We've seen Arno's correspondence with BioWare, and it's fair to say that he's not been as controlled as he could have been. And his second forum account has been locked because he suggested that bans like this could lead people to piracy - something he's stated he does not intend to do. Try to play those without being logged in an EA assumes it's pirated DLC and refuses to run. For instance, Arno tells us, if he wanted to play Dragon Age: Origins, he'd now have to start a new game since all his save positions are tied to DLC. He's also locked out of an enormous amount of other gaming content. Because now Arno, despite wanting a copy of Dragon Age II that unlocked at midnight last night, is unable to authenticate the game with the account it's tied to (by pre-release DLC), and thus cannot play. But it turns out it offers them a greater power than you might think.
The same login is used for Burnout Paradise as for Mass Effect 2. In the last few years EA have tied an increasing number of their games to one universal user account. But not only from the forum, but it seems his entire EA account. Keep doing things we've asked you not to and we'd block your account. Constructive criticism it was not.Ī response we might expect would be - well, here we'd just mock you in our comment thread, or edit your comment. Sure, go say them somewhere else, but not in our house. But if you're EA, and someone's come into your front room, you may not want to put up with such insults. In the world of forums, it's a relatively innocuous remark. "Have you sold your souls to the EA devil?" Forever, if they want to.Īrno made a mistake. Misbehave in the forum (as Arno fully admits he did), and you can have your right to play a legitimately purchased game taken away from you. It reveals a clause in the terms of service that accompany buying an EA game that will surprise the vast majority who do not read the microprint. That's the lesson BioWare forum user Arno has learned in the last 24 hours, after an ill-advised comment on the BioWare forums has led to his EA account being locked, such that he cannot play his purchased copy of Dragon Age 2 for 72 hours.
Since its announcement during 2018’s Game Awards, there have been tiny, insubstantial updates on Dragon Age 4’s development progress.UPDATE: EA are now saying this was a mistake, and Arno has access to his games during the ban. BioWare has also struggled overall with the failure of Anthem and the departure of studio general manager and celebrated Mass Effect project director Casey Hudson. This is yet another high-profile departure from the studio and the Dragon Age 4 project, which lost executive producer Mark Darrah in December of last year. Rest assured our commitment to a high-quality Dragon Age game has not wavered, and we will not ship a game that is not up to BioWare’s standards.”Ī BioWare spokesperson also commented on Goldman’s departure to The Verge, saying, “He leaves the next Dragon Age game in excellent hands, with the team here at the studio who will carry forward our vision for the game.”īioWare has not yet announced who will replace Goldman. In an email shared with Kotaku, BioWare general manager Gary McKay wrote, “We understand that Matt’s departure has an impact on you, as well as the game’s development. According to a report from Kotaku, Matt Goldman left BioWare after working at the Mass Effect, Anthem, and Knights of the Old Republic developer for four years. Dragon Age 4 has lost its senior creative director.
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