DA:V Dragon Age: The Veilguard News

[wolfgrimdark]

I pretty much agree with Valeith. Opinion only, because I don't really know, but I felt it bombed because of politically sensitive content and because the game was okay but not great so was easy pickings. I enjoyed the game and would give it about 7.5. I only played it through once and started a second run but lost steam.

Some things I loved, other things I found frustrating and annoying. In the end I don't regret buying or playing it, and had a lot of fun, but it just didn't grab me like other games have.

 

[Morrandir]

Yeo, I also rated DA:V with a 7.5. In comparison DA:O was 9.0, DA2 and DA:I 8.5.

My other games with a 7.5 rating were: Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, Spellforce: Conquest of Eo, Expeditions: Rome, Elex II, Wasteland 2, Tyranny, Technomancer, Torment: Tides of Numenera

 

[booboo]

I'm still waiting for a very deep sale (50%+) - come on already!

 

[Stingray]

Time to MDAGA:

After Veilguard’s Disastrous Release, It’s Time To Make ‘Dragon Age’ Great Again

Dragon Age needs to go back to its origins.

www.forbes.com

 

[Beren]

Hmmm, haven't played a DA game since Origins, and I was wondering / hopeful that Veilguard could be just the hook I needed. Now I'm not so sure, especially after reading that piece. And most of the critiques are about the merits of the game itself aside from the identity politics controversy.

 

[Couchpotato]

Can't say I'm surprised to see this happening.

BioWare Studio Update

Hello Everyone, Today, we are turning towards the future and preparing for the next chapter in BioWare’s story. As we announced in August 2023, we are changing how we build games to meet the needs …

blog.bioware.com

After beating around the bush for a bit, a BioWare Studio Update on the BioWare Blog announces layoffs. While "a core team at BioWare is developing the next Mass Effect game under the leadership of veterans from the original trilogy," now that Dragon Age: The Veilguard is out, they "don’t require support from the full studio." The announcement spins this as positively as possible:

 

[JDR13]

I can't say I'm surprised. I wonder if this is the beginning of the end for Bioware. Hopefully ME5 turns out ok, but at this point I'll be surprised if it exceeds expectations.

 

[Stingray]

The Bioware post that Couch linked to makes it sound all rosy, like everyone is getting other jobs at EA, but apparently in reality they fired many/most of the key people from DA:V. This site seems somewhat obscure, but everything is sourced with links to posts:

BioWare Lays Off Dragon Age: The Veilguard's Writers & Producers

Despite the studio burying the terminations beneath corporate jargon, social media posts from former team members confirm that the firings did take place.

80.lv

 

[Couchpotato]

Yep my link was all just positive corporate PR speech.

I even hinted that in the quote below the link.

Nothing changes though and the cycle will repeat itself again.

 

[Morrandir]

I can't say I'm surprised. I wonder if this is the beginning of the end for Bioware. Hopefully ME5 turns out ok, but at this point I'll be surprised if it exceeds expectations.

Well, (my) expectations are really low.

 

[booboo]

Well, (my) expectations are really low.

...limbo low? "how low can you go?"

 

[Couchpotato]

Since HiddenX wont post these as news here you go.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Ending Feels Like A Mass Effect Mission, And Now We Know Why

A new report about the RPG’s fraught final years explains why The Veilguard ends like a Mass Effect game

kotaku.com

New report details Dragon Age: The Veilguard's ugly failure through live service flip-flops, rewrites, and conflicts with Mass Effect

The last Dragon Age game we're likely to see for a very long while was in trouble right from the start.

www.pcgamer.com

Report: Veilguard's late pivot from live service spelled doom for Dragon Age sequel sales

Pivoting a single-player game to live-service multiplayer and back again led to 9 years of development on Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

www.gamedeveloper.com

 

[Stingray]

There's also this from a couple days ago. It was the source for some of those other articles.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-11/inside-the-dragon-age-debacle-that-gutted-ea-s-bioware-studio

 

[Couchpotato]

Yep but most readers will have to pay to read bloomberg news.

Unless you get a free token for read access.

So that's why I shared the other three.

 

[Stingray]

Ah, that Bloomberg article comes up fine for me without a subscription. Not sure why.

 

[Couchpotato]

Every article shows one paragraph then gets a block pop-up that says you have to pay for uninterrupted access. Someone can gift the link for free acess though.

Main reason why the forum never covers that site.

 

[Stingray]

Every article shows one paragraph then gets a block pop-up that says you have to pay for uninterrupted access.

Not this one, or at least not for me. Had no problem reading the whole thing 2 days ago and have no problem reading it now. Never subscribed to Bloomberg.

But yeah, I have seen that with plenty of Bloomberg articles in the past.

 

[Couchpotato]

Well four out of five times that happened but the fifth time the whole article loaded with the popup. Must be done at random or based on the region you live.

 

[bjon045]

I have never been able to read any bloombery articles in the last couple of years.

 

[Stingray]

I think removepaywall.com works fine for their articles. Here's that DA article:

https://www.removepaywall.com/searc...n-age-debacle-that-gutted-ea-s-bioware-studio