Former BioWare lead Mark Darrah has said the next 'Mass Effect' game "isn't ready" for a sudden influx of new developers now 'Dragon Age: The Veilguard' has been released.

"Mass Effect isn't ready to suddenly have a team of 250, 300 people working on it," says Darrah (as transcribed by GamesRadar ). His reasoning is that the new Mass Effect wasn't "up and running" in parallel to The Veilguard, and so unlike past BioWare projects, it's not a case of simply having everyone jump from one game to another.

The next Mass Effect project is still growing in size and isn't ready for the bulk of BioWare staff to jump aboard, former studio veteran Mark Darrah has said.

But the situation could eventually mean that BioWare can fully focus on "making the best Mass Effect it possibly can"

Mass Effect 5 is now the only major project in the pipeline at BioWare following the release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, according to Mark Darrah, a veteran of the studio who departed after nearly 24 years back in 2021.

Even so, it’s clear that the Game Director Corinne Busch is ready to move on from the project and from EA altogether, as she has officially confirmed that she will be leaving the company. As of now, no additional departures from BioWare have been announced, and this doesn’t appear to be part of a wider staffing change.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard game director Corine Busche is leaving BioWare for an offer she “couldn’t turn down.”

Corinne Busche, the game director behind the 2024 action RPG Dragon Age: The Veilguard, is officially saying farewell to BioWare. Released in October 2024, Dragon Age: The Veilgua

The Veilguard director Corinne Busche is to leave BioWare, although it's not clear whether she's leaving EA as well.

The gaming community is buzzing with news about BioWare's future after the underwhelming performance of Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

Dragon Age veteran Mark Darrah explains how BioWare became a "single project studio", after previously working on multiple games at once.