Original Dragon Age Writer Responds to EA's Live Service Obsession with Common Sense
Earlier this week, EA CEO Andrew Wilson set the internet ablaze with comments suggesting that Dragon Age: The Veilguard would have performed better if it had live service elements. Plenty of people have fired back against such a notion, but few have done so with the clarity of lead Dragon Age: Origins writer David Gaider.
Ex-Dragon Age Dev: ‘I’d Quit’ If You Forced A Single Player RPG To Go Live Service
Ex-BioWare devs of Dragon Age fame are free to comment on how ridiculous the notion is that Veilguard failed because it wasn't a live service.
Ex-Dragon Age Dev Say He'd Have "Quit" If Live Service Was Forced Into a Single-Player Game
Mike Laidlaw, former creative director on Dragon Age, commented on the statements by EA's CEO that Dragon Age: The Veilguard didn't meet expectations.
Dragon Age Devs React To EA's Live Service Comments: “I'd Probably Quit”
Laidlaw's new team at Yellow Brick Games have released Eternal Strands, a fantasy RPG that isn't currently a live service. While it's certainly not reached Dragon Age levels of popularity yet, it also lacks 16 years of history to build hype from.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Failed Because It Wasn't Live Service, EA CEO Seems to Suggest
According to Andrew Wilson, the CEO at EA, one of the reasons why Dragon Age: The Veilguard didn't meet its internal sales expectations could be because it didn't ship as a live service product. Speaking during the firm's recent quarterly earnings call,
EA Reacts To Dragon Age: The Veilguard Coming Up Short And Explains What Happened
The newest Dragon Age failed to meet internal targets, and EA said it's due in part to the "evolving industry landscape."
Ex-Bioware lead says he’d have ‘quit’ if EA mandated live-service elements
Ex-Bioware lead Mike Laidlaw has said that he would have quit the company if he was told that he had to shift the Dragon Age series focus from single-player experience to games as a service.
EA Blames Dragon Age: The Veilguard's Lackluster Sales Performance On It Not Being Live Service
Last week, publisher Electronic Arts mentioned that BioWare's latest game, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, missed sales projections by a whopping 50%. Was the game's lackluster performance due to a bad story? Outdated gameplay mechanics? Apparently, it was because it wasn't a live service game.
EA suggests Dragon Age: The Veilguard might have sold better if it was live-service - so what does this mean for Mass Effect 5?
Dragon Age: The Veilguard might have sold more copies and made more money for EA if it had been a live-service game, the publisher's top brass appear to have suggested.
EA Says ‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ Failed Because Of No ‘Shared-World’ Features
The Veilguard failing to meet EA goals with only half of the players it wanted, EA CEO Andrew Wilson is reflecting on why ...
Dragon Age Co-Creator Offers EA Some Advice: Follow Baldur’s Gate 3 Developer Larian’s Lead
Former BioWare developers have offered their thoughts on Dragon Age: The Veilguard and recent comments from the CEO of EA ...
Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson argues that the future of single-player games is a live-service hybrid
The Veilguard missed its sales targets, with EA's CEO suggesting the audience wanted something more akin to live service titles.