Anthem Lead Producer Leaves BioWare After Eight Years

After eight years with the company, Ben Irving announced today that he is leaving BioWare. Irving served as the lead producer on Anthem

.Irving announced his departure from BioWare today on Twitter and said that he has accepted a new opportunity at a different video game company. His final message as part of the BioWare team included a shoutout to Anthem, the studio’s most recent release.

“I believe Anthem has a bright future – there is a great team working on it and I look forward to following its progress (and playing it!) from the sidelines,” Irving wrote.

(1/3) After 8 amazing years at BioWare I have made the decision to move on and have accepted an exciting opportunity at another gaming company. Since the first time I played Baldurs Gate many many years ago, BioWare was the dream place I always wanted to work.

— Ben Irving (@BenIrvo) August 15, 2019

Irving worked at BioWare Austin, the Texas branch of the Canadian video game company. BioWare Austin branch was responsible for BioWare’s MMORPG games like Star Wars: The Old Republic, and later the live-service portions of Anthem.

Anthem, BioWare’s newest game, has struggled since its launch back in February. A major post-launch content pack called Cataclysm was delayed several times before BioWare quietly released last week.

Irving referenced some of the difficulties Anthem has had post-launch in his farewell message: “I have really enjoyed interacting with the Anthem community – Streams, Twitter and Reddit. Through the good times and the tough times.”

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It’s unclear what this means for Anthem’s ongoing development, other than that as a live-service game, Anthem will likely continue releasing new content at later dates. BioWare is also currently working on Dragon Age 4.

Matt Kim is a reporter for IGN. You can reach him on Twitter.