Neowin News Feed for: Bioware

EA shutting down Anthem servers soon, making the BioWare game unplayable

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 19:26:01 +0000

Almost seven years after its launch, the BioWare live-service game Anthem will become unplayable as EA axes its online services. It's your final shot at trying the game. Read more...

BioWare staff being moved to other EA projects, leaving "core team" to work on Mass Effect

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 20:06:02 +0000

EA's RPG studio BioWare is going through some restructuring, as its development team is being downsized to be more "agile." Read more...

Dragon Age: The Veilguard may have just received its final update

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 19:28:01 +0000

BioWare may be closing its Dragon Age: The Veilguard chapter with the fifth update to the game if its message to fans is anything to go by. Read more...

Despite having 1.5 million players, Dragon Age: The Veilguard missed EA targets by 50%

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:18:01 +0000

The latest Dragon Age game by BioWare had missed its player targets by almost 50%, according to EA CEO Andrew Wilson. Read more...

Dragon Age: The Veilguard game director is exiting BioWare

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:08:01 +0000

BioWare has lost the game director behind Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Corinne Busche departs following an 18-year career at EA. Read more...

Dragon Age: The Veilguard's Character Creator gets a separate standalone version

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 22:38:02 +0000

As part of Dragon Age Day 2024, BioWare has released a standalone edition of Veilguard's character creator, a new update for the recent entry, and even cosmetics from Dragon Age 2. Read more...

Mass Effect director Casey Hudson's new studio shuts down before first project debut

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 22:52:01 +0000

Humanoid Origin, the studio set up by Mass Effect Trilogy director Casey Hudson, has shut down ahead of sci-fi game reveal. Read more...

Dragon Age: The Veilguard's first update has bug fixes and something for Mass Effect fans

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 21:38:01 +0000

BioWare is celebrating N7 Day with a special something for Mass Effect fans playing Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Read more...

Mass Effect TV series in development at Amazon with Fast & Furious writer

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 20:30:01 +0000

Amazon MGM Studios has revived its Mass Effect TV series. A new report says the writer of F9: The Fast Saga is attached to the project. Read more...

Metacritic issues response regarding Dragon Age: The Veilguard review bombing

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 19:50:01 +0000

BioWare's latest installment in the Dragon Age series has not fared well on some spaces like Metacritic where reviewers do not need to own the game. Read more...

BioWare says to not expect major news about next Mass Effect for N7 Day this year

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 19:18:01 +0000

WIth N7 Day fast approaching, BioWare has warned fans to temper expectations regarding any major reveals about the next Mass Effect chapter. Read more...

BioWare's full attention now on Mass Effect, no DLC planned for Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sat, 02 Nov 2024 19:26:01 +0000

The development of the next Mass Effect is now BioWare's main focus. The studio has also commented on future multiplayer games and a Dragon Age remaster collection. Read more...

Dragon Age: The Veilguard is already EA's biggest single-player launch on Steam

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:00:01 +0000

EA is seeing record Steam player numbers for Dragon Age: The Veilguard. The title's concurrent peaks have already gone past Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. Read more...

Next Mass Effect's director says it will "maintain the mature tone of the original trilogy"

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 13:50:01 +0000

Dragon Age: The Veilguard has taken a new route when it comes to its visual design and overall tone compared to previous games, but it seems the next Mass Effect will remain true to the originals. Read more...

BioWare confirms Dragon Age: The Veilguard won't have Denuvo or any third-party DRM

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 17:16:01 +0000

Dragon Age: The Veilguard will ship without any third-party DRM like Denuvo. BioWare has also detailed graphics specifications on PC and consoles. Read more...

Dragon Age: The Veilguard PC features unveiled, touts over 20k hours of performance testing

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 05:00:01 +0000

The PC version of Dragon Age: The Veilguard has gotten a lot of focus from BioWare, with the studio saying it spent over 20,000 hours testing its performance. Here are its exclusive features. Read more...

Dragon Age: The Veilguard reveals its PC hardware specs and a new trailer

John Callaham — Sat, 17 Aug 2024 04:36:01 +0000

BioWare and Electronic Arts have revealed the hardware requirements for the PC version of the upcoming fantasy RPG Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which is confirmed for release on October 31. Read more...

Dragon Age: The Veilguard leak says the BioWare RPG is launching in late October

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 13:14:02 +0000

Ahead of the Dragon Age: The Veilguard release date reveal trailer that's supposed to land later today, August 15, a leaked promo from BioWare may have spilled the beans on the announcement. Read more...

Dragon Age: The Veilguard won't require EA App on Steam, and is already Steam Deck Verified

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 19:34:01 +0000

Dragon Age: The Veilguard is now confirmed to not require the EA App when playing the game via Steam. The developer BioWare also announced that the RPG is already Steam Deck Verified. Read more...

Dragon Age: The Veilguard is coming in the fall of 2024; check out the new gameplay footage

John Callaham — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 15:38:01 +0000

After a teaser trailer was released during the Xbox Games Showcase on Sunday, BioWare and EA debuted 20 minutes of real gameplay from the upcoming RPG title Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Read more...

Dragon Age: The Veilguard is the new name for BioWare's next game; full reveal on June 11

John Callaham — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 15:54:01 +0000

BioWare has announced that it has changed the name of its next game in the Dragon Age RPG series to Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Its full reveal, with gameplay, will happen on Tuesday, June 11. Read more...

