Anthem’s Lead Animator Leaves BioWare

Steven Gilmour has left the Canadian studio.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Good lucl to him

[Gazondaily]

He won't need lucl if he's talented.

[TheKingKratos]

what is "lucl" ?

[CurbStompin]

Gamer4lifz

It’s your lack of comprehension.

[TheKingKratos]

Curbstompin

No it's your lack of spelling

[Godmars290]

You know little of the world.

[bluefox755]

@Gamer If you really don't know what he meant, and that it was obviously a typo, then it's you that looks dumb in this scenario.

[PizzaSteve]

@Gamer4lifz
LUCL is the lateral ulnar collateral ligament.

[SlightlyRetarted]

@Gamer4lifz

Good lucl finding out. You can search for an answer for your whole lifz.

[shuvam09]

You mean the people left at Bioware, right???
Coz they need it more than he does XD

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Luck*

[DarkOcelet]

This is not sounding good for bioware at all. It's the exact same scenario that was happening with Mass effect Andromeda. Major people leaving in the middle of development. I really hope they get their shit together or they will be closed as well.

[Parasyte]

The difference between Anthem and Andromeda is, Andromeda was developed by Bioware's B-team while Anthem is being done by their A-team. ya know, the team that made the original Mass Effect Trilogy.

[Artemidorus]

The A team that now has members leaving already??

[JackBNimble]

Well if one team is stacked with talent and the other is weak then it sounds like nothing more than mismanagement.
Could easily balance out two teams

[notachance]

tbh I don't know how the process really is, but I always wondered why some studios separating the team like that?

I understand that the programmers have to be separated because of all the technical work, but why should the gameplay design, writers, music, etc, basically the concept division that has to finish their works first before the programming begins can't just be merged into one and move on to new projects while the current project's programming is under way? That way you can maintain at least the quality of gameplay and writing because basically the A-team of that division is handling all the projects no?

[cleft5]

Even worse then that, it was their C team. The B team was brainstorming and working on the next Dragon Age game.

[Xenophon_York]

Considering Mac Walters was a director for Andromeda the issues can't be completely blamed on it being a b-team.

[Lamboomington]

@Artemidorus

Dude, people leave all the time. It's already been several years they worked on Anthem.

[thatguyhayat]

There must be more to this than we know

[bennissimo]

Wait, you mean an internet comments section ISN'T the place to go for truth?

I need to reevaluate my life.

:P

[Seraphim]

it's the lead animator. Chances are all the animations are done as is his job. This wouldn't be the first time someone left the development of a game when their job was done. If anything this shows just how far along they are and that a 2018 isn't unreasonable.

[Eonjay]

There is no reason to try to defend EA. In this case, they need to defend themselves with results.

[TheHan]

I highly doubt that one person will make a difference. Look at Bungie with Destiny.

[UCForce]

Yeah, this is bad new.

[Ittoittosai]

Oh make no mistake if Anthem flops in EA's eyes Bioware will be axed.

[Christopher]

Doesn't sound like anything to me. People leave their jobs for many reasons. Personal, financial, etc. Not everything is about someone thinking a game they are working on is bad nor is the success of a single AAA game based on a single lead animator. Andromeda could have been a great game regardless of the animation issues, but it was mediocre across the board.

[bennissimo]

On N4G, it always means MS did something wrong, though.

He probably left because he was despondent that the X1X's launch lineup doesn't have enough exclusives. lol

[DarkOcelet]

The thing is, he is not the first to leave in the middle of Anthem's development and yes, people leave all the time but its really worrying since developers have been doing the same in Andromeda. Its like they are jumping ship again before another disaster happens.

I wish i could optimistic about this but after Andromeda's being a clusterfluk, i just can't get excited and am worried that another great developer will be closed by EA.

[Nodoze]

Here we go again. This sounds problematic.

[yeahokwhatever]

he probably felt guilty after the fake ass "gameplay presentation"

[StormSailor]

It seems that EA is some kind of disease

[Skuletor]

Can't spell disEAse without EA, haha.

