#thank you thank you thank you BioWare 🙏

[tinkerbitch69]

Yoooooooooooooooooo shout out to Veilguard for making the character creator for the game free to download!!!! I have wanted rpg’s to do this for a long time and I hope this starts a new trend in the gaming industry fr!!!! And this is the best character creator I’ve ever seen in a dragon age game. Possibly any game. If you have any interest in this, I’d say go and give this a try and support this practice. And ofc post your beautiful rooks for me to see if you wanna ofc 😳

[felassan]

( ˶°ㅁ°) !! This blog was shouted out in this video by Kala Elizabeth, "Dragon Age Veilguard: COMPLETE BREAKDOWN - Character Creator, Combat, Gameplay, & MORE!".

"Thankfully I went over to Felassan's Tumblr and was able to find everything that I missed. If you're interested in news and seeing everything about Dragon Age and Mass Effect, Felassan's Tumblr is an amazing archive of information." [link]

[pinkyjulien]

Dragon Age: The Veilguard

▶ Extracted Asset Drive Folder

Recently finished my first DAV playthrough and wanted to get my hands into the files 🤚 so just like I did with CP77, I put up little google drive folder with extracted assets! Made possible thanks to the Frostbite Modding Tool ◀

OBVIOUS Spoiler warning - I don't recommend looking at the files until you're done with the game's main story!

I wasn't able to grab everything just yet as the majority of assets aren't fully accessible yet (corrupted/missing data). Expect some extracted assets to have some artifacts as well!

But you can already find:

HUD elements

Codex entries's full art

CC, Map, Journal Icons

...and more!

Every elements has been sorted in folders for an (hopefully) easy browsing - I'll try to keep this drive updated :3

▶ THIS IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY!

You can use the assets for your videos, thumbnails, character templates, art, mods... but do NOT use these assets for any commercial purposes! Every assets and files are the property of Bioware and their artists

This is from a fan for fans, let's keep it fair and fun! 🙏

If you appreciate my work consider supporting me on Ko-Fi 💜

[eliasisel]

Thank you bioware for my Old Man Lover life 🙏

[sapphim]

hi! sorry to bother you and i don’t know if this is something you care about with regards to your import modding, but i noticed a potential misfire when going through Act 3 of DA2? world state is fem!Warden + exiled Alistair who properly makes an appearance in Act 1 and Act 2. but then during Aveline’s Questioning Belief in Act 3 when she does the whole “do you know i’ve been dead for 7 years?” She then says: “The KING has offered to reinstate the commission of any surviving officers.” even though there is no king. and… i don’t think i ever heard her say anything else in that line ever? idk if there is no other voice line or what the hell bioware broke this time. apologies if you are aware and have talked about this before. it just caught my attention and i thought i’d pass this along since you do this sort of mod fixes. thank you for all your modding! 🙏

You aren't bothering me in the slightest! So, every single conversation in which Aveline talks about the current ruler of Ferelden is profoundly broken. The thing is, this line you've mentioned, isn't in my notes. Which I'm like 99% sure means there isn't an alternate line, or I probably would have caught it. Like I'll double check, but I just rerouted that exact conversation literally yesterday (so Aveline would stop being snide about Anora letting Alistair sleep around on her when Anora literally isn't even queen), and that would match the vibe. That's the explanation that feels on brand to me.

[idolbound]

meredith is one of the best villains in bioware imo and boy does she come to life under your care. i love seeing what you've created with her over the past ten years: your portrayal of her sexuality, the potential for her redemption/atonement, your ship with amelia. it's all A+. you've been on my dash in some capacity since uh. idk! sometime after me3, so over 10 years. we're both 30+ now ksjdf. and i've appreciated so much of the time and thought you've put into not just your writing, but your studies. (also excited to see more of your dwarf rook xoxo)

@theharellan is putting me right back in my feelings 🙏🥺

Tas!! Hello! This is so sweet, thank you. I truly cannot believe it will be 10 years this coming May with Meredith (and a big fat 12 years in January for my tumblr rp participation as a whole), and I'm so happy to know y'all have not only cared but seen how my writing has changed and grown with me.

(and I am excited to see how she develops too!)

Thank you again !!!

[redredribbon]

some thoughts on the game so far. mild spoilers up to mid-act 1

I'm enjoying it a lot overall. It's definitely a departure from previous games, and that has pros and cons, but I'm open to change and coming at the story from a different angle brings some new perspectives that are fun to explore.

I like some of the quality of life changes. Being able to upgrade weapons is very fun, and tones down the "15 legendary swords I'm just going to sell when I find something better" without locking you in to one single weapon, and still making discovering new ones fun. I'm not sure how I feel about the sphere grid level up but I do like that you can make some stat changes rather than just gather abilities. I like the UI in general. And changing armor appearance separate from changing the armor itself? Love that.

Also thank you BioWare for picking up interrupted banters 🙏

I do feel like they've kinda left behind some of the worldbuilding/flavor in a way I find somewhat disappointing. Things that could be greatly enhanced with simple ambient dialogue. I really was looking forward to seeing another part of Thedas post-breach and post-inquisition, since we know that impacted everywhere. And it just mostly feels untouched on. Or how things have changed with the rebellion of the Circles. Obviously that wouldn't impact Tevinter, but Antiva? Or elsewhere?

I feel like there's been very little reaction to things like using eluvians to travel, too, or maybe more Dalish disbelief that the gods are back and evil? Absolutely no mention of the Chantry so far, or really much insight into how elven gods might impact Andrastian beliefs? I dunno, not trying to nitpick too hard, but you can feel a loss of cohesion to the worldbuilding things that were staples to past games. And I understand we're in different lands, but these are still consistent themes.

Anyway, the story is still fun, I'm loving the companions, and chugging down the history reveals. Looking forward to more as we go.

