Corey Gaspur, game designer for Bioware, passes away

The lead designer for the upcoming game “Anthem” has died.

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In a post made to their official blog July 31, Bioware announced that Corey Gaspur, a game designer for several of their biggest titles, had died.

“Corey was a talented designer and an even better person,” they said. “We offer our condolences to Corey’s family and everyone that knew him.”

Gaspur was credited as a designer for “Sonic Chronicles” and “Dragon Age: Origins,” as well as for his work on the second and third “Mass Effect” games. More recently, he had been announced as the lead designer for “Anthem,” a shared world action-RPG slated for release in 2018.

Our thoughts go out to Gaspur’s loved ones.