EA, Dragon Age and The Veilguard

EA Says ‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ Failed Because Of No ‘Shared-World’ Features
The Veilguard failing to meet EA goals with only half of the players it wanted, EA CEO Andrew Wilson is reflecting on why that happened.
EA is predictably learning the wrong lessons from Dragon Age: The Veilguard's failure
EA continued, "In order to break out beyond the core audience, games need to directly connect to the evolving demands of players who increasingly seek shared World features and de
"I'd probably, like, quit": former Dragon Age leads react to EA's suggestion The Veilguard should have been live-service
Former Dragon Age lead developers have reacted to the suggestion by publisher EA that the series' most recent entry
EA has learned all the wrong lessons from Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and it's going to be disastrous for the future of Mass Effect 5—if it even has a future
The Veilguard. It was a serious misfire from a once-exceptional studio, and while I can understand why it resonated with some players—it was pretty, breezy and had fun, snappy combat—after Andromeda and Anthem,
After ‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ Layoffs, BioWare Has Under 100 Employees
There is really no getting around the fact that BioWare is in dire straits at the moment, now at the end of a decade of three missed opportunities
EA Blames Dragon Age: The Veilguard's Lackluster Sales Performance On It Not Being Live Service
Last week, publisher Electronic Arts mentioned that BioWare's latest game, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, missed sales projections by a whopping 50%. Was the game's lackluster performance due to a bad story? Outdated gameplay mechanics? Apparently, it was because it wasn't a live service game.
EA Comes to Odd Conclusion About Dragon Age: The Veilguard Sales Troubles
The Veilguard publisher EA has implied that the game would have performed better as a live-service title. Released in October 2024, Dragon Age: The Veilguard was the l
Weak Performance for ‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard,’ ‘EA Sports FC 25’ Drags Down EA’s Latest Quarterly Earnings and Full-Year Outlook
EA confirmed weak results for its latest quarterly earnings, mainly attributed to a rough start for "Dragon Age: The Veilguard" and "EA Sports FC 25."
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Failed Due to Lack of Live-Service Elements, Says EA
The Veilguard failed at least partially because it didn’t have live-service elements. The gaming landscape has changed quite radically over the last decade. Games like Destiny and Fortnite have encouraged developers to look toward making its games everlasting rather than an experience that lasts a finite amount of time.
It looks like the entirety of Dragon Age: The Veilguard's main credited writing team is now no longer working at BioWare
Every writer credited as being a part of the main writing team on Dragon Age: The Veilguard no longer appears to be working at BioWare, with a number of departures at various points in the past having been added to by the studio's latest restructuring.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Patch Notes Sure Make It Sound Like BioWare’s Basically Done With the Game Now
The Veilguard developer BioWare has released a new patch for the game and in the same breath suggested it’s basically done with it less than three months after launch.
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Former Dragon Age Dev Says He'd Probably "Quit That Job" If Series Focused On Multiplayer
Dragon Age's former creative director Mike Laidlaw shares his response to EA's suggestion that The Veilguard would have done ...
Legendary Dragon Age writer looks to Baldur's Gate 3 devs while giving EA advice after The Veilguard: "Follow Larian's lead and double down on that"
Speaking in a recent thread online, the original lead writer and creator of the beloved Dragon Age setting begins by ...