Former Dragon Age executive producer Mark Darrah has discussed pitching remasters of the first three games in the series to EA, and made clear in the same interview that he’s encourage the developers of the next Mass Effect game to “scapegoat” Dragon Age: The Veilguard “as much as they need to”. Darrah’s offered a lot of insight into life at …
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In 2021, Mass Effect fans were rewarded with a modern remaster of the first three games in Mass Effect Legendary Edition. However, fans hoping for a similar remaster of the original Dragon Age trilogy may be disappointed to hear that it was already “softly” pitched to EA and rejected. Mark Darrah–an executive producer on the first three Dragon Age games …
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A trilogy remaster of the first three Dragon Age games was pitched by BioWare to EA, but the publisher is “against remasters” and “basically seem to be against free money”. That’s according to Dragon Age series veteran Mark Darrah, who was interviewed by YouTuber MrMattyPlays. Darrah was executive producer on the first three games, but has since left BioWare. The …
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Alongside issues relating to the three RPG’s engines, EA is another reason why you haven’t seen remakes — or even just remasters — of Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, and Dragon Age: Inquisition. Speaking on a MrMattyPlays podcast, former Dragon Age director Mark Darrah explained that BioWare, along with other developers inside EA, run their own finances “to some …
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Jackie Chan reenacted his role in Bruce Lee’s “Enter the Dragon” at Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival. Chan played a small part in the iconic film. In the past, he admitted Lee accidentally hit him with a stick during a scene – but that didn’t stop him from completing the take. “I’m no Superman. I am scared,” he admitted. “Before a …
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In a fresh interview with YouTuber MrMattyPlays, former BioWare veteran Mark Darrah revealed that Electronic Arts refused several pitches from the studio to remake or remaster Dragon Age: Origins and, potentially, the second and third game, too. I’m not pitching a Dragon Age to EA right now. I don’t know what I’d want to do, to be honest, to go …
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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 …
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Former Dragon Age executive producer Mark Darrah has posted a sprawling video about the development of Anthem, EA and BioWare’s ill-fated mech RPG shoot-me-do. We’ve heard about this remarkably torrid period in the RPG developer’s existence from other ex-BioWare honchos and anonymous sources, but perhaps never quite this extensively: the video tops out at an hour long, and this …
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Former BioWare executive producer Mark Darrah released the first part of his deep dive into Anthem‘s troubled development this week. It’s almost an hour long and covers a lot of ground, but two important moments during the failed loot shooter’s production stand out. The first was the original EA pitch meeting for the project that would eventually become Anthem. The …
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