{"id":2041520,"date":"2026-07-13T09:28:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T06:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2041520"},"modified":"2026-07-13T09:28:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T06:28:28","slug":"dragon-age-is-finished-following-veilguard-flop-says-series-creator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2041520","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Dragon Age\u2019 is finished following \u2018Veilguard\u2019 flop, says series creator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dragon-Age-The-Veilguard_Screenshot_01_Dragon_3840x2160.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><span>Gaming News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">\u2018Dragon Age\u2019 is finished following \u2018Veilguard\u2019 flop, says series creator<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>&#8220;We were always one breath away from the [current] project being shelved\u201d\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Ali Shutler<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-13T10:28:28+01:00\">13th July 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dragon-Age-The-Veilguard_Screenshot_01_Dragon_3840x2160-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"&apos;Dragon Age: The Veilguard&apos;.\" title=\"Dragon Age The Veilguard_Screenshot_01_Dragon_3840x2160\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">&#8216;Dragon Age: The Veilguard&#8217;. CREDIT: BioWare<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><i>Dragon Age<\/i> creator David Gaider doesn\u2019t think any new games in the long-running fantasy series will be made following the flop of 2024\u2019s <i>Veilguard<\/i>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: \u2018Assassin\u2019s Creed Black Flag Resynced\u2019 review: a treasure chest of sea-faring adventures<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Three months after <i>Dragon Age: The Veilguard <\/i>launched, publishers EA revealed that the game had \u201cunderperformed\u201d and missed its sales target but \u201calmost 50 per cent\u201d with just 1.5million people paying for the action role-playing game compared to the estimated 3million.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>In a new interview Gaider, who was the lead writer on the original<i> Dragon Age <\/i>game as well as 2011\u2019s <i>Dragon Age 2 <\/i>and 2014\u2019s <i>Inquisition<\/i> before leaving BioWare in 2016, has said it\u2019s \u201cunlikely\u201d that a new game will ever be made.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout the entire time I was there, we were always one breath away from the project being shelved,\u201d he told <em>PC Gamer<\/em>. \u201cThe thing that happened is that we kept releasing games, and it would sell much better than EA thought it should, and it kept surprising them.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3841833\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3841833\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3841833\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dragon-Age-The-Veilguard-PlayStation-Plus.jpg\" alt=\"Dragon Age: The Veilguard is coming to PlayStation Plus\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3841833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2018Dragon Age: The Veilguard\u2019. CREDIT: Bioware<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey never knew what to do with it,\u201d he continued. \u201cSo whenever a <i>Dragon Age <\/i>game sold well, we got [told] that it was a fluke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And while Gaider thinks EA is done with <i>Dragon Age<\/i>, he\u2019d be up for making a new game. \u201cI do like a challenge. So if, out of some weird alignment of the stars, somebody handed the <i>Dragon Age<\/i> franchise back to me and said, \u2018Breathe the life back into this baby\u2019, that\u2019d be a tough one, but I think that\u2019d be an interesting thing to do. To go back to the basics of what made <i>Dragon Age<\/i> appeal to so many people in the first place. And go somewhere dark and dangerous, and do things that will make people upset. I think that\u2019s what I would want to do with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Following the release of <i>The Veilguard<\/i>, BioWare confirmed that their attention had moved onto a new <i>Mass Effect<\/i> title, while <i>Veilguard<\/i> game director Corinne Busche quit the studio.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, Phoebe Bridgers\u00a0has shared a new \u2018Lost Boys\u2019 video game, inspired by millennial classics\u00a0<i>Temple Run<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>RuneScape<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related Topics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Dragon Age<\/li>\n<li>Dragon Age: The Veilguard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_89 \">\n<div 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and missed its sales target but \u201calmost 50 per cent\u201d with just 1.5million people paying for the action role-playing game compared to the estimated 3million.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>In a new interview Gaider, who was the lead writer on the original<i> Dragon Age <\/i>game as well as 2011\u2019s <i>Dragon Age 2 <\/i>and 2014\u2019s <i>Inquisition<\/i> before leaving BioWare in 2016, has said it\u2019s \u201cunlikely\u201d that a new game will ever be made.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout the entire time I was there, we were always one breath away from the project being shelved,\u201d he told <em>PC Gamer<\/em>. \u201cThe thing that happened is that we kept releasing games, and it would sell much better than EA thought it should, and it kept surprising them.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3841833\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3841833\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3841833\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dragon-Age-The-Veilguard-PlayStation-Plus.jpg\" alt=\"Dragon Age: The Veilguard is coming to PlayStation Plus\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3841833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2018Dragon Age: The Veilguard\u2019. CREDIT: Bioware<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey never knew what to do with it,\u201d he continued. \u201cSo whenever a <i>Dragon Age <\/i>game sold well, we got [told] that it was a fluke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And while Gaider thinks EA is done with <i>Dragon Age<\/i>, he\u2019d be up for making a new game. \u201cI do like a challenge. So if, out of some weird alignment of the stars, somebody handed the <i>Dragon Age<\/i> franchise back to me and said, \u2018Breathe the life back into this baby\u2019, that\u2019d be a tough one, but I think that\u2019d be an interesting thing to do. To go back to the basics of what made <i>Dragon Age<\/i> appeal to so many people in the first place. And go somewhere dark and dangerous, and do things that will make people upset. I think that\u2019s what I would want to do with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Following the release of <i>The Veilguard<\/i>, BioWare confirmed that their attention had moved onto a new <i>Mass Effect<\/i> title, while <i>Veilguard<\/i> game director Corinne Busche quit the studio.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, Phoebe Bridgers\u00a0has shared a new \u2018Lost Boys\u2019 video game, inspired by millennial classics\u00a0<i>Temple Run<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>RuneScape<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/gaming-news\/dragon-age-veilguard-flop-sequel-scrapped-series-creator-3956665&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dragon-Age-The-Veilguard_Screenshot_01_Dragon_3840x2160.jpg&#8221;] NewsGaming News \u2018Dragon Age\u2019 is finished following \u2018Veilguard\u2019 flop, says series creator &#8220;We were always one breath away from the [current] project being shelved\u201d By Ali Shutler 13th July 2026 &#8216;Dragon Age: The Veilguard&#8217;. CREDIT: BioWare Dragon Age creator David Gaider doesn\u2019t think any new games in the long-running fantasy series will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2041520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2041520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041520\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2041520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2041520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2041520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}