[DonkeyWalrus]

There are many words in which EA can be found, disease as you said, and also weak, horreable, garbeage, eavil, pure shieat, sateanic, etc...

[yeahright2]

Hey! don't slander Satanists like that.

[justsomeoffdude]

well just last week i believe bioware staff were posting pics on twitter about how they've reached a milestone and everything's going very well for the game, only to have the lead animator leave the studio. Hope this isn't another cancellation/studio closure in the making.
On the other hand, it seems the guy left since august? (According to the linkedin profile anyways).

[Dlaw76]

My most anticipated game on X1X I'm really looking forward to this game hope everything is OK over

[RadicalCannibal]

Dont think one guy leaving is an issue, even if he is lead, no one is irreplaceable in business

[solideagle]

and?
people change job every day...

[starsi360]

Seriously, one fairly senior guy leaves towards the latter part of the development cycle and people start fearing for cancellations and development hell of the entire multi-million pound project?

I mean, there could be issues but this doesn't indicate that at all.

[AnubisG]

EA.....what did you do now?

[senorfartcushion]

Guessing this new Star Wars game will be replacing Anthem altogether now

[DrumBeat]

Anthem honestly looks awful to me. It totally looks like a counter to Destiny and I don't need Destiny counters. I need games that are the exact opposite of Destiny.

[Seraphim]

I think it looked great as do a ton of other people. The real question is whether they can deliver a great game that avoids the mistakes Bungie always makes. And if they can deliver a game that is actually full of content to keep gamers busy and entertained from release to DLC. This is exactly the kind of thing that might lead Bungie to question what they're doing. Rather, how little they continuously offer year in and out.

[Relientk77]

EA is falling apart

[bluefox755]

I really don't have very high expectations of anything Bioware makes at this point. Maybe they'll replace him with an Andromeda animator, lol.

[Realms]

EA is a garbage publisher as for Bioware their good will is running out Dragon Age Inquisition was ok but they have been in a steady decline for a while EA ruins most good developers or shuts them down.

[Sgt_Slaughter]

There really isn't a way to downplay this. A game that's barely been shown off and won't be coming out for a significant amount of time has an important person leave the company. That casts a lot of doubt on the game because we've seen games go downhill after it changes hands/directions.

[DrumBeat]

Not to mention how extremely important animation is.

[Plagasx]

Someone leaves Bioware during development of a major title...What else is new? Bioware just isn't the same anymore. Really hope Anthem proves me otherwise.

[nondescriptcitizen]

Oh, say, can you ..animate?

[GamingCentaur]

Game is gonna be a huge mess. I’m calling it now.

[DJ]

We had two Leads leave within weeks of each other, right when things were actually looking up. One or two people leaving often has little to do with the health of a project or company. I don't see how a personal decision to migrate to another studio is newsworthy.

[MrSwankSinatra]

The End is Nigh, Bioware. 😆😆😆

[uncleDAD]

this game will have good visuals. that is all

[DrumBeat]

That's my fear as well.

[Donnie81]

High hopes for this game. Hopefully its a return to form for Bioware. The game looked really good and had some really cool looking mechanics like exploring underwater and stuff. I'm gonna approach it with caution here's hoping they convince me to buy it by releasing a quality title.

[Pantz]

uh oh EA strikes again

[moomoo319]

How long before bioware gets added to EA's graveyard

[menghina]

Good for him , and better luck on his future job !

[TheOttomatic91]

I think its only a matter of time before Casey Hudson leaves again

[OffRoadKing]

rut row

[cfc83]

In terms of hype versus actual quality, i'm getting a 'division' feeling with this one.

[Ittoittosai]

Well this is how Mass Effect started going down the tubes people bailing out.

[DillyDilly]

This seems to be a trend

[Twinblade]

I want to pre-order this, but it's an BioWare game....

[Saijahn]

This is a bad sign..same thing happened with MEA.

[feraldrgn]

Probably need to reign back expectations after the last Mass Effect, how it looked before & after.
Plus they've lost a lot of talented people.