Mass Effect Writer Mac Walters Leaves BioWare After Nearly Two Decades
Mac Walters, the lead writer on Mass Effect 2 and 3 and production director on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf who had been with BioWare for nearly two decades, has officially left the company as "with a new year comes new adventures."
Walters took to LinkedIn to share the news, and he described how these past 19 years have been a true "life-changing experience" and that the choice to leave was very tough.
"With a new year comes new adventures," Walters wrote. "As some of you already know, at the end of last year I decided to leave BioWare. These past 19 years have been a life-changing experience to say the least, and it made the choice to go very difficult. I’ve worked with so many wonderful people and had the privilege to be a part of the most amazing teams and projects. It’s hard to fathom it all, and I know I’ll be reflecting on it for years to come.
"Thank you to everyone I’ve had the joy of working with, and I wish everyone at BioWare the very best in everything you do. It’s truly been a pleasure."
Walters first joined Bioware in September of 2003 as a writer for Jade Empire and his second position was a senior writer on the original Mass Effect. He would then take on the role of lead writer for Mass Effect 2 and 3 and would move on to Anthem as its narrative director after the Mass Effect trilogy came to an end.
He returned to the world of Mass Effect with Andromeda as its creative director after Anthem, he then served as a creative director for Bioware until June 2019, and then he became the project director for the Mass Effect Legendary Edition.
Most recently, he was working as a production director on Dragon Age Dreadwolf, which still has no release date. We did recently get a new in-game cinematic trailer, however, that sets
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