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Making Rook The Hero Of The Next Dragon Age Could Fix The Series' Biggest Problem
21.11.2024
Dragon Age: The Veilguard had a lot to live up to. Its predecessor, Dragon Age: Inquisition, launched in 2014 and left the series on a devastating cliffhanger, a cliffhanger that went unresolved as developer BioWare went through 10 years of development hell and internal reboots, before ultimately...
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Party Nearly Had An Unlikely Inquisition Villain
6.11.2024
Dragon Age: The Veilguard has an excellent cast of characters, almost all of which are new to the series. However, it looks like there were once plans for a few characters from previous games to appear as party members. And now that fans know this, they’re in their feelings.Read more
14 Vampire Movies You Should Watch This Halloween
18.10.2024
The leaves are falling, the sun is setting earlier, and if you live in New York City, you’re probably waking up to an incredibly arid apartment thanks to your inability to control the heat. It’s fall, and spooky season is upon us, which means it’s time to spend your nights settling in with a good...
The Dragon Age Books, Comics, And More BioWare Recommends You Check Out Before The Veilguard
20.9.2024
It’s been 10 years since Dragon Age: Inquisition launched in 2014. Despite waiting a decade for a new game in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, fans haven’t been without stories within the fantasy world of Thedas in the years since. There have been novels, comics, anime, and even an audio drama showcasing...
Seven Hours With Dragon Age: The Veilguard: Has BioWare Learned The Right Lessons?
19.9.2024
I have been waiting for Dragon Age: The Veilguard for 10 years. The last game developer BioWare put out was 2019’s Anthem, an ill-fated loot shooter that chased live-service trends and felt like a misuse of the team’s talents. In the years since, there have been reports and admissions from...
How To Explain Dragon Age To Friends Who Have No Idea What You're Talking About
16.8.2024
Yesterday, BioWare announced Dragon Age: The Veilguard will finally come to PC and consoles on October 31. We broke down the 3-minute announcement trailer, but I had to restrain myself from getting too into the weeds. Yeah, theory-crafting is fun, but folks looking for a bird’s-eye view of what’s...
17 Things We Noticed In Dragon Age: The Veilguard's Release Date Trailer
15.8.2024
Dragon Age: The Veilguard finally has a release date. The long-awaited fourth entry in BioWare’s fantasy series will launch on October 31, just narrowly sparing us a full 10-year wait between it and its predecessor, 2014’s Dragon Age: Inquisition. The announcement was accompanied by a dense trailer...
The Dragon Age: Inquisition Sex Scenes, Ranked From Worst To Best
7.8.2024
The Dragon Age series loves to spotlight sex and romance. It’s a big part of developer BioWare’s marketing for the upcoming Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which will include romantic routes for each of its seven companions. With romance comes sex scenes, and those are always a pillar of what BioWare...
The Dragon Age: Inquisition Companions, Ranked From Worst To Best
25.6.2024
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is coming to PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S this fall. BioWare has been focusing a lot of its marketing push for the sequel on the game’s party of seven heroes, each of whom embodies a different faction within the universe and will be a romance option. But where...
Dragon Age Fans Are Worried Varric Might Not Survive The Veilguard
13.6.2024
Dragon Age fans have been waiting a decade for The Veilguard. The fourth game in BioWare’s fantasy RPG series will continue the story set up by the ending of Dragon Age: Inquisition in 2014, and it’s bringing back several familiar faces from previous games, comics, and books. However, one returning...
Dragon Age Fans Are Ready To Ride The Veilguard’s Old Man Mage Into The Sunset
12.6.2024
Dragon Age: The Veilguard got a proper reintroduction last week during Summer Game Fest, starting with a cinematic trailer showcasing each of the RPG’s seven party members. One of them is Emmrich Volkarin, a human necromancer who is part of the Mourn Watch faction in the magical country...
Everything We Know About Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Companions
10.6.2024
BioWare changed Dragon Age: Dreadwolf’s title to Dragon Age: The Veilguard to better represent its story. This new name refers to your party as a whole, and the characters who make it up were the stars of the new cinematic trailer the studio showed off at the Xbox Games Showcase. But if you’re...
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Teaser Introduces Its New Heroes And Reintroduces Old Ones
9.6.2024
Dragon Age: The Veilguard (formerly Dragon Age: Dreadwolf) is getting its first official gameplay reveal on Tuesday, June 11. BioWare gave us a brief teaser for the long-awaited RPG at the Xbox showcase. The name change feels like a pivotal moment for the game, as the studio is no longer leaning...
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Will Bring Back DAII’s Divisive Approach To Romance
6.6.2024
Dragon Age II is a big centerpiece in conversations around video game romance. The 2011 BioWare RPG let players pursue whoever they wanted, regardless of what gender player character they chose. With Inquisition, BioWare opted to define your party’s identities, which meant not every love story...
10 Hopes And Predictions For Summer Game Fest
4.6.2024
It’s almost time for this year’s not-E3, Summer Game Fest. Geoff Keighley’s annual World Premierathon, and several ostensibly unrelated events orbit it, pile vast mountains of gaming news upon us. For a breakdown of everything going down in the next week, check out this handy dandy guide for when...
The Assassin’s Creed Heroes, Ranked From Worst To Best
17.5.2024
Assassin’s Creed Shadows is adding two new heroes to the pantheon of brave and stealthy killers that span the centuries of the series’ historical fiction. One is Naoe, a ninja who will don the hood and hidden blade commonly associated with the titular Assassins of Ubisoft’s open-world action...
Are FF7 Rebirth’s Piano Mini-Game Rewards Worth It?
22.4.2024
Like the original Final Fantasy VII, Rebirth lets you play some tunes on a piano. And as is to be expected with Rebirth, it’s a far more elaborate mini-game this time around. With pianos spread throughout the world and rewards to earn, you might be wondering whether or not it’s worth investing your...
The Industry Is Divided On How To Write Video Game Romance
14.2.2024
In 2011, BioWare’s Dragon Age II portrayed its four main romantic conquests as bisexual, allowing them to be pursued by either the male or female version of main character Hawke. At the time, I was a young, mostly-but-not-completely out gay high school student, and I spent hours each week on...
Baldur's Gate 3 Shows RPG Romance Can Always Get Weirder
4.8.2023
I’m about 20 hours into Baldur’s Gate 3, and I’ve picked the most basic-ass romance for a person attracted to men: Gale. He’s a human wizard who is sassy and kind of annoying but also sweet and tragic in a way that tickles the part of my brain that writes fanfiction. With Gale as my chosen romance...
Layers Of Fear: The Kotaku Review
15.6.2023
There’s a lot to admire about Layers of Fear, Polish studio Bloober Team’s new reimagining of its (relatively) excellent surreal, psychological adventure horror series. Read more