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Dragon Age QA testers are joining the growing ranks of unionised industry workersKWS Edmonton United group cites low pay and Covid as catalysts for change
KWS Edmonton United group cites low pay and Covid as catalysts for change
The Next Dragon Age Official Teaser Trailer - 2020 Game AwardsWatch on YouTube
The Next Dragon Age Official Teaser Trailer - 2020 Game Awards
Keywords contractors have also contributed to BioWare forMass Effect: Legendary Editionand DLC forStar Wars: The Old Republic. Game Developerreportthe contractors are struggling to live in Edmonton on the provincial minimum wage of $15 (£9) per hour they’re receiving. The QA testers say in-house staff doing the same job at BioWare make twice as much money as they do, while stressing that their issue is with Keywords Studios rather than co-workers at BioWare. A KWS Edmonton United reptold Kotakuthat the decision to unionise came when Keywords told the testers they’d have to return to the office full-time from May 9th despite Covid cases in Alberta still reporting at around 1,000 daily, while full-time BioWare testers could still work from home.
Not a lot of detail about the nextDragon Agehas been revealed since thesingle-player focused RPGwas first teased at The Game Awards in 2018, but we know it’ll beset in magocracy Tevinterand that the Grey Wardenscould be making a comeback. Quite a few members of BioWare’s Dragon Age team have left during the development of the as-yet untitled game, including former executive producerMark Darrahat the end of 2020 and his replacementChristian Daileyin February this year.
