BioWare Responds To Rumors Of Mass Effect Andromeda DLC Cancellation

There has been a flurry of activity recently with regards to rumors about the cancellation of a downloadable content for the title Mass Effect Andromeda. In an effort to provide some clarifications, developer BioWare finally decided to address the concerns of players. In short, the rumors are all a hoax, but there are still no details regarding upcoming DLCs.

The rumors started circulating when a company called Sinclair Networks located in Austria posted a Facebook post regarding the supposed cancellation of the DLC for Andromeda, PC Gamer reports. The post has since been deleted, but publications were able to preserve the content and the subsequent implications of the statement.

"Due to issues in initial production, heavy critique, significant delays in other projects, staff allocation and reductions in Montreal, it was decided to shelve the franchise for the time being and all our resources and outsourcing are being focused to the 2018 release of Anthem," the Facebook post read. "For the moment the Mass Effect series will be on ice until BioWare can decide which direction the franchise will go."

When contacted for confirmation, BioWare told PC Gamer that the rumors are absolute rubbish. In fact, the spokesperson for the studio stressed that they have never associated with a company called Sinclair Networks.

"We’ve never worked with Sinclair Networks and they had nothing to do with the development of Mass Effect: Andromeda," the spokesperson said. "Beyond that we don’t have any news to share at this time regarding DLC."

Individual developers behind Andromeda also provided their two cents via Twitter, with producer Fernando Melo saying that all of the game’s content is created in-house. It is never entrusted to third-party entities.

“While we can't talk about future yet, I can def say we build our own dlc/patches for our games and don't hire fake companies to do so,” Melo’s Tweet reads.