar

If you need proof The Witcher 3's new expansion is in safe hands, its lead writer literally wrote her thesis on Hearts of Stone: 'To probably prove to some of my professors that games are worthy'

via PC Gamer

Diablo 5 Lead Writer Jennifer Hepler Is A BioWare Legend

Remember all the cool dwarf stuff in Dragon Age: Origins? That was thanks to Jennifer Hepler, the narrative director for Diablo 5.

via TheGamer

Rideshare Stimulator Reportedly Replaced Lead Writer With ChatGPT

The recently announced Rideshare Stimulator has been accused by its former lead writer of being replaced by ChatGPT part way through development.

via TheGamer

Saber admit Rideshare "Stimulator" features generative AI writing, but deny they replaced taxi game's lead writer with ChatGPT

When Saber revealed Rideshare "Stimulator", Oisin was guardedly interested in the unofficial Uber simulator. You play a taxi operator picking up and dropping passengers around town while listening to their stimulating conversation .

via Rock Paper Shotgun

Saber Interactive denies replacing former Rideshare Stimulator lead writer with ChatGPT, but does say the driving game uses AI out of "necessity" in an experimental mode

via GamesRadar

Dragon Age ex-lead writer thinks the series is basically dead as long as Electronic Arts owns it

David Gaider does know what he'd do with Dragon Age if the publisher let go of it

via Polygon

Former Dragon Age Lead Writer Says BioWare's Fantasy Series is Unlikely to Ever Return Under EA - Though He Knows What He'd Do With Dragon Age 5 if He Made It

Former Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider doesn't think BioWare's fantasy series will return while owned by publisher EA - though knows what he'd do if a fifth game was ever made.

via IGN

Dragon Age's former lead writer thinks the series is probably dead, but he'd be happy to take it off EA's hands and 'go somewhere dark and dangerous' with it

via PC Gamer

Generative AI is a "virulent plague" and even using it to eliminate "drudgery" has downsides, reckons long-time Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider

Former Dragon Age wordsmith David Gaider isn't keen on the use of generative AI in game development, at least in the tech's current form.

via Rock Paper Shotgun

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