BioWare - David Gaider Leaves

GameRant  has the story that David Gaider leaves Bioware. According to an email to
Polygon (via GameRant) it was Gaider's own decision to leave:

It was indeed my decision [to leave], one not made easily since BioWare's been very good to me, and the parting is amicable...it's simply time to move onto a new challenge."

Gaider announced, according to GameRant, that he would be leaving Bioware on
his Twitter account:

Unfortunately, Gaider took to Twitter to announce today that he would be leaving his position at BioWare after seventeen years: "Some news: I must sadly announce that, after 17 years, today is my last day at BioWare. I'll miss my team, and wish everyone here the best."

Gaiders legacy, in writing for crpgs, will probably be this:

Perhaps David Gaider's biggest contribution to gaming, however, was his decision to design a fully gay party member for the first time in video gaming history. Gaider, who is openly gay himself, wrote Dorian in Dragon Age: Inquisition as part of a personal effort on his part to make games a much more inclusive environment for fans of different backgrounds, beliefs, and sexualities.