Former Mass Effect and Dragon Age lead launches new studio with a focus on narrative and world-building

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BioWare veteran Mac Walters left the storied RPG studio earlier this year after a 19-year career, during which he served as writer (and later lead writer) on the Mass Effect trilogy, creative director on Mass Effect: Andromeda, and production director on the still-in-development Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. Now he's announced his next venture: A new studio at NetEase called Worlds Untold, dedicated to developing «triple-A action adventure games with an emphasis on narrative and worldbuilding.»

Mass Effect writer Mac Walters has joined NetEase to establish new Vancouver-based studio Worlds Untold.

After leaving BioWare in January, Mass Effect lead writer Mac Walters has established a new remote studio, Worlds Untold, in Vancouver, Canada, with NetEase Games. As per a press release, it aims to create new IPs with “depth and possibility” that “can’t be contained in a single game, or even a single medium.”

NetEase has announced a new game development studio headed up by one of the key writers on the Mass Effect series.

NetEase Games unveiled Worlds Untold as a new game studio headed by Mass Effect veteran Mac Walters.