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So yeah, doesn't look like this is coming out any time soon if they're not even revealing it until summer next year.

 

[Salty Popsicle]

Full Reveal - Summer 2024

Delay Announcement - Holiday 2024

Game Release - Second Half 2025

Mass Effect 4 - 2030s

 

[Puscifer]

Bro just cancel this shit already

 

[Dazraell]

That purple logo looks horrible

 

[adamsapple]

This was announced at The Game Awards in 2018.

 

[The Cockatrice]

This is just pathetic lmao.

 

[Agent_4Seven]

 

[Luipadre]

Teasers for years...

Yeah so nothing on TGA and probably a 2025 release.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

That purple logo looks horrible

It matches the developer’s hair

 

[Retrofluxed]

Sad. And to think Bioware was at one point my favorite developer.

 

[Dazraell]

It matches the developer’s hair

Out of curiosity I just checked who is leading this game. Game director has they / them pronouns. Explains a lot

 

[Kurotri]

Well..the graphics look good..?

 

[Draugoth]

This is going ot be a 2026 game lmao

 

[Elbereth]

Solas...

Honestly, one of the greatest heel turns in gaming. Expertly done.

Day one... Whenever that is lol

 

[dottme]

This was announced at The Game Awards in 2018.

This was clearly a Bethesda move. Hi shit, fans are pissed of about our game. Let get them hype on something they want but we won’t deliver.

 

[Gudji]

Mass Effect will come out in 2032.

 

[Stafford]

I saw this on Twitter and it read like the reveal was now, with a summer 2024 release. Ffs!

What insider again claimed it was a 2024 release?

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Full Reveal - Summer 2024

Delay Announcement - Holiday 2024

Game Release - Second Half 2025

BioWare apologizes profusely for releasing a broken and half baked game, promises to fix it in 2026

2026 is marked with a series of high profile departures and tales of dysfunction within Bioware

A year passes with worryingly little info about the DA4 relaunch

BioWare finally gets euthanized - mid 2027

 

[Raven117]

I have very little faith in Bioware to put out something good.

And in a world where BG3 lives....

 

[Arcadialane]

A teaser to announce they will have a reveal teaser in a year from now. It has to be a joke/error?

 

[Dazraell]

A teaser to announce they will have a reveal teaser in a year from now. It has to be a joke/error?

I think this announcement wasn't made to garner excitement but to reaffirm they're working on something and pleasing shareholders / executives who probably aren't happy about BioWare's performance

 

[Hudo]

BioWare finally gets euthanized - mid 2027

EA shut down Westwood Studios (RIP) and Origin Systems (RIP) for far, far fewer failures and general bullshittery. For some reason, BioWare have some sort of hall pass, it seems like.

 

[YuLY]

Antiva looks really good. I still have hope Bioware can deliver a decent rpg, not every game can be Witcher 3, but I think they can still make a good game.

I think this confirms 2024 late release, if I remember correctly EA stated they dont want long marketing cycles anymore.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Had to look up the history of this game’s development here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Age:_Dreadwolf
Summary:
- started development in 2015 as “Joplin”
- put on hold so staff could help with Andromeda in 2016
- resumed development March 2017
- Joplin canceled in October 2017 because it didn’t have room for live service/monetization
- restarted in 2018 as “Morrison” to include a live service component and based on Anthem’s code
- in 2021 after Anthem’s reboot was canceled, they decided to remove the multiplayer stuff and make it SP only

And here’s the section about staff turnover holy shit:

The project has been marked by a high turnoverof leading staff. Several veteran Dragon Age staff, including Laidlaw, left the company in response to Joplin's cancellation in 2017.[3] After the 2018 restart, Mark Darrah remained as an executive producer, while Matthew Goldman took over the position of creative director for the project from 2017 to 2021.[10] By December 3, 2020, Darrah had resigned from BioWare, replaced by BioWare Austin studio head Christian Dailey as executive producer.[11] Goldman left BioWare by November 2021,[5] and was replaced as Creative Director by John Epler.[12] Dailey left BioWare in February 2022.[13] Corinne Busche became game director thereafter, Benoit Houle director of product development, and Mac Walters production director.[13] Walters in turn left BioWare in January 2023.[14] In March 2023, Darrah returned as a consultant for the game and the Mass Effectteam joined the production of Dreadwolf, according to EA.[15][16] In August 2023, BioWare fired 50 people working on Dreadwolf and the next Mass Effect game;[17] this included Mary Kirby who was one of the series' original writers and credited with "creating Varric and the Qunari".

 

[Luipadre]

Had to look up the history of this game’s development here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Age:_Dreadwolf
Summary:
- started development in 2015 as “Joplin”
- put on hold so staff could help with Andromeda in 2016
- resumed development March 2017
- Joplin canceled in October 2017 because it didn’t have room for live service/monetization
- restarted in 2018 as “Morrison” to include a live service component and based on Anthem’s code
- in 2021 after Anthem’s reboot was canceled, they decided to remove the multiplayer stuff and make it SP only

And here’s the section about staff turnover holy shit:

Yeah this is gonna be another trainwreck

 

[Portugeezer]

If they show it in summer, a late 2024 release is still on the table. Don't need long ass marketing these days.

