Overview
- David Gaider told PC Gamer this week that he will not play Dragon Age: The Veilguard because he does not want to see changes to the world he created.
- Gaider said Thursday that he believes the series is unlikely to continue at EA, arguing the publisher long treated Dragon Age as expendable within BioWare.
- EA formally called The Veilguard a commercial failure in February 2025 and moved many Veilguard developers to other projects, with BioWare's core team now focused on the next Mass Effect.
- The Veilguard received generally positive critic reviews but kept a Mixed user rating on Steam and failed to meet EA's sales targets, a shortfall EA partly attributed to the game's lack of live-service features.
- Gaider said he would consider returning to the franchise only if ownership changed, a stance that highlights how investor pressure and EA's recent corporate shifts make big narrative RPG reboots unlikely under current stewardship.