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The fourth main entry in the ''Dragon Age'' series is still under development as of January 2021. Development of this game, code-named "Joplin", began in 2015 with [[Mike Laidlaw]] as its Creative Director. It was originally intended to be a smaller, more narrative-focused game set in the Tevinter Imperium region of the game's world setting, Thedas.<ref name="Kotaku 9 April 2019">{{cite news |last1=Schreier |first1=Jason |title=The Past And Present Of Dragon Age 4 |url=https://kotaku.com/the-past-and-present-of-dragon-age-4-1833913351 |access-date=9 April 2019 |work=Kotaku |date=9 April 2019}}</ref>
The fourth main entry in the ''Dragon Age'' series is still under development as of January 2021. Development of this game, code-named "Joplin", began in 2015 with [[Mike Laidlaw]] as its Creative Director. It was originally intended to be a smaller, more narrative-focused game set in the Tevinter Imperium region of the game's world setting, Thedas.<ref name="Kotaku 9 April 2019">{{cite news |last1=Schreier |first1=Jason |title=The Past And Present Of Dragon Age 4 |url=https://kotaku.com/the-past-and-present-of-dragon-age-4-1833913351 |access-date=9 April 2019 |work=Kotaku |date=9 April 2019}}</ref>


Problems with the development of Bioware's other games ''[[Mass Effect: Andromeda]]'' and ''[[Anthem (video game)|Anthem]]'' led to repeated interruptions as "Joplin" staff was shifted to these games. In October 2018, Bioware and its parent company EA cancelled "Joplin" altogether, reportedly because it did not provide for a "live service" component providing ongoing monetization opportunities.<ref name="Kotaku 9 April 2019" /> Several veteran ''Dragon Age'' staff, including Laidlaw, left the company in response.<ref name="Kotaku 9 April 2019"/> Mark Darrah remained as Executive Producer, while Matthew Goldman took over the position of Creative Director.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=A Message From Mark Darrah & Matthew Goldman - The Dread Wolf Rises|url=https://www.ea.com/news/thedreadwolfrises?isLocalized=true|access-date=6 April 2021|website=Electronic Arts|language=en}}</ref>
Problems with the development of Bioware's other games ''[[Mass Effect: Andromeda]]'' and ''[[Anthem (video game)|Anthem]]'' led to repeated interruptions as "Joplin" staff was shifted to these games. In October 2018, Bioware and its parent company EA cancelled "Joplin" altogether, reportedly because it had no room for a "[[Games as a service|live service]]" component to provide ongoing [[Microtransaction|monetization]] opportunities.<ref name="Kotaku 9 April 2019" /> Several veteran ''Dragon Age'' staff, including Laidlaw, left the company in response.<ref name="Kotaku 9 April 2019"/> Mark Darrah remained as Executive Producer, while Matthew Goldman took over the position of Creative Director.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=A Message From Mark Darrah & Matthew Goldman - The Dread Wolf Rises|url=https://www.ea.com/news/thedreadwolfrises?isLocalized=true|access-date=6 April 2021|website=Electronic Arts|language=en}}</ref>