Farming Simulator 22 is free to claim on the Epic Games Store for a week

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 23 May 2024 15:00:01 +0000

This week, the Epic Games Store's Mega Sale mystery freebie has turned out to be a copy of Farming Simulator 22. The latest entry in the hit modern farming franchise is free for the next seven days. Read more...

Dragon Age Inquisition GOTY Edition is free to claim on the Epic Games Store for a week

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 16 May 2024 15:12:01 +0000

The Epic Games Store's first mystery giveaway from its Mega Sale promotion has turned out to be Dragon Age Inquisition - Game of the Year Edition. The BioWare RPG is free to claim for an entire week. Read more...

Eternal Strands is an upcoming fantasy game from former BioWare and Ubisoft team members

John Callaham — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 18:30:01 +0000

Yellow Brick Games, a start-up game studio founded by former members of BioWare and Ubisoft, has just announced its first game. The fantasy action-adventure title Eternal Strands is due in 2025. Read more...

New trailer for Dragon Age: Dreadwolf shows new locations and reveals summer 2024 launch

Omer Dursun — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 19:04:01 +0000

Dragon Age: Dreadwolf teaser revealed new regions that players will explore in the game. The world will be larger than previous titles, showcasing more of the fantasy setting of Thedas. Read more...

Mass Effect/N7 Day is noted by BioWare with new teasers, but labor protests loom over it

John Callaham — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 23:30:01 +0000

BioWare noted the fan celebration of N7 Day with new teasers for the next upcoming Mass Effect game. However, today was not all about fun and games with a labor protest at BioWare headquarters. Read more...

Several laid off BioWare team members have filed a lawsuit claiming lower severence pay

John Callaham — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 21:34:01 +0000

The unnamed former team members at Edmonton, Alberta-based BioWare claim that the game development studio didn't offer as much severance pay as required under local Alberta laws. Read more...

EA lays off 50 BioWare team members; Dragon Age: Dreadwolf development unaffected

John Callaham — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 17:56:01 +0000

The 50 laid-off BioWare team members will be given an opportunity to apply for open positions in other EA studios. Development of Dragon Age: Dreadwolf and the next Mass Effect game will continue. Read more...

Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO development will reportedly move from BioWare to Broadsword

John Callaham — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 05:26:01 +0000

BioWare is reportedly going to concentrate on its work on its upcoming Dragon Age and Mass Effect games for EA, so it will transfer the development of the Star Wars MMO to Broadsword Online Games. Read more...

One of Dragon Age's original directors is now consulting on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf

John Callaham — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 22:42:01 +0000

Mark Darrah, who worked at BioWare on all three previous Dragon Age games. will work with the current Dragon Age: Dreadwolf team as a consultant. The game still does not have a release date. Read more...

Dragon Age: Dreadwolf is BioWare's next RPG

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 17:38:01 +0000

BioWare's next role-playing game will be a new Dragon Age entry. Today, the studio revealed the name of the highly anticipated project to be Dragon Age: Dreadwolf, but it is not coming this year. Read more...

The Normandy SR1 from Mass Effect comes to No Man's Sky

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 21 May 2021 15:26:01 +0000

The No Man's Sky community has unlocked the reward for the Beachhead expedition, and it has turned out to be the SSV Normandy SR1 from Mass Effect. The official cross-over lasts until May 31. Read more...

Multiplayer entirely scrapped from the next Dragon Age game according to report

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 20:24:01 +0000

EA and Bioware have removed the entire multiplayer portion of the next Dragon Age according to a new report from Bloomberg. The game will apparently be a fully single-player experience. Read more...

BioWare cancels Anthem rework to focus on Mass Effect and Dragon Age

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 20:20:02 +0000

BioWare's Anthem NEXT gameplay rework project has been canceled, with the studio moving on from the multiplayer action-RPG to focus its on its upcoming Mass Effect and Dragon Age games. Read more...

Mass Effect Legendary Edition gets a May 14 launch date

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 17:00:01 +0000

BioWare is bringing back the Mass Effect trilogy as a remaster on May 14. The Legendary Edition comes with improved locations, textures, character models, Mako handling, and much more. Read more...

The next Mass Effect game also gains a teaser trailer from BioWare

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 03:34:01 +0000

Following the Dragon Age teaser, BioWare also dropped a brand new cinematic trailer for its next Mass Effect game today. The setting seems to be in the original trilogy's galaxy, continuing the story. Read more...

The next Dragon Age gets a cinematic teaser trailer from BioWare

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 01:34:02 +0000

BioWare unveiled a cinematic trailer for its next Dragon Age game at The Game Awards today, revealing a few locations and what seems to be the main villain. The entry doesn't have a name yet. Read more...

BioWare loses its general manager and Dragon Age executive producer

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 22:36:01 +0000

The BioWare general manager Casey Hudson and the Dragon Age executive producer Mark Darrah are exiting after 20 years at the RPG studio. Current projects in development aren't affected by the changes. Read more...

Mass Effect trilogy is being remastered, new entry also in development at BioWare

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sat, 07 Nov 2020 16:30:02 +0000

BioWare today announced the Mass Effect Legendary Edition, a remastered collection of the original trilogy that's slated for next year. The studio is also working on a brand new entry to the series. Read more...

BioWare talks about the Next Dragon Age entry in new behind-the-scenes video

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 21:02:01 +0000

BioWare is still building the next Dragon Age game, and today during the Opening Night Live gamescom showcase, it released a new video blog where the developer shared its vision for the upcoming game. Read more...