There seems to be a trend of distinguished videogame writers leaving BioWare these days. After David Gaider, who’d been working at the company for 17 years before leaving for greener pastures, Chris Schlerf has announced in a series of Tweets he was returning to Bungie after working on Mass Effect: Andromeda.
To confirm what some folks asked about a few months back, I am no longer working on ME:A at BioWare Montreal.
— schlerf (@schlerf) February 16, 2016
Sincerely one of the best experiences of my career-I'm incredibly grateful to have worked w/ such talented & truly wonderful human beings.
— schlerf (@schlerf) February 16, 2016
Think MEA is really gonna blow people away; couldn't be prouder to be part of it, & excited like a lil kid to play the final when it's out.
— schlerf (@schlerf) February 16, 2016
All that said, very happy to be back in Seattle, working with this scrappy little company called Bungie that some of you may have heard of.
— schlerf (@schlerf) February 16, 2016
Bungie is not a new stop for Schlerf. He’d been nominated for his writing work on Halo 4 with the studio. He started his tenure with BioWare back in November 2014 to work on Andromeda.