Development of ''Dragon Age 4'' was restarted under the code-name "Morrison", this time with a live-service component and based on ''Anthem''{{'}}s code.<ref name="Kotaku 9 April 2019" /> It was first announced at [[The Game Awards]] in December 2018; promotional material released by BioWare since then has revealed the presence of red lyrium, a mineral substance which powers the practice of magic though with a corrupting influence, as well as major character [[Solas (Dragon Age)|Solas]] who is now known by his true identity of the Dread Wolf, as significant elements of the game's plot.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 5, 2020|title=Dragon Age 4 Theory: Solas, Red Lyrium, And Blight Ambitions|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/2020/11/05/dragon-age-4-theory-solas-red-lyrium-and-blight-ambitions#:~:text=Red%20lyrium%20is%20simply%20lyrium,is%20still%20not%20totally%20clear.|access-date=February 3, 2021|website=Game Informer|author=Liana Ruppert|language=en-US}}</ref> Two years later, a new teaser trailer was released during the 2020 edition of The Game Awards. It featured the [[Dwarf (mythology)|dwarven character]] [[Varric Tethras]] as its narrator, as well as a brief appearance by Solas.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Favis|first1=Elise|last2=Park|first2=Gene|last3=Klimentov|first3=Mikhail|date=December 10, 2020|title='The Last of Us Part II' wins game of the year at The Game Awards, alongside new 'Mass Effect' and 'Among Us' reveals|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2020/12/10/game-awards-live-stream/|access-date=December 10, 2020|website=[[Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Phillips|first=Tom|date=2020-12-11|title=Here's another brief look at the next Dragon Age|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-12-11-heres-another-brief-look-at-the-next-dragon-age|access-date=2021-01-02|website=Eurogamer|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Gartenberg|first=Chaim|date=2020-12-10|title=Dragon Age 4 teased yet again with a new trailer|url=https://www.theverge.com/22167450/dragon-age-4-bioware-trailer-ea-game-awards-reveal|access-date=2021-01-02|website=The Verge|language=en}}</ref>
Development of ''Dragon Age 4'' was restarted under the code-name "Morrison", this time with a live-service component and based on ''Anthem''{{'}}s code.<ref name="Kotaku 9 April 2019" /> It was first announced at [[The Game Awards]] in December 2018; promotional material released by BioWare since then has revealed the presence of red lyrium (a mineral substance which powers the practice of magic at the cost of a corrupting influence) and major character [[Solas (Dragon Age)|Solas]] (now known by his true identity of the Dread Wolf) as significant elements of the game's plot.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 5, 2020|title=Dragon Age 4 Theory: Solas, Red Lyrium, And Blight Ambitions|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/2020/11/05/dragon-age-4-theory-solas-red-lyrium-and-blight-ambitions#:~:text=Red%20lyrium%20is%20simply%20lyrium,is%20still%20not%20totally%20clear.|access-date=February 3, 2021|website=Game Informer|author=Liana Ruppert|language=en-US}}</ref> Two years later, a new teaser trailer was released during the 2020 edition of The Game Awards. It featured the [[Dwarf (mythology)|dwarven character]] [[Varric Tethras]] as its narrator, as well as a brief appearance by Solas.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Favis|first1=Elise|last2=Park|first2=Gene|last3=Klimentov|first3=Mikhail|date=December 10, 2020|title='The Last of Us Part II' wins game of the year at The Game Awards, alongside new 'Mass Effect' and 'Among Us' reveals|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2020/12/10/game-awards-live-stream/|access-date=December 10, 2020|website=[[Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Phillips|first=Tom|date=2020-12-11|title=Here's another brief look at the next Dragon Age|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-12-11-heres-another-brief-look-at-the-next-dragon-age|access-date=2021-01-02|website=Eurogamer|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Gartenberg|first=Chaim|date=2020-12-10|title=Dragon Age 4 teased yet again with a new trailer|url=https://www.theverge.com/22167450/dragon-age-4-bioware-trailer-ea-game-awards-reveal|access-date=2021-01-02|website=The Verge|language=en}}</ref>


By December 3, 2020, Darrah had resigned from BioWare, with BioWare Austin studio head Christian Dailey announced as his replacement to lead the development of the project as Executive Producer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/mass-effect-and-dragon-age-heads-casey-hudson-and-mark-darrah-have-resigned-from-bioware/|title=Mass Effect and Dragon Age heads Casey Hudson and Mark Darrah have resigned from BioWare|first=Andy|last=Chalk|work=[[PC Gamer]]|date=December 3, 2020|access-date=January 7, 2021}}</ref> According to ''[[Bloomberg News]]'', after both the success of the single-player ''[[Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order]]'' and the decision to cancel the reworking of the [[massively multiplayer online]] ''[[Anthem (video game)|Anthem]]'' in February 2021 following its lackluster launch, EA and BioWare opted to remove the planned multiplayer components from ''Dragon Age 4'' and focus it as a single-player game only.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-25/electronic-arts-pivots-on-dragon-age-game-removes-multiplayer | title = Electronic Arts Removes Multiplayer Mode From Dragon Age Game in Big Pivot | first= Jason | last= Schreier | date = February 25, 2021 | access-date = February 25, 2021 | work = [[Bloomberg News]] }}</ref>
By December 3, 2020, Darrah had resigned from BioWare, with BioWare Austin studio head Christian Dailey announced as his replacement to lead the development of the project as Executive Producer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/mass-effect-and-dragon-age-heads-casey-hudson-and-mark-darrah-have-resigned-from-bioware/|title=Mass Effect and Dragon Age heads Casey Hudson and Mark Darrah have resigned from BioWare|first=Andy|last=Chalk|work=[[PC Gamer]]|date=December 3, 2020|access-date=January 7, 2021}}</ref> According to ''[[Bloomberg News]]'', after both the success of the single-player ''[[Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order]]'' and the decision to cancel the reworking of the [[massively multiplayer online]] ''[[Anthem (video game)|Anthem]]'' in February 2021 following its lackluster launch, EA and BioWare opted to remove the planned multiplayer components from ''Dragon Age 4'' and focus it as a single-player game only.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-25/electronic-arts-pivots-on-dragon-age-game-removes-multiplayer | title = Electronic Arts Removes Multiplayer Mode From Dragon Age Game in Big Pivot | first= Jason | last= Schreier | date = February 25, 2021 | access-date = February 25, 2021 | work = [[Bloomberg News]] }}</ref>

