Ex-BioWare Veteran: "Celebrating Layoffs? You're Targeting the Wrong Person!" - theGeek.games

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BioWare Veteran Calls Out People Celebrating Layoffs After Dragon Age: The Veilguard Backlash

Story Highlight Veteran BioWare developer Mark Darrah posted a YouTube calling out gamers’ toxicity. He said that people disliking a game doesn’t justify hate towards developers’ personal life. He calls people celebrating the layoffs cruel. The fourth major entry in the Dragon Age series failed to live up to expectations and the series’ reputation. Following such an underwhelming launch, studio BioWare was hit with a massive layoff, with only le…

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Ex-BioWare Veteran: "Celebrating Layoffs? You're Targeting the Wrong Person!" - theGeek.games

Mark Darrah, who spent nearly a quarter of a century at BioWare before becoming a consultant on Dragon Age: The Veilguard, has come under fire from a certain segment of the community.   Darrah is now a freelancer and has been posting videos on YouTube. He says there is a “toxic” part of the gaming community. In a 2023 GDC survey, 91% of developers said they had been harassed by players. Darrah’s new video, roughly titled “Your $70 can’t buy ruth…

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Mark Darrah complains about the toxic reactions of many people on the web when it comes to the loss of jobs at the developer's studio.