Dreadwolf No More: BioWare Announces Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Gameplay Reveal for June 11th | RPGFan

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Dragon Age fans, meet your new title: Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

Wait, what…?

On the eve of Summer Game Fest, publisher Electronic Arts and developer BioWare made multiple Dragon Age announcements, the most surprising of which was clearly the pivot in name away from Dreadwolf to the aforementioned Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

According to BioWare, the main issue with the original title was that it reflected more about who you were up against, rather than your own hero and their companions. Gary McKay, Executive Producer, referenced the fact that each game in the series has a new lead hero for players to call their own, as well as diverse cast of characters, and it’s these things that he calls the “heart of this new experience.”

While this was not necessarily the piece of news fans were expecting, BioWare did inform us that Tuesday, June 11th will give us our first official look at gameplay from Dragon Age: The Veilguard. The show will take place at 8:00am PT on the Dragon Age YouTube channel with more than 15 minutes of gameplay from the opening moments of the game.

As someone who waited in line for the midnight release of the physical copy of Dragon Age: Inquisition, you can be sure I won’t miss this new reveal for Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

If it’s been awhile since you lost yourself in the last Dragon Age teaser trailer, we’ve posted it below for you, as well as the full message from BioWare and Executive Director Grant McKay.

The Next Dragon Age Has a New Title

After Dragon Age: Inquisition launched, the studio was given an incredible opportunity to explore, test, and validate a variety of gameplay concepts as we worked to determine what the next Dragon Age could look like. We brought everything to the table which, yes, even included a multiplayer concept. The time we spent experimenting and iterating gradually taught us a lot. This work, and the amazing support from EA, helped us re-focus on creating an incredible single player game, with all the choices, characters and world building you’d expect from us.

At BioWare, we create worlds of adventure, conflict and companionship, where you’re at the center of it all. As fans of our franchise know, every Dragon Age game has delivered a new standalone story. Set in the world of Thedas, these tales explore epic locales and threats, always thrusting you into a new conflict. Each game also introduces a new lead hero – The Warden, Hawke, The Inquisitor – that you can call your own. You can expect all that, and more, with the new game. And of course, much like your unique hero, it wouldn’t be a Dragon Age game without an amazing cast of companions – right? 

Each of the seven unique characters that make up your companions will have deep and compelling storylines where the decisions you make will impact your relationships with them – as well as their lives. You’ll unite this team of unforgettable heroes as you take on a terrifying new threat unleashed on the world. Naturally, the Dread Wolf still has an important part in this tale, but you and your companions – not your enemies – are the heart of this new experience.

So, to capture what this game is all about, we changed the name as the original title didn’t show just how strongly we feel about our new heroes, their stories and how you’ll need to bring them together to save all of Thedas.

We proudly introduce to you Dragon Age™: The Veilguard.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard will be available for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store. A release date has yet to be announced.

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