Dragon Age: Dreadwolf Renamed to Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Gameplay Reveal Set for June 11 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 06 June 2024 / 1,544 Views
BioWare has announced Dragon Age: Dreadwolf has been renamed to Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
The official first look at gameplay for the game will take place on Tuesday, June 11 at 8:00 am PT / 11:00 am ET / 4:00 pm UK. It will premiere on the Dragon Age YouTube channel and feature over 15 minutes of gameplay from the beginning of the game.
Read the blog post below:
Hi everyone,
Summer is nearly upon us, and as promised, we’re ready to provide an update on our big reveal. We’d like to invite the world to join us on Tuesday, June 11, for the official first look at gameplay for the next Dragon Age!
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.
We know you’ve been waiting a long time for this reveal and we’re so ready to show you what we’ve been up to. We’ll see you on Tuesday, June 11th at 8:00am PT at the Dragon Age YouTube channel with over 15 minutes of gameplay from the opening moments of the game that has you jumping back into Thedas on your new adventure.
This moment means so much to everyone at BioWare, and we wouldn’t be here without you. We’re ready to have some fun, so join the chat early…we’ve got a few special surprises for you.
Thank you for all your support. See you soon,
Gary McKay
Executive Producer, Dragon Age, and General Manager, BioWare
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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PR chose a totally forgettable new sub title. Not surprising from EA
I think by this stage "Dreadwolf" has become a byword for long-delayed, chaotic productions. EA probably wanted to distance themselves from it.
Gotta agree here, Dreadwolf sounded much better
I hope they close the story, they need a new ip after masss effect 4
There isn't a story to close, the world is on going. The original writer (who left Bioware in 2016), once said that the 'souths story is done'. Meaning there would be an all new story in the north. They are doing it wrong in both ways.
The world is good enough that they could easily make new games set in the same world just individual narratives each time and it's what they should be doing...and probably could have been doing if EA didn't make them restart development twice.
Although, can't disagree with the latter part. They did try...well, were forced to by EA to try. :P
So I'm guessing this means they backed off of the Dreadwolf being the main villain, and this Veilguard will maybe be the villains instead? The Netflix show also set up the red lyrium infused Meredith Stannard as a villain moving forward.
Edit: Nevermind, I see that the player character and their companions will be part of the Veilguard, who seem to be working against the Dreadwolf. Maybe the Dreadwolf is trying to open the veil fully and merge the two dimensions, and the player character and company are trying to stop that, hence the name Veilguard?
Would the Solas stuff be considered spoilers for people? I know it's been 10 years but still it's a continuation of that story.
Yeah, it's spoilery, I figured anyone looking at the comments on a Dragon Age 4 article 10 years after Dragon Age 3 would probably have played 3 by now, but to be on the safe side I edited to Dreadwolf.
As long as it's better than Dragon Age 2, I'll be happy. Dragon Age Origins and Inquisition were fantastic, 2 was kind of meh.
Thank god, gives me hope it's not just about 1 thing. Although the 'The' is kinda not needed. DA:V it is for the community. EDIT: The people over on the reddit have ruined things. Can't go there anymore.
Looks like Dragon Age Part five. TV also wouldn't look correct. Just spell out the word. DA Veilguard. The abbreviations always mess me up anyways. GoW = God of War = Gears of War
Ha, true enough. Guess for the community of DA know, still weird how it's DA:O, DA2, DA:I anyway. :P
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