[daisychainsandbowties]

Ooh an ask game! Then, I want to know #1 and #7, we'll throw in #20 so we get a pretty gif, also #2 is a pair so we can't leave that out. And finally, am curious on #17 and #6 to really get expansive words. ^^ Tell us all the juicy pretty Dragon Age things you're rolling about~

thank you so much for asking me these 🥺

1. What was the first dragon age game you played?

i got origins for my ps3 way back in high school. the first time i played it i remember i started as a mage and spammed walking bomb and spent twenty minutes on the first darkspawn boss because he killed everyone and it was just me running in circles occasionally casting a spell on him. very reminiscent of the Arishok fight🫠🫠 i tried very hard to romance Morrigan but i kept making her hate me instead😭 so i went with leliana, HOWEVER my weird eventually friends thing with morrigan inspired the ot3 ship that still haunts me to this day (warden/morrigan/leliana is 🥰🙏😳❤️🥹)

2. Which dragon age game is your favourite so far?

that’s an incredibly difficult question. i think overall in terms of how it made me feel and how much i like the gameplay loop and the environments it’s definitely Inquisition 🥺 a fic of that game kept me alive for a few really really shaky weeks a few years ago (i told myself sternly that i could only read a chapter a night, so i had to get through all the nights until the end of this 550k fic, and then the ending was the epitome of hopepunk and it made me sort of forget about being shaky). so yeah, definitely Inquisition. but i adore all the games😌. i had a lot of fun with da2 but it isn’t as good for my brain to replay over and over (<- guy who actually loves 100%ing the Hinterlands in every playthrough)

6. Do you have your Rook(s) planned out to any degree? If so, would you share some details or ideas you have?

ít’s really hard for me to rotate things in abstract like that. i know there’s lots of information but i don’t want to read it or know it before i play the game. i will most likely play as a mage? unless they make that unpleasant somehow 🥺 (i hope not) but beyond that i can’t make myself interested in planning out a character who doesn’t live anywhere (yet). it’s the same with my own fiction writing. i have to understand the world a little before i can create any characters of any substance. i’m really excited to do my first playthrough though! i know that whoever my Rook is, they will love the griffin baby 🥰

7. Which character from the previous games or other media are you most hoping will make an appearance in DAV?

it would be extremely good to see Fenris again, or Merrill. i don’t really trust Bioware with Anders, so i hope he stays with whatever peace he found after kirkwall. i liked seeing morrigan and leliana again so some da2 characters would be neat! oh!!!! isabela would make sense in this because ship captain 😳 i would love to see her again 🥺

17. Are you interested in all the lore and speculation or do you focus more on the games and stories themselves?

oh i LOVE the dragon age lore. i recently got the dragon age TTRPG core book mostly because it has so much lore in it 😳 i find dragon age lore especially compelling, particularly the grey wardens and the blight and how magic and the veil works. my favourite fics are always the lore heavy ones that engage with the themes dragon age tries (and sometimes manages) to engage with.

the speculation is also fun because dragon age fans adore pain and misery and usually conjure up the worst possible way things could go. and that’s great 🥰

20. Post a picture or gif that conveys your current level of excitement for Dragon Age: The Veilguard!

[shipperwolf1]

Thank you bioware for abolitionist!Dorian 🙏

Dorian was about to risk it all to punch Magister Bataris

[mrs-gauche]

Here’s a little summary of all DA4 news we got in 2021, because I feel the need to kind of collect my thoughts at the end of the year. But please feel free to add anything I might have forgotten, even though the year didn't seem to have much to offer in terms of official new info, there still were a few crumbs here and there and some big unofficial stuff. :D

- Apparently, DA4 is purely Singleplayer now

(THE BULLET WE DODGED, thanks to the huge success of Jedi Fallen Order and the flop of Anthem, we'll honor your sacrifice. You died so DA4 Singleplayer could live. 🙏)

No but in all honesty, as much as I feel for all devs involved who put so much work into Anthem.. I was honestly relieved to hear they'd let it go completely in order to fully focus on DA4 and here's hoping that they learned from their mistakes in the Andromeda/Anthem development mess and don't have DA4 "suffer" because of the next Mass Effect (or the other way around, like pulling devs from one project to help on another.)

- 5 new concept art pieces + 2 new illustrations along with 2 new short stories on DA Day

You know, as much as I love these little nuggets of art and stuff, at some point of this year, I was like "Can't they just release DA4 as a picture book already with the amount of concept art they've put out now?" 😂

Though there seems to be a certain pattern in the concepts they reveiled, with each of them matching perfectly with the shots in the teaser on last year's VGAs, so maybe a hint and something to speculate about!

Additionally, one of the short stories does hint at a potential eight year timeskip since the events of Trespasser, which is a huge deal. What could it mean for the Inquisitor and their efforts? The Qunari invasion? The one who was left in the Fade in Here Lies the Abyss? The Warden if they’re alive? Solas’ plan? I’m not that surprised actually, given how he already hinted at “a few more years of relative peace” in Trespasser, until the Veil comes down. Almost ten years between the events in the game and the release of DA4 in real life would allow the devs to establish a new world state for old as well as new players to the series.

- Lots of new people hired, especially in the animation department!

This might be a good reminder for some that BioWare, despite creating Triple A titles, is.. actually not that big of a studio. 😅 At least not in comparison to other Triple A developers like Ubisoft for example. I feel like people tend to forget about that when setting the bar for expectations and how much budget and resources are involved. I don't know much about game development, but from what I understand, in the grand scheme of the EA catalog, BioWare is like that weird little nerdy child that they adopted in 2007, when EA's interest seemed to be anything BUT singleplayer story focused RPG games. 😂 So please guys, keep in mind that there might be only a handful of people on some of these teams right now.

- Long time veterans Matthew Goldman and Caroline Livingstone leaving BW

On that front, not to sound dramatic but.. does the DA4 team have a Creative Director right now? *nervous laughter*

There still hasn't been any official statement from neither BW or Matthew Goldman and the nature of his departure was strange, to say the least.. Like, if it hadn't been for this e-mail leak, we wouldn't even know about it.. I mean, they don't owe us a statement or anything and departures happen all the time for all sorts of reasons and it’s none of our business, but I feel like for such an important position on the team to just be gone like that after 20+ years at BW without any kind of farewell, when it wasn't even a transitional thing like with Darrah and Hudson and he always seemed so enthusiastic about DA and his work and engaged a lot with the fans on Twitter until very recently before his departure... Idk, it just doesn't feel good. :/

Caroline Livingstone, former Performance Director/VA Producer, will be working with Casey Hudson's new studio now. She was always highly praised by the VAs and the devs and always seemed to get out the best of any VAs performance, so it’s a bit sad to see her go! We don't really know how much she was even involved in DA4's development.. How much of the voice acting is done at this point? 👀

- Christian Dailey took fully over from Mark Darrah as DA4 Executive Producer

“Employee Nr. 35″ officially left BW as well in February of this year and I will miss his frustratingly vague and teasing DA4 tweets. He was literally there from the beginning. On the other hand, we now get to hear his side of game development in a really informative way on his own YouTube channel!

