You’ve almost certainly heard of Mary DeMarle – even if you don’t know the name directly. DeMarle, with credits in the Myst, Homeworld, Deus Ex, and Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy series, has been head of narrative and writing at Eidos Montreal since 2011. She lead the way with the modern Deus Ex titles (that’s Mankind Divided and Human Revolution) before building a crack team of writers to work on the latter Marvel tie-in.
DeMarle knows story. Inside out. Just look at the critical reception to Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy – pretty much every outlet you care to mention went off about the writing (even if the gameplay came with some caveats). You don’t need me to tell you how highly regarded the Deus Ex games are, either – Human Revolution, in particular, is notorious amongst narrative games fans for its player-driven plot, ludicrously good characterisation, and freedom of choice when it comes to how things play out.
It was music to my ears, then, to hear DeMarle is joining BioWare. Via Resetera, we learned that DeMarle has joined BioWare as a Senior Narrative Director. Now, we know that the studio is working on both Dragon Age: Dreadwolf and a new Mass Effect. So which could DeMarle’s attentions be focused on?
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