Mass Effect fans and devs use N7 Day 2023 to send a message to BioWare following layoffs and low severance pay
Mass Effect fans are using the game's annual day of celebration to send a message to BioWare after it laid off several employees last month.
As all Mass Effect fans will know, November 7 marks 'N7 Day', where fans of the long-running series come together to celebrate the game, its characters, and everything in between. Things don't feel quite as celebratory this year though, after BioWare laid off 50 developers, "shortchanged" those former employees with low severance pay, and laid off all unionized QA workers working on Dragon Age 4 (at outsourcing company Keywords Studio) last month.
As reported by Kotaku's Ethan Gach, seven of the 50 employees let go last month are in the process of suing BioWare and have released a statement (below), revealing that the company is going to court instead of negotiating a settlement. In the statement, the employees involved in the lawsuit mention N7 Day and ask fans to show their support by sharing memes and images relating to the layoffs using the #N7SeveranceDay hashtag.
More BioWare news: laid off devs suing for severance say the company is going to court instead of negotiating a settlement and call the process anything but "empathetic, respectful."They call N7 day a reminder of "the importance of loyalty to your crew"https://t.co/sBT04B0Dvq pic.twitter.com/UAu5yNUVJqNovember 6, 2023
"The developers involved in the lawsuit are hoping N7 Day this year will be a reminder to BioWare of the importance of loyalty to your crew," the statement reads. Fans of Mass Effect have come together to take part in #N7SeveranceDay hashtag on Twitter, with one Twitter account, @N7SeveranceDay, leading the effort.
This is just one of the ways people are sending a message to BioWare on N7 Day. As also
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