- A very insightful presentation on the challenges of production during the pandemic by Scylla Costa, DA4 Lead Producer at BIG Festival 2021

Here we got a little glimpse of some MoCap/Pcap sessions, as well as what I assume has to be the writer’s room? 👀 It’s a really interesting presentation and it’s kind of crazy how BioWare basically went into work from home the day after they had gathered the whole team to review DA4′s story and how they never really had the chance to settle in the new Epcor Tower place.

- In a shocking revelation, the Veil is a thong

I think watching the Gamers for Groceries stream was definitely the most I laughed throughout the whole year. Thank you, Patrick, I’m still in tears.

- DA4 might be released in 2023

If this is true, we could expect them to kick off the marketing in earnest next year! And given their blog message on DA Day, I think we can definitely look forward to finally get some substantial stuff in 2022! :D

- Elven bum for DA4 confirmed

We may not even have a title for this game, but rest assured, there will be booty.

[weirdefilippis]

praying that you both will be working on a Dragon Age comic in the future! 🙏 love your work.

No specific plans in the near future, but if Bioware (and Dark Horse) ever want any more DA comics, we're happy to take up the reins again.

Thanks for the support!

[felassan]

Snippets. 🐺💜

John: "one of the funnier quirks of game dev is you will never remember missions by their real names but instead by the name you called them by for several years of development it will never be 'In Your Heart Shall Burn' for me, it'll always be Setback" [source] / Blair: "there was that awkward period where half of the DA:V ones had "gods" in the title, so discussions were always some variant of: "Did you mean 'Gods Are Back' or 'Gods Are Bad'? I've heard people mention 'Egads! Gods!' but I'm not sure if that's new or a rework."" [source] / Malcolm (in reply to John): "I have one like this in DA:Ve and I can't share it yet because spoilers but I promise you it's delightful" [source]

John: "the only one i can ever remember is 'Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts' and it's because it seems to be the only DAI mission that people constantly reference by name online" [source] / Mary: "It's proper name is "Ham Ball." I put that in the file names, even." [source]

John: "idk how widely it’s been advertised but a reminder we are doing another Veilguard Q&A on Discord this Friday noon Mountain time (so 11 Pacific)" [source] / Malcolm: "Make sure you don't tell them about that one thing that happens in that place, with the guy." [source]

Trick: "BioWare released a new screenshot of Taash! I love how it captures the amazing detail work the character artists did." [source]

Image description on the Taash screenshot in Trick's post of the cap:

"A screenshot of Taash looking off to the side. The lighting is warm like either late afternoon or an interior with a fireplace, and it catches in the gold on Taash's armor and horns. Taash looks pensive or vulnerable -- not the deadpan stare or badass determination we've seen in other shots."

pensive or vulnerable.. ohh Taash. 🥺 Trick!!

User on the screenshot: "Taash looks *completely the fuck over this shit* in a totally exhausted sort of way, here. which is, mind, amazing detail work on the character artists' party!!" / Trick: "You know, it's a spectrum." [source]

Trick on DA:I - "Miss May is amazing in many ways, and especially in finding the balance of sweetness to pain for the Solas scenes. ❤️" [source] ((thankyouuu Miss May!!))

User: "it must be basically impossible to resist putting at least one extra moon around your fantasy world" / John: "if dragon age didn’t already have two you’d better believe I would’ve added another one. sitting next to a dial titled ‘number of moons’ and every so often I add another one. anyways the thing about Satina is- (a large hook drags me offstage)" [source, two, three] ((omg.. THE SECOND MOON shfuehfuehdbdh)

User: "i've been thinking about bellara's pockets and i need to know what her thoughts on cargo pants would be. would she be a fan for the utility." / John: "she wouldn't wear them all the time - she's a firm believer in a distinction between 'work clothes' and 'at home clothes' - but she is always in search of more pockets to carry more things into the field. she'd own at least three pairs" [source]

User: "The next two months are going to feel like the Fade section in DAO 😭" / Dragon Age: "Good thing we have a Veil Jumper to help you out! 💜" [source]

User: "MY SON LOOKS SO CUTE" (re: the new pic of Manfred from today) / Dragon Age: "MY BOY MANFRED 💀💚" [source]

User: "Can we change the armor/gear on our companions?" / Dragon Age: "You can!" [source]

User: "thank you for the food 🙏🙏🙏" / Dragon Age: "Enjoy your meal!" [source]

[sunshinemage]

thank you bioware for bellara's hair 🙏💙

wip

veil jumpers 💚

[whiterosealchemy]

got topped by isabela today, lads 👍

[felassan]

PINNED POST

 PIN: ‘Current upcoming BioWare franchise & related stuff’ calendar

This post is frequently updated and edited as new information emerges and as time goes by. Post last updated: January 5th 2025.

Early 2025: Another patch for DA:TV is coming

February 4th: Electronic Arts Q3 2025 Earnings Conference Call. These usually take place at 2pm PT. Sometimes snippets emerge from these

November 7th: N7 Day 2025

December 4th: Dragon Age Day 2025

(Sometimes release dates for books/comics etc vary from the dates given in the original news announcements and/or between retail outlets, so may be incorrect or subject to change over time. Dark Horse dates tend to be accurate, Amazon listing dates sometimes change.)

Notes: BioWare have said that further patches for DA:TV are upcoming. E3 is officially dead.

