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The great RPG debate: Do RPGs really need romanceable companions?

Knocking boots with companions has become an RPG tradition, but does it really add anything?

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Dragon Age's former producer had envisioned a 'Champions Edition' equivalent to Mass Effect's Legendary Edition, but he doesn't think it will happen anymore: 'There are basically no companies that could help you'

"There's basically no one outside of BioWare anymore that understands the Aurora engine."

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Another BioWare veteran steps forth to say a Dragon Age remaster isn't impossible, but that doesn't mean it will happen: "In no means a trivial exercise"

"I have a unique perspective on the tech under the hood," Trent Oster says

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"Basically no one at BioWare" knows how Dragon Age works anymore, says studio veteran, so don't expect a remaster like Mass Effect's even if one would sell "super well"

The potential is there, though

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'Dragon Age' Remastered Trilogy Faces Major Roadblocks, Former BioWare Producer Says

Former BioWare producer Mark Darrah explains why a "Dragon Age" remastered trilogy is unlikely, citing outdated engines and BioWare's current priorities.

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EA is 'a hedge fund with a videogame hobby,' former Dragon Age boss says, and that's why he reckons the series is probably dead and buried

Mark Darrah doesn't think there's anyone left at BioWare who would pitch a new Dragon Age game, and he doesn't think studio executives would let anyone else do it either.

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Baldur's Gate 4 should just be an "oversized expansion pack for Baldur's Gate 3," BioWare veteran says: "Get Larian to agree to license out the Divinity Engine"

Well, Larian, what do you say?

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Dragon Age veteran says a series comeback would be difficult with EA's "frightening" graveyard of dormant IP: "I suspect that it wouldn't happen"

BioWare legend Mark Darrah isn't hopeful for the RPG series' future

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The toughest choices in PC games

And what happens when you make them.

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Ex-BioWare lead writer would take the series to a 'dark and dangerous' place given the chance, while also going 'back to the basics of what made Dragon Age appeal to so many people in the first place'

Dragon Age creator and former narrative lead David Gaider doesn't believe the series has a future at EA, but would be interested in working on a new game.

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Dragon Age is "unlikely" to continue at EA, says former lead David Gaider, but if you gave him the keys to the RPG he'd take it somewhere "dark" and "do things that will make people upset"

"We were always one breath away from the project being shelved"

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Dragon Age's former lead writer thinks the series is probably dead, but he'd be happy to take it off EA's hands and 'go somewhere dark and dangerous' with it

Rescue mission.

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David Gaider will never play Dragon Age: The Veilguard because he'd be 'wincing' the whole time: 'EA really did a number on them in terms of setting them up to fail'

"I've heard enough about it. I almost feel like I've played it."

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Hasbro should stop looking for a Baldur's Gate 4 studio and take a leaf out of Larian's book by trying something new

Baldur's Gate has peaked, but D&D still has a lot to offer.

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Dragon Age setting creator David Gaider is pitching a heist RPG that's 'make or break' for his studio

Publishers are enthusiastic, but they're not yet stumping up the funds.

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Generative AI is a "plague," says Dragon Age vet David Gaider: "It's not ready for prime time. There's just a lot of executives who really, really want it to be"

"Honestly, what does it help with?"

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Planescape: Torment 2 was greenlit by Wizards of the Coast, 'they were really into what we were doing', but it refused to fund the sequel, and nobody else was interested

We were robbed of another planar adventure.

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I picked out 31 must-play games going for $5 or less in the Steam Summer Sale

'Bout a hundo if you want them all.

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The best D&D videogame you've never played is one guy's outsider art, personal Baldur's Gate saga

Realheads know Swordflight. Sickos love it.

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Baldur's Gate 3 from the OG devs didn't happen despite years of trying because the money people thought "It's a single-player RPG, it's not going to do that big in numbers"

Beamdog tried and failed before Larian got the opportunity

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BioWare's co-founder fought to make Baldur's Gate 3 for over a decade, then Larian did it instead: 'I don't really get jealous'

Just as there were multiple Bhaalspawn, there was never really just one Baldur's Gate 3.

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Archetype Entertainment founder and BioWare veteran wishes Exodus didn't look so much like Mass Effect

But he thinks the team is doing a "good job" moving it further away from BioWare's sci-fi romp.

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Summer Game Fest no-shows: The big games that were absent from 2026's showcases

Who's out for Summer? Who's out forever?

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Exodus: Everything you need to know about the sci-fi RPG from former Mass Effect devs

All of the latest news and everything you need to know about the new sci-fi action-adventure RPG, Exodus

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'Exodus' Draws 'Mass Effect' Comparisons as Developers Reveal Time Dilation System For Sci-Fi Game

"Exodus" sci-fi RPG "Mass Effect" comparisons but introduces time dilation, deeper choices, and a vast universe to define its own identity.

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