Hey, bear in mind Dragon Age: Dreadwolf? It has been over a yr since the game’s title was first revealed and virtually precisely 5 years for the reason that then-unnamed sequel was first announced at the 2018 Game Awards. And in the present day, simply to be sure to did not neglect concerning the long-in-development sport utterly, Bioware and EA are out with yet another teaser presaging a “full reveal” deliberate for summer time 2024.
The brief “Dragon Age Day” video, titled “Thedas Name,” options unseen voiceovers talking over airborne, still-life photographs of three areas that may function within the new sport. An accompanying blog post goes right into a bit extra element on the areas, describing “the desolate, lovely badlands of the Anderfels with curtains of distant mountainous spires. The twisting channels and gleaming towers of Antiva, the place Crows could lurk in any shadow. The turquoise seas of Rivain with its rushes of greenery and hardy sea-faring folks.”
The brief teaser concludes with an announcement that seemingly comes from Solas (aka Fen’harel), the Dread Wolf that may function the sport’s antagonist: “All of the world will quickly share the peace and luxury of my reign.” And EA’s weblog submit expands on Solas’ motivation as “not a person who sees himself as evil, however somebody who believes he is combating for a superb trigger and is keen to get his fingers soiled.”
A recently created Steam page for Dreadwolf shares extra concerning the coming sport’s plot: “Now, the destiny of this world teeters on a knife’s edge. Thedas wants a brand new chief—one they’re going to by no means see coming. You’ll forge a brave fellowship to problem the gathering storm.”
EA guarantees there shall be “rather more to share with you” on the sport subsequent summer time, together with “the long-awaited launch date.”
A protracted technique to go on a rocky highway
After reportedly beginning growth in earnest in 2015, EA introduced final October that Dreadwolf had lastly hit its Alpha milestone, representing the primary level the place the crew may “expertise the complete sport, from the opening scenes of the primary mission to the very finish.” That is a superb signal for a sport that has seen its justifiable share of staffing and growth troubles, together with the departure of manufacturing director and Mass Impact veteran Mac Walters earlier this year, after a 19-year stint on the firm.
Walters’ departure adopted that of Inventive Director Mike Laidlaw, who left in 2017, Dragon Age Government Producer Mark Darrah and BioWare Common Supervisor Casey Hudson, who left in late 2020; Senior Inventive Director Matt Goldman, who left in late 2021; and alternative Government Producer Christian Daley, who left in early 2022.
The lengthy string of high-profile departures hasn’t been the one signal of bother for the event of the subsequent Dragon Age. In 2021, Jason Schreier reported an inside wrestle over whether or not the sport can be a standard single-player RPG or a multiplayer title with a heavy on-line part. The report cited the market failure of the online Anthem and the success of the single-player Jedi: Fallen Order in pushing EA towards a extra conventional route for Dreadwolf.