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2020

October 3rd - Gamers For Groceries charity Twitch stream. This game dev variety show will include interviews and writer insights, and feature talent from BioWare including PW, John Epler, Sheryl Chee & Presley Hynes. Two DA-heavy panels are “Examining Blackwall, Sera and Iron Bull” and “Redesigning Dragon Age Audio Assets”

October 21st - Mass Effect: The Complete Comics collection releases [date from Dark Horse]

October 23rd - The next Twitch stream in a series from Summerfall, with Liam Esler playing through DAO while David Gaider gives interesting dev commentary. 5pm PST

November 2nd - N7 Week 2020 begins. The BioWare Gear Store N7 Week discount promo begins. The N7 Week 2020 Tee and N7 Car Emblem become available in the store

November 3rd - The N7 Backpack becomes available in the store

November 4th - The Mass Effect Magnet Set becomes available in the store

November 5th - The Paragon Renegade Mashup Hoodie becomes available in the store

November 6th - The UNC N7 Watch becomes available in the store

November 6th - The next Twitch stream in a series from Summerfall, with Liam Esler playing through DAO while David Gaider gives interesting dev commentary. 5pm PST

November 7th - N7 Day 2020. The BioWare Gear store N7 Week discount promo ends. N7 Week 2020 ends

November 7th, 8am PST - Rumored BioWare Blog update with Mass Effect news (remaster?)

November 7th, 11am PST - Special N7 Day panel, ft. Jennifer Hale (Shep), Mark Meer (Shep), Raphael Sbarge (Kaidan), Ali Hillis (Liara), Courtenay Taylor (Jack), Steve Blum (Grunt), Kimberly Brooks (Ash), AWR (Traynor), William Salyers (Mordin), D. C. Douglas (Legion), plus devs PW and Karin Weekes

November 7th, 1pm PST - Episode 1 of the BioWare Base online, featuring developer interviews

November 7th, 2pm PST - Special N7 Day tabletop RPG game “Omniblades in the Dark”, ft. Austin Walker and special cast of players

November 11th - BioWare: Stories and Secrets from 25 Years of Game Development book releases [date from Dark Horse]

November 12th - Last day to enter the store’s N7 Week merch giveaway

November 17th - Dragon Age: The Last Court game deactivates in the Keep

November 20th - The next Twitch stream in a series from Summerfall, with Liam Esler playing through DAO while David Gaider gives interesting dev commentary. 5pm PST

December 4th - Unofficial Dragon Age Day 2020. The BioWare Gear Store are doing a flash sale and a giveaway, along with stocking some new DA products

December 4th - BioWare are/were supposed to be doing a Twitch stream as it’s DA Day. It was originally going to be at 9am EST or earlier, but it was postponed. At the time of writing it doesn’t sound like they’ve decided on a new time/date yet. It sounded like tuning into it would be a good idea

December 4th - The next Twitch stream in a series from Summerfall, with Liam Esler playing through DAO while David Gaider gives interesting dev commentary. 5pm PST

December 10th - Tune into The Game Awards for a special look at the next Dragon Age. Show starts at 4pm PST. Pre-show starts at 3.30pm December 18th - The next Twitch stream in a series from Summerfall, with Liam Esler playing through DAO while David Gaider gives interesting dev commentary. 5pm PST. This one is their final end-of-year stream before they take a break for the holidays. Stream cancelled due to tech issues

December 31st - Flash Player browser support ‘dies’ and Dragon Age: Journeys may no longer be playable as before (though as you can see from the link if you download the Newgrounds Player you should be able to keep playing it indefinitely)

2021

January 15th - The BioWare Gear Store’s last Holiday sale ends

January 17th - Episode 2 of Mass Effect: C-SEC, a 4-episode TTRPG show (D&D 5E, ME homebrew) from Roll4It. Mark Meer is part of the cast. 6pm GMT

January 24th - Episode 3 of Mass Effect: C-SEC, a 4-episode TTRPG show (D&D 5E, ME homebrew) from Roll4It. Mark Meer is part of the cast. 6pm GMT

January 31st - Episode 4 of Mass Effect: C-SEC, a 4-episode TTRPG show (D&D 5E, ME homebrew) from Roll4It. Mark Meer is part of the cast. 6pm GMT

January end - The Twitch stream series from Summerfall, where Liam Esler plays through DAO while he and David Gaider give interesting dev commentary, returns after their holiday break. Update: No word recently on this front

February 1st - TheGamer.com’s ‘Mass Effect week’ began and will run til Feb 5th. This week is devoted to articles, news, dev and actor interviews, stories and other behind-the-scenes and never-before-seen info and material, as a celebration of the upcoming remaster

February 1st - Matthew Goldman began ‘12 Days of Dragon Age’ on his Twitter, in celebration of being on DA for 12 years. He’s posting interesting things from the vault for this period. Update: These images were posted for Day 12

February 2nd - EA earnings/investor conference call, as their quarterly report should be out. Sometimes snippets emerge from these. Update: Some snippets emerged

February 5th - TheGamer.com’s ‘Mass Effect week’ ends

February - Matthew Goldman’s ‘12 Days of Dragon Age’ ends

February 2nd - GameInformer’s ‘Mass Effect month’ began. They have exclusive content to reveal including exclusive interviews, and a whole month of additional celebratory content due to the upcoming remaster

February 23rd - The Art of the Mass Effect Trilogy: Expanded Edition book releases

February 28th-ish - GameInformer’s ‘Mass Effect month’ ends

March 4th - Dragon Age: The First Five Graphic Novels TBP collection releases

Mid March-ish - Dark Fortress #1 (see below) preview may be available. These normally come out a couple weeks before release at the earliest. Update: Out now (spoiler warning for link)

March 31st - Issue 1 of Dragon Age: The Dark Fortress releases. This miniseries will have 3 issues and feature Fenris, Autumn the Mabari, Vaea, Ser Aaron, Francesca, Tessa and Marius. This series will continue and conclude the larger overarching story that has been ongoing in recent comics [date from Dark Horse]

April 13th-ish - The MELE official website will update with another post like this one providing information about the game and the changes it contains (a look at the remastering process with a strong focus on the visual changes across the trilogy). This post is said to be the 2nd of two [the timeframe given was “next week”, said on April 6th]

Mid April-ish - Dark Fortress #2 preview available? These normally come out a couple weeks before release at the earliest