Revision as of 07:12, 24 April 2021

Dragon Age 4
Developer(s)BioWare
Publisher(s)Electronic Arts
Director(s)Matthew Goldman
SeriesDragon Age
EngineFrostbite
Platform(s)
ReleaseTBA
Genre(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Dragon Age 4 is an upcoming role-playing video game in development by BioWare that is to be published by Electronic Arts. It is to be the fourth main game in the Dragon Age franchise.

Development

The fourth main entry in the Dragon Age series is still under development as of January 2021. Development of this game, code-named "Joplin", began in 2015 with Mike Laidlaw as its Creative Director. It was originally intended to be a smaller, more narrative-focused game set in the Tevinter Imperium region of the game's world setting, Thedas.[1]

Problems with the development of Bioware's other games Mass Effect: Andromeda and Anthem led to repeated interruptions as "Joplin" staff was shifted to these games. In October 2018, Bioware and its parent company EA cancelled "Joplin" altogether, reportedly because it had no room for a "live service" component to provide ongoing monetization opportunities.[1] Several veteran Dragon Age staff, including Laidlaw, left the company in response.[1] Mark Darrah remained as Executive Producer, while Matthew Goldman took over the position of Creative Director.[2]

Development of Dragon Age 4 was restarted under the code-name "Morrison", this time with a live-service component and based on Anthem's code.[1] It was first announced at The Game Awards in December 2018; promotional material released by BioWare since then has revealed the presence of red lyrium (a mineral substance which powers the practice of magic at the cost of a corrupting influence) and major character Solas (now known by his true identity of the Dread Wolf) as significant elements of the game's plot.[3] Two years later, a new teaser trailer was released during the 2020 edition of The Game Awards. It featured the dwarven character Varric Tethras as its narrator, as well as a brief appearance by Solas.[4][5][6]

By December 3, 2020, Darrah had resigned from BioWare, with BioWare Austin studio head Christian Dailey announced as his replacement to lead the development of the project as Executive Producer.[7] According to Bloomberg News, after both the success of the single-player Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and the decision to cancel the reworking of the massively multiplayer online Anthem in February 2021 following its lackluster launch, EA and BioWare opted to remove the planned multiplayer components from Dragon Age 4 and focus it as a single-player game only.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Schreier, Jason (April 9, 2019). "The Past And Present Of Dragon Age 4". Kotaku. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  2. ^ "A Message From Mark Darrah & Matthew Goldman - The Dread Wolf Rises". Electronic Arts. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  3. ^ Liana Ruppert (November 5, 2020). "Dragon Age 4 Theory: Solas, Red Lyrium, And Blight Ambitions". Game Informer. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  4. ^ Favis, Elise; Park, Gene; Klimentov, Mikhail (December 10, 2020). "'The Last of Us Part II' wins game of the year at The Game Awards, alongside new 'Mass Effect' and 'Among Us' reveals". Washington Post. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  5. ^ Phillips, Tom (December 11, 2020). "Here's another brief look at the next Dragon Age". Eurogamer. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  6. ^ Gartenberg, Chaim (December 10, 2020). "Dragon Age 4 teased yet again with a new trailer". The Verge. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  7. ^ Chalk, Andy (December 3, 2020). "Mass Effect and Dragon Age heads Casey Hudson and Mark Darrah have resigned from BioWare". PC Gamer. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  8. ^ Schreier, Jason (February 25, 2021). "Electronic Arts Removes Multiplayer Mode From Dragon Age Game in Big Pivot". Bloomberg News. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
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