Mac Walters is a video game developer best known for his work at

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as a writer on the ''

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'' series.

Career

Walters joined BioWare in 2003 as a writer on ''

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''. He followed this with a senior writer on the first ''

'' game, before becoming lead writer on the

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and

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entry in the series. As the writing team worked on the story, Walters encouraged the team to focus more on characters, to get players invested in the events of the game. Around the time of the second ''Mass Effect'' game, Walters also wrote the story for a spin-off comic called ''Mass Effect: Redemption.'' In 2013, Walters was also nominated for a BAFTA award for his writing on ''Mass Effect 3''. He briefly served as narrative director on ''Anthem'', before returning to the ''Mass Effect'' universe as creative director on '' Mass Effect: Andromeda''. As they began work on ''Andromeda'', Walters encouraged the team to return to a creative place where "anything is possible", rather than simply making ''Mass Effect 4''. During this time, Walters also penned a

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to bridge the narrative events of the ''Mass Effect'' trilogy and ''Andromeda''. The planned fourth novel was effectively canceled, as Walters' duties as creative director of ''Andromeda'' eventually took precedence, and development has stalled for the ''Mass Effect'' film. After the release of ''Andromeda'', Walters became project director for ''

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''. Walters became the production director on '' Dragon Age: Dreadwolf''. In 2023, he announced he was leaving BioWare after 19 years with the company. Walters established Worlds Untold, which was acquired by

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in November 2023. However, NetEase withdrew its funding from Worlds Untold, resulting in the studio "pausing" its operations the next year.

Video games

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External links

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