April 18th - Episode 2 of Mass Effect: MERCS, a 4-episode TTRPG show (D&D 5E, ME homebrew) from Roll4It. Mark Meer is part of the cast. 6pm BST

April 25th - Episode 3 of Mass Effect: MERCS, a 4-episode TTRPG show (D&D 5E, ME homebrew) from Roll4It. Mark Meer is part of the cast. 6pm BST

April 28th - Issue 2 of Dragon Age: Dark Fortress releases [date from Dark Horse]

May 2nd - Episode 4 of Mass Effect: MERCS, a 4-episode TTRPG show (D&D 5E, ME homebrew) from Roll4It. Mark Meer is part of the cast. 6pm BST

May 5th - Lead DA Producer Scylla Costa is hosting a talk session titled “Challenges of Dragon Age production during the pandemic” (two) as part of Brazil’s Independent Games (BIG) Festival. Limited capacity, requires registering to attend, free to do. Streaming online at 6pm UTC-3

May 12th - MELE pre-load on Origin and the EA app will be available from 6pm EEST

May 14th - Mass Effect: Legendary Edition releases (trailer, trailer 2)

May 15th - JHale is holding a live MET cast and crew reunion in honor of MELE, ft. MET and MELE devs, and VAs. It will be streamed on JHale’s YouTube channel: watch link. Noon - 1.30pm PDT

May 11th - Jason Schreier’s new book Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry releases. BioWare are mentioned in it according the Google Books preview (there were insights into DAI’s development in his prior book)

Mid May-ish - Dark Fortress #3 preview available? These normally come out a couple weeks before release at the earliest. Note: No preview emerged for #2, so it may be the same for #3

May 22nd - Gamers for Groceries 2 [schedule]. Some DA writers and editors are taking part again in this game dev variety Twitch/charity stream. GFG 1 contained lots of DA & ME insights/trivia etc. 1pm MST - ~7pm MST

May 24th - DA Narrative Director John Epler’s chat with the Zero to Play podcast, on how stories are told in games and what it’s like to work on DA, comes out

May 26th - Issue 3 of Dragon Age: Dark Fortress releases [date from Dark Horse]

June - According to a Community Manager on Polish EA Answers HQ, a new patch for MELE is due to be released soon, which will include various updates such as localization fixes. The stated time period was “early June”

July 22nd - EA Play Live. Pre-show starts at 10am PT / 1pm ET, main show follows. Nothing hinted, confirmed or guaranteed but may be something worth keeping an eye on/tuning in to. A new DA4 teaser dropped at EA Play Live 2020. Update: BioWare have confirmed that they will not be at EA Play. [elsewhere, E3 2021: Game On is scheduled for June 12 - 15th and Summer Game Fest began June 10th. EA is a partner in SGF]

July 31st: Free Mass Effect Bonus Content download on the MELE website expires, unless it’s expired already by then as download capacity was reached

August 4th: EA’s investor/conference call for Q1 ‘22. Sometimes snippets emerge from these

August 16th - 20th: TheGamer’s Dragon Age Week. This week will involve lots of celebratory coverage on the series, featuring original interviews with folks like devs and voice actors, insights and never-before-seen details and content

August 25th - 29th: Gamescom. Opening Night Live is on August 25th, 8 - 10pm CET and “Geoff Keighley is once again putting on a unique show for new announcements and world premieres.” The pre-show begins at 7.30pm CET. Nothing hinted, confirmed or guaranteed but may be something worth keeping an eye on/tuning in to. A new DA4 trailer dropped at Gamescom 2020

October 20th: Dragon Age: Dark Fortress Hardcover collecting all 3 issues releases [date from Dark Horse] October 23rd: Gamers for Groceries 3, 1pm MDT (schedule). This is a game dev variety Twitch/charity stream. DA devs will be taking part, answering fan questions about companions

November 7th: N7 Day. November 7th - November 13th: Mass Effect N7 Week in the BioWare Gear Store, a sale on ME merch

December 4th: Unofficial Dragon Age Day. Nothing official hinted, confirmed or guaranteed but always a fun unofficial day and celebration! New DA4 content dropped on Unofficial Dragon Age Day 2020

December 4th  - December 10th: Dragon Age Week in the BioWare Gear Store, a sale on DA merch

December 9th: The Game Awards, 4pm - 8pm PST. Nothing hinted, confirmed or guaranteed but may be something worth keeping an eye on/tuning in to. A new DA4 trailer dropped at TGA 2020. At TGA 2021, the Next Mass Effect has been nominated in the special category of ‘Favorite Moment of TGA 2020′, for its reveal trailer. Update: Do note BioWare have now said in a blog “We’re excited for next year when we can talk more about what we’re working on”, seemingly advising there will not be any DA content at TGA

2022

April 21st - April 24th: The BioWare Gear Store will be in attendance at PAX East 2022 with a merch stall (Booth #22059). There is an accompanying celebratory site-wide 20% off sale during the same period

May 2022: ?¿? Some folks hopefully tinfoil (emphasis on the “hopeful tinfoil” :D) that this tweet containing a DA4 news wish-meme refers to the month of May in the year 2022

May 28th: Gamers For Groceries 4. 3pm EDT. Pre-show starts 1 hour before. This is a game dev variety Twitch show for charity (for a great cause!), with interviews, trivia and more. In previous GFGs there have been insights on previous games, trivia etc. this year once again some BioWare devs including writers are special guests. [full schedule]

June 9th: Summer Game Fest 2022, 6pm GMT. Nothing hinted, confirmed or guaranteed but may be something worth keeping an eye on/tuning in to. EA are one of the publishers involved

June 13th: Some EA game digital extras/bonus content (such as wallpapers, soundtracks & art books) will no longer be accessible from Origin or through the EA app. See EA’s page here for more info on these changes and what they advise to do, and also here

August 2nd: Electronic Arts Q1 2023 Earnings Conference Call. 2pm PT. Sometimes snippets emerge from these

August 23rd - 28th: Gamescom 2022. Opening Night Live is on August 23rd at 8pm CET. Nothing hinted, confirmed or guaranteed but may be something worth keeping an eye on/tuning in to. A new DA4 trailer dropped at Gamescom 2020. Update: It sounds like EA have confirmed that they won’t be at Gamescom this year August 24th: Dragon Age: Wraiths of Tevinter releases. This hardcover collects Dragon Age: Deception, Dragon Age: Blue Wraith, and Dragon Age: Dark Fortress into a single volume

