{"id":104724,"date":"2024-11-28T14:08:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T14:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/?p=104724"},"modified":"2024-11-28T14:08:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T14:08:05","slug":"mass-effects-writer-parts-ways-with-netease-what-this-means-for-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2024\/11\/28\/mass-effects-writer-parts-ways-with-netease-what-this-means-for-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass Effect&#8217;s Writer Parts Ways with NetEase: What This Means for the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"western\">Within days of each other, two developers who had previously worked on the Mass Effect franchise had to announce that they would no longer be able to continue.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">The first news concerns Casey Hudson. His studio, Humanoid Origin, has been closed down because the rug was suddenly pulled out from under them due to a lack of funding. Now the spotlight is on Mac Walters. He was the writer of Mass Effect 3, then the director of Mass Effect: Andromeda, and was also involved with Mass Effect: Legendary Edition. His studio, Worlds Untold, posted on LinkedIn that it was not closing, but that it had parted ways with Chinese tech giant NetEase and was looking for a new partner. In the meantime, development has been suspended.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">&#8220;It&#8217;s hard to find the right words for this, but I wanted to let you know that we have made the very difficult decision to suspend operations at Worlds Untold while we look for a new partner to help us realize our vision. This was not a decision we made lightly &#8211; it&#8217;s been a deeply personal journey, and we&#8217;re all so proud of everything this team has built together. In the meantime, our incredible team members will be exploring new opportunities. This is a heartbreaking moment for everyone involved, but I&#8217;m deeply grateful for the support of our partners, friends, and family and the time we&#8217;ve had together at Worlds Untold. While we are taking a break for now, this is not goodbye &#8211; there is more to come, and we look forward to sharing the next chapter with you when the time is right,&#8221; Worlds Untold wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Walters previously told WCCFTech what game the studio was working on: &#8220;I&#8217;ve done RPGs and I love them, but I wanted to do something story-driven. It&#8217;s an action RPG, but with a lot of story, and as much as we&#8217;ve always been able to blend that into the RPG choose-your-own-adventure style, I really like the idea of telling something that&#8217;s maybe a little more linear. It looks at choices and consequences and things like that but in a different light. I also looked at some of the games that I had enjoyed recently, whether it was The Last of Us or Uncharted, or Tomb Raider, that I got caught up in. I wanted to focus on making a game that allowed me to tell a great adventure story.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Who wants to make a deal with Walters?<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Source: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wccftech.com\/mass-effect-writer-and-director-announces-worlds-untold-split-with-netease-work-on-the-sci-fi-game-is-paused\/\">WCCFTech<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/worlds-untold_its-hard-to-find-the-right-words-for-this-activity-7267282640670482433-OJta\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Within days of each other, two developers who had previously worked on the Mass Effect franchise had to announce that they would no longer be able to continue. &nbsp; The first news concerns Casey Hudson. His studio, Humanoid Origin, has been closed down because the rug was suddenly pulled out from under them due to a lack of funding. Now the spotlight is on Mac Walters. He was the writer of Mass Effect 3, then the director of Mass Effect: Andromeda, and was also involved with Mass Effect: Legendary Edition. His studio, Worlds Untold, posted on LinkedIn that it was not closing, but that it had parted ways with Chinese tech giant NetEase and was looking for a new partner. 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