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Ex-BioWare Lead Says The Dragon Age Team Didn't Feel Supported During Veilguard Development
7.5.2025
It’s no secret that the game that would become Dragon Age: The Veilguard had a troubled development. However, every time a new story comes out about how studio in-fighting and corporate favoritism affected the project, it feels like more of a miracle that the fantasy RPG got out the door looking...
Star Wars: Jedi Studio Doesn't Mention Layoffs In Announcement About Laying Developers Off
29.4.2025
Between Apex Legends, the Star Wars: Jedi series, and other projects, Respawn Entertainment has a lot on its plate, so it’s a little shocking to hear that EA is laying off even more members of the studio this year. It raises ongoing questions about what’s going on inside the team that’s seemingly...
The Mass Effect And Dragon Age Teams ‘Didn’t Get Along,’ According To Ex-BioWare Dev
14.4.2025
David Gaider, the co-founder of Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical developer Summerfall Studios, has opened up a bit more about his time at BioWare, where he served as the original lead writer on the Dragon Age series. Taking to social media, he chose to explain more about his decision to leave...
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Is Free For PlayStation Plus Just Months After Launch
26.2.2025
After it endured a decade of development hell and heaps of culture war bullshit, it’s a shame more people haven’t played Dragon Age: The Veilguard. (That’s not to even mention the restructuring at BioWare that followed in the wake of the game’s release.) Publisher EA says about 1.5 million people...
Ex-Dragon Age Producer Asks People To Stop Harassing Developers, Gets Predictable Response
21.2.2025
When you’ve been on the internet as long as I have, you get the distinct displeasure of watching cycles of toxicity repeat themselves ad nauseam, usually over things that don’t matter in the grand scheme of things. The world is on fire and rather than devoting energy to important matters, a subset...
The Internet Reacts To Shocking Marvel Rivals Layoffs
19.2.2025
On February 18, NetEase laid off Marvel Rivals development team members, including game director Thaddeus Sasser, just two months after its incredibly successful launch. The hero shooter has been such a runaway success that the news blindsided people across the video game industry. According to...
EA Thinks Dragon Age: The Veilguard Would Have Done Better If It Were Live Service
5.2.2025
Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson recently spoke on an earnings call about the underperformance of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which reportedly reached 1.5 million players. This was apparently around half of what EA was projecting, but given the game was in development hell for a decade and was...
BioWare Betting It All On Mass Effect 5 After Even More Layoffs
29.1.2025
What’s left of BioWare, the renowned RPG powerhouse behind beloved franchises like Dragon Age, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and the original Baldur’s Gate games? It’s a hard question to answer in 2025 after multiple rounds of layoffs and restructurings as the studio pivots between...
Dragon Age: The Veilguard May Have Just Gotten Its Final Big Patch
24.1.2025
BioWare had already said that Dragon Age: The Veilguard wouldn’t be getting any major DLC or expansions after its launch in October, but now it sounds like the studio is moving on from putting out big patches for the game after less than three months. At least, that’s how its most recent patch...
13 Exciting Games Kicking Off The New Year In January
1.1.2025
Another year is in the books and that means that backlog season is officially upon us. We used to get several months for catching up on old stuff as the new year got off to a slow start, but now the season barely lasts a couple of weeks. January might be a good time to give your wallet a rest...
December's Cant-Miss Game Releases, Amazon's Free Games For Prime Members, And More Holiday Season Tips
8.12.2024
This week, holiday sales and giveaways are in full swing, and we’ve got the lowdown on all the games Amazon is giving away to Prime subscribers, the best games to pick up in PlayStation’s 30th Anniversary sale, and more.Read more
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Is On Sale For A Short Time, But There’s A Catch On PlayStation
6.12.2024
Dragon Age: The Veilguard has been out for about a month now, and with the holidays approaching, BioWare and EA have put the game on sale for consoles. So if you’ve been waiting to try the fourth entry in the fantasy RPG series, you can get it for a bit cheaper at the moment. However, for whatever...
Dragon Age: Veilguard Stats Reveal You Monsters Are Ignoring The Griffon
4.12.2024
It’s December 4, and that means it’s the officially unofficial “Dragon Age Day.” Get it? D4. DA. Dragon Age. Anyway, this year, BioWare released some statistics about players’ choices in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. The RPG has been out for a little over a month now, so that means more players have...
BioWare Says Old Dragon Age Choices That The Veilguard Ignored May Still Matter In The Future
4.12.2024
One of the biggest criticisms I and many other Dragon Age fans had about The Veilguard was that it failed to carry over most of our decisions from the previous games in BioWare’s fantasy RPG series. In fact, the fourth game in the franchise only imports three choices from Dragon Age: Inquisition,...
BioWare Releases Dragon Age: The Veilguard's Incredible Character Creator For Free
4.12.2024
One of the many great things Dragon Age: The Veilguard has to offer is its robust character creator. It’s so thorough that some players have spent dozens of hours creating and perfecting their versions of protagonist Rook, as well as the Inquisitor, their hero from Dragon Age: Inquisition. Leading...
Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Ending Succeeds Where Mass Effect 3’s Failed
3.12.2024
I am a noted defender of Mass Effect 3’s ending. I think its final choice is a meaningful reminder that war is not won without sacrifice, and I love how the original, unedited version made no attempts to reassure you that you made the right decision. However, one criticism that has always lingered...
This Week A Studio Was Shut Down, Rumble Rescued A Pariah, And Water Remained Wet
30.11.2024
This may have been a short workweek, but the chaotic world of gaming never rests. Read on for Kotaku’s top stories from Thanksgiving week.Read more
Next Game From Mass Effect Director Cancelled As Studio Shuts Down
25.11.2024
In 2021, former BioWare general manager Casey Hudson announced a new studio called Humanoid Origin. It was working on a sci-fi blockbuster and hiring for an ambitious future. On Monday, however, the studio announced it was shutting down just a few years later, having failed to acquire the funding...
The Biggest Surprises From The Game Awards Nominees And More Of The Week's Top Takes
24.11.2024
This week, perhaps nothing sparked more discussion than the announcement of the 2024 Game Awards nominees. We weighed in ourselves with a breakdown of the seven biggest surprises in what got nominated, and what didn’t. Also this week, both Sony and Microsoft announced new forays into game...
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Gets New Photo Mode Options And A Bunch Of Bug Fixes In Latest Patch
21.11.2024
If you’ve been enjoying the return of Dragon Age with The Veilguard, there are some cool quality of life changes and bug fixes in the latest patch that went live on November 21, 2024. I’ll break them down below to let you know what you’re getting into.Read more