October [?]: Gamers For Groceries 5? This is a game dev variety Twitch show for charity (for a great cause!), with interviews, trivia and more. In previous GFGs there have been insights on previous games, trivia etc and some BioWare devs have taken part. During GFG4 it was said that there would be a GFG5. Date is a guesstimate based on previous GFG dates

October 11th: Starting from today, EA is retiring BioWare Points and they will no longer be available as a form of currency on the Origin Store

October 20th: EA is shutting down the “MP Screenshots Server” of Dragon Age: Origins (online component)

November 1st: Electronic Arts Q2 2023 Earnings Conference Call. 2pm PT. Sometimes snippets emerge from these November 7th: N7 Day 2022. Some members of the Mass Effect cast are doing an N7 Day reunion Q&A panel along with signings and line readings at 12pm noon PT. Submit questions here and watch live here. The BioWare Gear Store N7 Week sale begins today and runs til November 13th

November 13th: Last day of the BioWare Gear Store N7 Week sale

November 23rd: EA will be retiring Heroes of Dragon Age. As of this date, HoDA will no longer be available to download and EA will no longer be supporting the game (new in-app purchases have already been suspended and new customer support requests are no longer being attended to). Gems will still be able to use in game until January 24th 2023, when the servers will be disabled and the game will no longer be accessible

December 1st: The first episode of Dragon Age: Absolution is premiering on an episode of Netflix Twitch show ‘Geeked: Toon In’. 5pm PST. At the end of the most recent episode the host said “We will be here on December 1st and it's gonna be Dragon Age Day so make sure you tune in to Toon In, we're gonna have a whole bunch of cool surprises”. The showrunner and some voice cast will be appearing

December 4th: Unofficial Dragon Age Day 2022 December 6th: MELE comes to PlayStation Plus

December 8th: The Game Awards 2022, 4:30pm PT. Nothing officially hinted, confirmed or guaranteed but may be something worth keeping an eye on/tuning in to. It’s worth noting that in their most recent blog post BioWare said that they were “closing this year out” with the contents of that blog post, and that when asked if we could expect to see DA:D at TGA Jeff Grubb tweeted “No”

December 9th: Dragon Age: Absolution, a 6 episode Netflix animated series, debuts. All episodes drop on this date. According to Wikipedia, Dragon Age: Absolution is a Netflix original, and according to Netflix Help, "Netflix original TV shows and movies are typically released globally at 12:00 a.m. Pacific Time”

2023

January 24th: Due to EA retiring Heroes of Dragon Age, after this date Gems will no longer be able to be used in-game. After this date the HoDA servers are being disabled and the game will no longer be accessible January 25th: First issue of new upcoming Dragon Age comic Dragon Age: The Missing releases

January 31st : Electronic Arts Q3 2022 Earnings Conference Call. 2pm PT. Sometimes snippets emerge from these

February 22nd: Second issue of Dragon Age: The Missing releases

March 29th: Third issue of Dragon Age: The Missing releases

May 9th: Electronic Arts Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call. 2pm PT. Sometimes snippets emerge from these

May 10th: Fourth issue of Dragon Age: The Missing officially releases (the original Dark Horse page publication date changed from April 26th til May 10th, and then the whole comic became available to read early on Apple Books on May 1st, possibly in error)

May 29th: BioWare Mega Collection game bundle sale on Steam ends. Bundle includes every Dragon Age and Mass Effect game and all their DLCs for $20, and the Mass Effect in the bundle is MELE

June 8th: 1pm EST. Pre-sale for the Dragon Age - Selections from the Original Game Soundtrack 4LP Vinyl Box (a Deluxe box set coming from spacelab9) is tentatively scheduled to begin on Spacelab’s website. Equivalent pre-sale the BioWare Gear Store is tentatively scheduled to begin on June 21st (Spacelab advised dates can and do change). Each outlet will offer their own exclusive vinyl color variants

June 8th [?]: Kicking off the summer round of game industry showcases, events and expos (where news sometimes emerges), it’s the Summer Game Fest 2023 live showcase, 3pm EDT. Nothing hinted, confirmed or guaranteed but may be something worth keeping an eye on/tuning in to. EA are one of the publishers involved in SGF 2023. (Note: Jeff Grubb has tweeted that he doesn’t expect to see DA:D at this summer’s game events). Also at SGF, the Xbox Showcase is on June 11th.

June 21st: Pre-sale for the Dragon Age - Selections from the Original Game Soundtrack 4LP Vinyl Box (a Deluxe box set coming from spacelab9) is scheduled to begin on the BioWare Gear Store. The equivalent pre-sale on Spacelab’s website began on June 8th 1pm EST. Each outlet will offer their own exclusive vinyl color variants

August 1st: Electronic Arts Q1 2024 Earnings Conference Call. 2pm PT.  Sometimes snippets emerge from these.

August 22nd [?]: Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023, 8pm - 10pm CET. Streaming live on their channels including Twitch and YouTube. Gamescom 2023 itself is from August 23rd til August 27th. Nothing hinted, confirmed or guaranteed but may be something worth keeping an eye on/tuning in to

September 5-6th: The Dragon Age: The World of Thedas Boxset, a collection of reprints of World of Thedas volumes one and two, releases. Dark Horse lists Sept 6th as a release date. Other outlets such as Amazon list Sept 5th

October 4th: Dragon Age: The Missing paperback (collects all issues, 1 to 4) releases

October 17th: Dragon Age: The Official Cookbook Tastes of Thedas releases. The publication date on the listing originally was 31st December 2023, then this tweet advised the cookbook is coming in Fall 2023. Amazon (dot com) and other outlets such as Barns & Noble now advise October 17th on the listing

November: This month is the estimated beginning ship date for orders of the Dragon Age: Selections From The Game Soundtrack 4LP Box Set vinyl

November 1st: Electronic Arts Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call. 2pm PT. Sometimes snippets emerge from these

November 7th: N7 Day 2023

November 12th: N7 ‘Day’ Mass Effect cast reunion on Jennifer Hale’s YouTube channel, with various ME voice actors. 1pm PT

November 28th: The latest estimated ship date for orders of the Dragon Age: Selections From The Game Soundtrack 4LP Box Set vinyl from Spacelab

December 4th: Dragon Age Day 2023

December 7th: The Game Awards 2023. 4.30pm PT. Nothing hinted, confirmed or guaranteed but may be something worth keeping an eye on/tuning in to. Update: going by what was said on DA Day, it does not sound like DA:D/BW will be at TGA.

