Dragon Age News Thread

BioWare Gear Store @biowaregear
Indulge your unbearable craving for the Waters of the Fade with your @dragonage Lyrium Potion Bottle!

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Matthew Goldman @sergoldman
Nice line quality and gesture to the figure!

Wynne can sass you, and if you sass back ... you can chop her head right off.

I literally jumped out of my chair and yelled, "WTF!"

BioWare @bioware
This is a beautiful commission by @crystalvfae!

BioWare @bioware
Great fanart of Solas by @piarelle

Sanshee @teamsanshee
Hi everybody! We know everyone is super excited for more information about Dragon Age 4. We wanted to make sure to set expectations that our release tomorrow will be a new merch drop that includes some old favorites. We will not have any information about the upcoming game.

Sanshee @teamsanshee
The Merchants Guild came by and dropped off some old favourites! Our classic Heraldry designs from #DragonAge have returned, now with new tanks! Follow the link below to get yours.

sanshee.com/collections/dragon-age

Jeff Grub tweet
"Sources say Dragon Age 4 is expected to launch in 2023. We'll probably start hearing about it a lot more in 2022."

Article venturebeat.com/2021/07/22/dragon-age-4-is-on-track-for-a-potential-2023-release/

main extract of interest:

"Sources familiar with the fantasy role-playing adventure confirm the game is on track for release in 2023. When I reached out to EA about the release date, a spokesperson says the company hasn’t announced the date and has no plans to share it yet.
Holding back during this EA Play is just about enabling the publisher to get the game into position to begin marketing it in earnest. That will likely start in 2022.
And what should we expect from the game itself? Well, don’t worry about EA trying to bring the connected, online live-service model to Dragon Age. BioWare is building the next Dragon Age as a single-player narrative adventure, just like the previous entries in the series. Of course, that doesn’t mean the games wouldn’t have any online multiplayer. That was one of the major features of Dragon Age: Inquisition."

Well that's a bummer. That means mass effect is very far into release. I was hoping for a 2022 release for da with a 2024 release for mass effect.

Sadly, BioWare is not innocent of things similar to Activision/Blizzard and Ubisoft.

Sam Maggs @sammaggs
I have left two full-time jobs in gaming because in large part of what I felt was deep and ingrained sexism and gender bias. I can speak about it because I had the ability to leave these companies before they just straight-up invented some excuse to fire me.

The number of women I know who legally cannot share their stories because they've been wrongfully terminated due to sexism and then received settlements from the company WHICH INCLUDE GAG ORDERS SO THEY CAN NEVER TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE... it's a lot. IT'S A LOT.

I'm not under any obligation to remain silent, and yet it feels brutally difficult due to PTSD and fear of retaliation and never working again in this industry to say anything. This shit's really fucking scary, man. I love games and I love SO MANY of my colleagues. It's hard!

The men (and tragically in some cases, women) who treated me like shit are still responsible for your favorite games. They never suffer consequences. One of them DID "leave"... and was handed a shiny new studio all for himself. It's fucked up and we need to demand change.

I keep typing and deleting things about all the horrific shit I've experienced and I know my friends and colleagues have experienced and it's just like. I don't even know where to begin. Anyways, support the #ActiBlizzWalkout today and don't be a fuckin scab.

Oh and for the RECORD - I quit. I never took a fucking red cent from these people for being forced out even though IMO I deserved it. I'm under no legal obligation to shut the fuck up about what has happened to me at my jobs. I hope one day I'm in a stable enough spot to talk.

I AM lucky now to be in a place where I only get to work at places and with people who like and respect both me and my work. I wish my FT experiences, ESPECIALLY at BioWare, had been that way too. I will never ever recover from the betrayal that I feel over that one. Ever.

Btw I can call what I feel happened to me at BioWare “a betrayal” because my PTSD-specialized therapist finally got me to a place where I could healthily recognize that… LAST WEEK. I left the studio in 2018. So. Trauma persists.

Ironically my experience at an ABK studio, Sledgehammer, was the best gig I’ve had in my entire career. Just goes to show that individual studios CAN create inclusive and respectful cultures… if they want to. Big if.

this is now out

Matthew Goldman @sergoldman
This is a really cool DA2 set! My little one likes Anders best because he "has lightning shooting out." The boy likes Fenris cuz he is badass, not wrong. Merrill has never looked better imo. Something for everyone. Thanks @caffeinerogue!

BioWare Gear Store @bioware
Raise your @dragonage Dalish Banner to honour elven history and make it known!

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