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Dragon Age and Anthem producer says live-service games can "dramatically" fail as they forget they're competing with juggernauts like World of Warcraft as they are now, not as they were 20 years ago

Mark Darrah has a warning for folks walking into the live service arena

Dragon Age veteran crunches the numbers on Concord's reported $400 million cost: "A project that is in trouble can get really big in an effort to get it over the finish line"

Dragon Age veteran crunches the numbers on Concord's reported $400 million cost: "A project that is in trouble can get really big in an effort to get it over the finish line"

"Did it cost 400 million dollars? I'm not sure, I think we can make it plausible that it did"

Dragon Age veteran says he got a prize from EA because Inquisition "saved the quarter," crushing all claims that the series was a financial flop

Dragon Age veteran says he got a prize from EA because Inquisition "saved the quarter," crushing all claims that the series was a financial flop

Inquisition "MASSIVELY oversold the internal EA projections"

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‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Most Ambitious Ideas May Keep You From Chilling With Your Favorite Companion

'Dragon Age: The Veilguard' is making some big changes to companion characters, but after a decade of waiting, breaking with tradition could risk losing the series' heart.

According to BioWare, Dragon Age: The Veilguard is the first entry in the series where 'the combat's actually fun' and where characters are 'intentionally' the focus of the storytelling, which seems pretty unfair on the first three games

Apparently your favourite characters' designs were also limited by a desire to appeal to cosplayers?

BioWare legend says "super" Dragon Age: The Veilguard fans making "a lot of really educated guesses" probably know more about the RPG than they think

"Some of them are pretty right"

Even after the Baldur's Gate RPGs, BioWare vet says Dragon Age: The Veilguard was when the dev "finally said out loud" it's best at "telling stories through characters"

"You literally cannot save the world without these characters," adds Veilguard's creative director

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Former Dragon Age Producer Says Mega-Hit Video Games Are Being Ruined By a 'Death Cult'

Former Dragon Age Producer Says Mega-Hit Video Games Are Being Ruined By a 'Death Cult'

Dragon Age executive producer Mark Darrah says obsession with photorealism is dragging blockbuster games down, but making opportunities for indies.

Dragon Age vet says the "fidelity death cult" and a "fear of backlash" over reused assets is making AAA games take way longer, but that creates room for Dark Souls-style surprise hits

Dragon Age vet says the "fidelity death cult" and a "fear of backlash" over reused assets is making AAA games take way longer, but that creates room for Dark Souls-style surprise hits

The focus on hyper-realistic visuals is making AAA games take even longer to make, Mark Darrah says

As the 10-year wait for Dragon Age: The Veilguard ends, RPG veteran says AAA series like GTA show how a big gap between sequels "can actually improve the impact" of each release

As the 10-year wait for Dragon Age: The Veilguard ends, RPG veteran says AAA series like GTA show how a big gap between sequels "can actually improve the impact" of each release

There are "reasons why" big developers space games out

Dragon Age veteran says sequel announcements like The Elder Scrolls 6 can be "kind of misleading" because most studios don't make multiple games at once

Dragon Age veteran says sequel announcements like The Elder Scrolls 6 can be "kind of misleading" because most studios don't make multiple games at once

Mark Darrah has thoughts on why games like The Elder Scrolls 6 are announced so early

Dragon Age: The Veilguard leads reveal that BioWare changed the RPG's name to "what was really the heartbeat of this game" - and it's not Solas

Dragon Age: The Veilguard leads reveal that BioWare changed the RPG's name to "what was really the heartbeat of this game" - and it's not Solas

"We needed a title that represented what this game was truly about"

Former Dragon Age boss now consulting on The Veilguard says the RPG really is "the best Dragon Age game that I've ever played"

Former Dragon Age boss now consulting on The Veilguard says the RPG really is "the best Dragon Age game that I've ever played"

Mark Darrah has high praise for BioWare's latest

'Baldur's Gate 3’s Big Controversy Misses the Real Problem With Janky Games

'Baldur's Gate 3’s Big Controversy Misses the Real Problem With Janky Games

From 'Baldur’s Gate 3' to 'Starfield,' maybe video game polish isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

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Former Dragon Age boss Mark Darrah returns to work on Dreadwolf

Darrah left BioWare suddenly in 2020, but now he's back to help shepherd the new Dragon Age RPG.

As it finishes Dragon Age: Dreadwolf, BioWare brings in the Mass Effect team and former series lead Mark Darrah

It sounds like Dragon Age 4 is in good hands

Dragon Age: The Veilguard—Everything we know about the next RPG in Thedas

Here's everything we've collected about The Veilguard since its big reveal.

'Dragon Age: Dreadwolf' Release Window, Trailer, Concept Art, and BioWare News

The next major role-playing game coming from the Mass Effect creator is 'Dragon Age: Dreadwolf,' the follow-up to 'Dragon Age: Inquisition.'

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