Dragon Age veteran Mark Darrah has revealed that BioWare wanted to make remasters of the first three games in the series akin to Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, but that EA rejected the pitch several times.
As we all know, Dragon Age as a series seems to be pretty much dead after the disappointing commercial and critical performance of The Veilguard last year. BioWare is now entirely focused on making the next Mass Effect game, which means that it looks like we won’t be seeing anything more of Thedas in the near future.
Even though a new Dragon Age game looks like it’s not in the cards, that hasn’t stopped fans from hoping that EA throws them a bone with a remastered trilogy of the first three games – Origins, Dragon Age 2, and Inquisition. Considering how well Mass Effect: Legendary Edition did, it seems like a no-brainer, and it turns out that BioWare has actually been interested in doing it.
BioWare Wants A Dragon Age Remastered Trilogy Just As Much As We Do
It Looks Like It’s Not Happening, Though
As pointed out by Redditor Wolfinthecastle, YouTuber MrMattyPlays recently interviewed Dragon Age veteran Mark Darrah about the state of the series following The Veilguard’s release. During the interview, MrMattyPlays asks Darrah what he thinks the series can do next, which leads the former executive producer to say he thinks remasters of the first three games are a good idea.
Darrah then reveals that BioWare soft-pitched EA on a retroactive rebrand of the first three games to essentially turn them into a trilogy that could have been called “The Champion’s Trilogy”. MrMattyPlays asks Darrah why he thinks a Legendary Edition of the Dragon Age games hasn’t happened since it seems like such an obvious move.
According to Darrah, EA hasn’t approved a remastered Dragon Age trilogy because it openly doesn’t like remasters and because Dragon Age would be “unknowably” harder to remaster. Darrah also notes that BioWare even considered several ways of bringing Origins forward in the past, including a remake, that never ended up happening.
Alongside all of that, Darrah says that Dragon Age would likely have to be remastered internally due to how big a facelift it would need, which EA probably isn’t going to want to hire for. All in all, despite BioWare being interested in bringing back the classic games and revivals being all the rage right now, it seems that Dragon Age probably isn’t getting one any time soon.
Dragon Age: Origins
- Released
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November 3, 2009
- ESRB
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M for Mature: Blood, Intense Violence, Language, Partial Nudity, Sexual Content
- Engine
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Eclipse
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