2024

January 30th 2024: Electronic Arts Q3 2024 Earnings Conference Call. 2pm PT. Sometimes snippets emerge from these

May 7th 2024: Electronic Arts Q4 and FY 2024 Earnings Conference Call. 2pm PT. Sometimes snippets emerge from these

The run-up to Summer 2024: According to a BioWare blog post, they will have more to share about Dragon Age: Dreadwolf “as we approach Summer 2024″

May 23rd 2024: Last day that Dragon Age: Inquisition is available for free from the Epic Game Store

Summer 2024: Dragon Age: Dreadwolf is officially slated to have its “full reveal” in “Summer 2024″. According to a BioWare blog post, this is when they will show new trailers, show gameplay, answer questions, and announce the release date.

“All Summer” 2024: “More [DA:TV news/info is] to come”

June 9th 2024: Xbox Showcase livestream event (10am PT) at SGF. Shinobi602 said that there will be a trailer for DA4 coming soon at SGF or the Xbox Showcase. Jeff Grubb said that DA4 will be at the Xbox Showcase. Therefore we can probably assume from these comments that a DA4 trailer will appear at the Xbox Showcase.

“Later this year [2024]”: Jeff Grubb’s latest on the anticipated release window for Dragon Age: Dreadwolf is that last he heard, it’s planned to be released later this year. This isn’t a guarantee and it could still slip, but he reported that internally this is when BioWare expect to release the game and that they are feeling pretty confident about this. Given that DA:D is officially slated to have its full reveal in Summer 2024, that would likely  place “later this year” in the second half of 2024, after summer (so Fall/Holiday). further, EA currently plans to release DA:D at some point in FY25, which runs from April 1st 2024 until 31st March 2025 (see “March 2025″ entry below).

June 11th 2024: DA:TV first official gameplay reveal, as announced by BioWare. 8am PT on the official Dragon Age YouTube channel. (but join the chat early as they said they have some surprises ready!)

also June 11th 2024: Summer Game Fest first impressions of DA:TV. This sounds to me like when, for those press & others who attended SGF who played DA:TV to get hands-on-impressions, interviewed devs for coverage etc, an embargo is lifted and they can release their coverage.

June 14th 2024: Discord Developer Q&A on DA:TV, taking place on the official BioWare Discord. 10AM PT. [Discord link]

June 18th 2024 and the following few weeks: Game Informer cover story on DA:TV releases. [info] - Update: The cover story has come out, and the writer advised that they will have more DA:TV features going up at least every other weekday for the next few weeks, if all goes according to plan

June 23rd 2024: Last day of this celebratory 20% off site-wide Dragon Age sale in the BioWare Gear Store (20% off discount codes stack with this)

June 25th 2024: The next Game Informer article on DA:TV will come out

June 27th 2024: Game Informer article drop. 3pm ET

July 1st 2024: Game Informer article dropping. 3pm ET

July 4th 2024: Game Informer article dropping

July 8th 2024: Game Informer article dropping. 3pm ET

July 10th 2024: Game Informer article may drop

July 15th 2024: Game Informer article dropping. 3pm ET

July 17th 2024: Game Informer article may drop

July 19th 2024: Game Informer video dropping

July 22nd 2024: Game Informer’s final piece of DA:TV coverage may come out

July 25th - July 28th 2024: Dragon Age at San Diego Comic-Con - DA can be visited at the Dark Horse Comics Booth (2615) during this time

July 25th 2024: Dragon Age at San Diego Comic-Con - DA:TV acting talent signing ft. the actors of Neve, Harding, Lucanis and Emmrich. 3pm - 3:50 pm PDT

July 25th 2024: Entertainment wiki platform Fandom’s ‘Fandom Party’. 7pm til 11pm PDT at SDCC (Hard Rock Hotel), “presented by DA:TV”. This is a “preview event” to “unveil” DA:TV, and guests “will explore a variety of fan-first experiences including the opportunity to learn more about DA:TV”. There will be a Dragon Age-themed scavenger hunt interactive experience that leads to a custom photo booth, among other things

July 26th 2024: Dragon Age at San Diego Comic-Con - DA:TV acting talent panel ft. the actors of Neve, Harding, Lucanis and Emmrich. 3:15pm - 4:15pm PDT

July 28th 2024: Dragon Age at San Diego Comic-Con - DA:TV dev team signing. 3pm - 3:50 pm PDT

July 30th 2024: Electronic Arts Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call. These usually take place at 2pm PT. Sometimes snippets emerge from these

August 2024: BioWare announced on July 31st that sometime in August they will release a new roadmap, more looks at DA:TV, and the official release date

August 20th 2024: Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024. Gamescom 2024 itself is from August 21st til August 25th. Nothing hinted, confirmed or guaranteed but may be something worth keeping an eye on/tuning in to - update: this article states that DA:TV & BioWare won’t be at Gamescom

August 15th 2024: DA:TV release date trailer and announcement. The trailer premieres here at 5pm UTC+1

August 15th 2024: DA:TV pre-orders open

Week of August 19th 2024: DA:TV high-level combat and PC (as in computer) spotlight

August 24th 2024: The high-level combat content is dropping on this date

Week of August 26th 2024: DA:TV companions week

August 27th 2024: Full screenshots of each companion are dropping

August 29th 2024: Episode 1 of the new Dragon Age podcast, Dragon Age: Vows & Vengeance. 6am ET / 3am PT. This episode features Nadia and Elio

August 30th 2024: DA:TV developer Discord Q&A. 11am PT

August 30th 2024: This DA:TV giveaway ends

Week of September 2nd 2024: Michael Gamble mentioned that there will be a deep dive into progression at some point this week. BioWare said that this would be a spotlight on progression systems, and that those include skill trees, items, and companions

