“A few years ago I left BioWare to focus on my Chaos Born novels, but now that the trilogy is finished, I’ve decided to come back into the fold”.
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Karpyshyn announced the career move on his blog. The short answer: no. I originally came to the Austin studio many years ago to work on SWTOR and – at least for now – that’s what I’m focusing on again.
It seems. he is ready for more though, as the writer has returned to Bioware. With story such a key component of the expansion, it’s good that BioWare has veterans like Karpyshyn on staff. Mass Effect: Andromeda’s writing team, meanwhile, is being headed up by newcomer Chris Schlerf. We can chalk up the controversial and relatively bland ending to Mass Effect 3 to a lack of Karpyshyn on the game’s writing staff. Having Karpyshyn working on The Old Republic is cool, but a bit underwhelming consider the MMORPG has declined in popularity. Known as Mass Effect Andromeda, the title promises to shake things up by letting fans take control of a brand new lead character in a setting that’s rumored to be far and away from Commander Shepard. I also hope this means more Mass Effect novels, because his were fantastic. He also wrote two Old Republic novels and three others starring Darth Bane, a Sith Lord that lived a 1,000 years before the Star Wars films.
Drew Karpyshyn really was one of the most important parts of bringing Mass Effect to life. Maybe once the first game is out-of-the-way, Karpyshyn will return to the series.
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While no release date has been set, Mass Effect: Andromeda, the series’ fourth installment, is expected to launch sometime in late 2016.