 

[VenomousCoffee]

Had to look up the history of this game’s development here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Age:_Dreadwolf
Summary:
- started development in 2015 as “Joplin”
- put on hold so staff could help with Andromeda in 2016
- resumed development March 2017
- Joplin canceled in October 2017 because it didn’t have room for live service/monetization
- restarted in 2018 as “Morrison” to include a live service component and based on Anthem’s code
- in 2021 after Anthem’s reboot was canceled, they decided to remove the multiplayer stuff and make it SP only

And here’s the section about staff turnover holy shit:

Textbook example of shitty management: no vision, no commitment, just clamping onto the new fad.

 

[SirKicksalot]

First game's development was also a trainwreck but there is no reason to believe this one will turn out well.

 

[balls of snow]

Fuck off bioware/ ea cant even do a full trailer after all these years.

Antiva looks really good. I still have hope Bioware can deliver a decent rpg, not every game can be Witcher 3, but I think they can still make a good game.

I think this confirms 2024 late release, if I remember correctly EA stated they dont want long marketing cycles anymore.

Maybe yes since Jedi Survivor had a short reveal to release timeline even with the month long delay.

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

Disaster approaches

 

[Gumbie]

 

[MALpractice311]

Had to look up the history of this game’s development here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Age:_Dreadwolf
Summary:
- started development in 2015 as “Joplin”
- put on hold so staff could help with Andromeda in 2016
- resumed development March 2017
- Joplin canceled in October 2017 because it didn’t have room for live service/monetization
- restarted in 2018 as “Morrison” to include a live service component and based on Anthem’s code
- in 2021 after Anthem’s reboot was canceled, they decided to remove the multiplayer stuff and make it SP only

And here’s the section about staff turnover holy shit:

God damnit. We're never getting Mass Effect 5, are we?

 

[Flabagast]

WTF is this ?

I guess they want to put as much distance between this and BG3 as they can before going bankrupt.

Unfortunately by the time it releases The Witcher 4 will be right around the corner....

I guess Mass Effect 4 is not before 2028 at the earliest.

 

[Hugare]

They were probably insecure about the game after so many development problems

But now with Baldurs Gate success, oof

I wouldnt like to be on the shoes of a developer who is making a medieval RPG for the next few years

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Sad. And to think Bioware was at one point my favorite developer.

Barely even Bioware, anymore. It's basically a hollowed out husk, robbed of it's richest contents and taken over by people who haven't the faintest on how to recapture lightning in a bottle, twice.

 

[semiconscious]

The project has been marked by a high turnoverof leading staff. Several veteran Dragon Age staff, including Laidlaw, left the company in response to Joplin's cancellation in 2017.[3] After the 2018 restart, Mark Darrah remained as an executive producer, while Matthew Goldman took over the position of creative director for the project from 2017 to 2021.[10] By December 3, 2020, Darrah had resigned from BioWare, replaced by BioWare Austin studio head Christian Dailey as executive producer.[11] Goldman left BioWare by November 2021,[5] and was replaced as Creative Director by John Epler.[12] Dailey left BioWare in February 2022.[13] Corinne Busche became game director thereafter, Benoit Houle director of product development, and Mac Walters production director.[13] Walters in turn left BioWare in January 2023.[14] In March 2023, Darrah returned as a consultant for the game and the Mass Effectteam joined the production of Dreadwolf, according to EA.[15][16] In August 2023, BioWare fired 50 people working on Dreadwolf and the next Mass Effect game;[17] this included Mary Kirby who was one of the series' original writers and credited with "creating Varric and the Qunari".

man, remember back to when a game would be the realization of the vision of the game's creators?...

 

[DaciaJC]

I like how they felt the need to put the disclaimer "mix of gameplay and cinematics" at the start. That was some pretty engrossing gameplay for sure.

 

[Complistic]

There's no way this ever releases.

 

[Red5]

EA shut down Westwood Studios (RIP) and Origin Systems (RIP) for far, far fewer failures and general bullshittery. For some reason, BioWare have some sort of hall pass, it seems like.

They make games that sell, even Mass Effect Andromeda sold well riding the coattails of the franchise despite mixed reviews. Only real dud Bioware ever put out was Anthem, rest of them regardless of their critical reception sold well, Dragon Age Inquisition was the best selling Bioware title despite Dragon Age 2 being what it was, for example.

 

[Fbh]

So many teasers for what is likely going to be some mediocre RPG.

 

[draliko]

fu*k bioware, f*ck kojima sadness and fuc* waiting years from reveal to release... this is getting ridiculous

 

[kruis]

Out of curiosity I just checked who is leading this game. Game director has they / them pronouns. Explains a lot

Dragon Age 4's New Game Director Is Trans And That's Rad

Dragon Age 4's consistent departures have me worried, but I'm still holding out hope

www.thegamer.com

Immediately after announcing her promotion Corinne Busche came with this statement about LGBTQIA+ representation in gaming. Because quality representation is so much more important than a quality game ...

 

[Skifi28]

I wonder if Bioware is closing down before or right after the game releases, that's my only real question.

 

[Dazraell]

Dragon Age 4's New Game Director Is Trans And That's Rad

Dragon Age 4's consistent departures have me worried, but I'm still holding out hope

www.thegamer.com

Immediately after announcing her promotion was Corinne Busche came with this statement about LGBTQIA+ representation in gaming. Because quality representation is so much more important than a quality game ...

Welp... I had a low excitement about this game, but it tanked even lower now