September 2nd 2024: After this date the review embargo on reviews of Mass Effect: Priority Hagalaz - The Board Game is lifted

September 3rd 2024: DA:TV IGN First month-long exclusive coverage begins

September 3rd 2024: 22 minutes of new DA:TV exclusive guided commentary gameplay with BioWare is releasing from IGN, featuring Corinne Busche and John Epler. 5pm BST

September 4th 2024: Michael Gamble mentioned that he heard there is a deep dive on DA:TV progression systems coming on this date in the morning. It’s said to be about 10 minutes in total and include a blog

September 5th 2024: Episode 2 of the new Dragon Age podcast, Dragon Age: Vows & Vengeance. 6am ET / 3am PT. This episode features Harding

September 12th 2024: Episode 3 of the new Dragon Age podcast, Dragon Age: Vows & Vengeance. 6am ET / 3am PT. This episode features Davrin

September 19th 2024: Episode 4 of the new Dragon Age podcast, Dragon Age: Vows & Vengeance. 6am ET / 3am PT. This episode features Bellara

September 19th 2024: Thoughts on DA:TV from a hands-on DA:TV preview event are coming out from shinobi602 and many others. Note that on this date, the embargo for attendees of the recent preview event is lifted (at 8am PT) meaning that a lot of new info and some spoilers will come out around this time

September 26th 2024: Episode 5 of the new Dragon Age podcast, Dragon Age: Vows & Vengeance. 6am ET / 3am PT. This episode features Taash

September 26th - 29th 2024: Tokyo Game Show 2024 (TGS). Dragon Age: The Veilguard is a partner title in the lineup

End of September/early October 2024: End of the DAT:V IGN First month-long exclusive coverage

October 3rd 2024: Episode 6 of the new Dragon Age podcast, Dragon Age: Vows & Vengeance. 6am ET / 3am PT. This episode features Lucanis

September 2024 and beyond: BioWare said that much more is to come for Dragon Age: The Veilguard in September and beyond

Early October 2024: modiphius.us orders of Mass Effect: Priority Hagalaz - The Board Game only will start shipping

October 10th 2024: Episode 7 of the new Dragon Age podcast, Dragon Age: Vows & Vengeance. 6am ET / 3am PT. This episode features Emmrich

October 14th 2024: Pre-load for DA:TV is available on Xbox Series X|S. 9am PDT

October 17th 2024: Episode 8 of the new Dragon Age podcast, Dragon Age: Vows & Vengeance. 6am ET / 3am PT. This episode features Neve

October 18th 2024: From today fans can pre-order the Official Soundtrack album of Dragon Age: The Veilguard on iTunes and Amazon Music

End of the week beginning October 14th 2024: modiphius.us orders of Mass Effect: Priority Hagalaz - The Board Game which also included the Mass Effect miniatures should have started shipping by this time

Later in October 2024: Mass Effect: Priority Hagalaz - The Board Game and the Mass Effect miniatures should be available from your FLGS in US and Canada later in October

October 22nd 2024: Currently listed release date for Mass Effect: The Official Cocktail Book according to publisher Insight Editions’ product page for it

October 23rd - 27th 2024: Paris Games Week. DA:TV will be there and attendees will be able to play the game at the booth

October 27th 2024: MCM Comic Con London DA:TV panel titled “Beyond The Veilguard: BioWare on the return to Dragon Age” ft. dev Scylla Costa. 12:10pm - 12:55pm. The panel will give a behind the scenes look at the return to Thedas and a glimpse of what to expect in DA:TV

Week beginning October 28th 2024: modiphius.net orders of the Mass Effect miniatures only are expected to ship the last week of October

October 28th 2024: The review embargo on Dragon Age: The Veilguard will lift and reviews will come out. Lifts at 8am PT

October 29th 2024: Pre-load for DA:TV is available on Playstation 5. 9am PDT

October 29th 2024: Electronic Arts Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call. These usually take place at 2pm PT. Sometimes snippets emerge from these

October 31st 2024: Officially-announced worldwide release date for Dragon Age: The Veilguard! The worldwide release time is 4pm GMT. There is no pre-load for PC; the game can only be downloaded on PC from this time

November 1st 2024: Formal release of the Dragon Age: The Veilguard Official Soundtrack album, via Lakeshore Records

November 1st 2024: New DA:TV merch items collection from Dual Wield Studio launches. 11 AM PT

First week of November 2024: modiphius.net orders of Mass Effect: Priority Hagalaz - The Board Game are expected to start shipping in the first week of November

November 5th 2024: At 5pm PST pre-orders close for this new Dragon Age: The Veilguard map of Thedas item. The item is expected to arrive by Winter 2025

November 6th 2024: The Dragon Age: The Veilguard art book The Art of Dragon Age: The Veilguard releases. I have put this here as Dark Horse lists this as the release date for both the standard and Deluxe editions. This article says it releases on November 5th bookstores and November 6th in comic shops

November 7th 2024: N7 Day 2024

Late November 2024: Mass Effect: Priority Hagalaz - The Board Game and the Mass Effect miniatures should be available from your FLGS for UK and EU in late November

December 3rd 2024: ebook version of the DA:TV art book The Art of Dragon Age: The Veilguard releases

December 4th 2024: Dragon Age Day 2024

December 4th 2024: 2 hour BioWare developer AMA on the Dragon Age subreddit. 12pm PST / 8pm GMT

December 12th 2024: The Game Awards 2024. Streaming live at 4.30pm PST. Dragon Age: The Veilguard is a nominee in the Innovation in Accessibility category. You can vote [here] and watch free on YouTube and Twitch. Voting closes some time before the show. Update: It was also nominated for Players’ Voice

2025

[felassan]

MJ’s MASTER-Masterpost

Meta, theories and resources etc masterpost

Tevinter Nights masterpost

BioWare 25 Years of Gamedev Secrets book masterpost

New illustrations from the Deluxe editions of the DA novels masterpost

The Art of the Mass Effect Trilogy: Expanded Edition masterpost

DA4 Behind the Scenes vid masterpost

News roundup from the period around DA Day 2020 masterpost

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