Dragon Age: The Veilguard releases tomorrow, October 31st, so naturally EA’s CEO banged the corporate drum on the company’s latest earnings call, declaring that he thinks it has “breakout potential” because it doesn’t measure up to many other large games like it could to be.
Yep, after Mass Effect 5 director Michael Gamble had a quick chat about Veilguard the other day, at least in terms of what a series about fucking aliens starring Commander Shepard will look like in the future, Andrew Wilson has now stepped up level.
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EA’s large cheesecake seems to be at least a little confident about the chances of the novel Dragon Age doing well, claiming it has “breakout potential” (thanks, IGN), in part due to BioWare’s established reputation, but also because the game looks to be a relatively snail-paced time in the gaming calendar. “We are entering a market where there is limited competition in this gaming category given some of the moves that have taken place in the broader industry,” he said.
So yes, while something that could be interpreted as “the gaming industry has decided to release around 20 million games in February 2025, so we’ve done a solid job of not having to contend with the likes of Assassin’s Creed Shadows” is ” Although at first glance it seems like a show of support, that’s something.
As for what Wilson thinks Veilguard will do to win hearts, it seems the answer is simply “BioWarey stuff.” The executive said that “there was a big change” when the studio decided to move away from Anthem – which isn’t very BioWarey-related – and go back to something that would be more easily considered BioWarey.
“I think this going back to what made BioWare great and giving the studio time to push back against what makes BioWare great in the context of the Dragon Age world is what Dragon Age: The Veilguard comes down to,” Wilson said, emphatically using words and phrases that don’t sound the least bit strange and robotic to non-executive ears.
So we’ll have to see if returning to being BioWarey for BioWare will actually pay off in a groundbreaking way. Before we find out, be sure to read our review of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, written by Alex, who knows a thing or two about RPGs.
