BioWare has laid off several of its employees as part of an initiative to become a "more agile" studio, although the developer itself hasn't officially announced these layoffs.
As noted by Rock Paper Shotgun, several BioWare employees who worked on Dragon Age: The Veilguard, including lead writer Trick Weekes and producer Jennifer Cheverie (among others), have posted on social media that they're now looking for a new job.
Yesterday, BioWare posted a studio update in which general manager Gary McKay said the studio was becoming "a more agile, focused studio", referring obliquely to "today's news" and refraining from announcing any of the staff departures that were subsequently confirmed by staff members themselves.
McKay also says that "a core team" at BioWare is currently working on the next Mass Effect, and that the game will boast the involvement of folks who worked on the original trilogy. He cites names like series producer Mike Gamble, designer Preston Watamaniuk, and cinematics animator Parrish Ley.
He also says that given the "stage of development" the next Mass Effect is currently at, the team doesn't "require support from the full studio", and so some BioWare employees have been moved to "other teams at EA that had open...
