Dragon Age News Thread

Speculation is 2020.

Depends on which rumor you believe. It could come out late 2019/20/21. Time will tell. For now, I predict a ps5 release in late 2020

Playstation isn't going to give Bioware a headsup. Either PS5 will be released before they're finalizing such decisions or they don't. I know an interview, perhaps in the book Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, had one of the devs saying that mass releasing on so many platforms was a mistake.

Microsoft has dropped some pretty big hints that the next console is sooner rather than later. They just revealed they're deep into architecting the next console, and they've just bought up five more studios in what will presumably be an extremely intimidating launch line up.

Microsoft will likely drive when the next console generation will start because they likely want this one over with. They made mistakes, their console was underpowered because they were concentrating on network stuff, so when they wound that back the playstation had a clear advantage. Their software exclusives were weak, so playstation had the advantage. Sony would want the current gen to last longer than MS, but MS wants this one over with which has led some analysts to predict we may even see a release Dec next year (unlikely).

Jay Watamaniuk @jaywatamaniuk
Another use, I find, to a fancy game trailer besides building hype is to provide inspiration when I'm tired and working late or just had a bad day at the studio. I watch the (Anthem) trailer, nod, and get back to work with a little spring in my step.

Mary Kirby @biomarykirby
Okay, but the BEST use of game trailers -- hear me out on this one -- is finding out which Queen songs they synch up to. I'm just going to throw, "Princes of the Universe" out there for this one.

Patrick Weekes @patrickweekes
Or Carry On Wayward Son. I remember us playing DAI’s trailer to that in the writing room. On your computer, actually.

Mary Kirby @biomarykirby
That was weirdly the best choice for that Inquisition trailer.

Can also verify that "Bohemian Rhapsody" works oddly well.



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Looking good...

Ha! ES6 was 12th with just a fly over of dirt and grass, imagine how many views they'll get with some actual, you know, content.

Man it's going to sell like bananas at a starving monkey community ... and we're the starving monekys ... cause you know, 7 YEARS!

Considering he goes on to stalk her in her dreams, I'm going to say it's veered toward unhealthy obsession at that point.

If I were a Solasmancer, my headcanon would be that I was supremely pissed off at the whole situation and want nothing more to do with him. I'd be even more pissed that he won't let me be even in my sleep.

*tsk, tsk* That only happens if Lavellan expresses her love for him in the end and chooses a 'redeem' path. Plus, the epilogue is pretty clear that she reaches for him when she senses him and keeps searching, dreaming and waiting for some sort of solution. It's hardly a one-way street

In other words, we don't even know whether Solas shows on the edges of her dream specifically 'cuz he pines after her, or is it because they have feelings for one another - or specifically because she searches for him or things related to him. It's established in the narrative that people having some sort of emotional bond do connect in some way with one another in the Fade - nevermind that time in Skyhold where Inquisitor has unconsciously found him and Solas has even expressed surprise at that, given that (in his estimation) not even a mage Inky should have been able to do that. And that was when both of them were just vaguely friendly towards one another. Is it possible that Inky dreams with the same clarity without an Anchor? Dunno, but Dreamers certainly don't need one and given that Inkys could have some training in that regard doesn't exclude it as a possibility.

Omg, Patrick is so mean, tho. I'm yelling! :exicted:

I think this is more interesting because it implies there probably was at least one alternative significant other in Solas' life, which makes sense really given he's been around an awfully long time. To be honest why should he not have someone he loved greatly in the past and yet still love Lavellan in the present? I would agree, though, that the haunting of dreams thing is as much due to her longing for him as he is for her, so even if she was initially just a passing fancy, now he can't get rid of her. That's the downside to being a Dreamer.