It's no secret that BioWare's Dragon Age series has seen better days under its corporate overlord, Electronic Arts, with the most recent entry, 2024's The Veilguard, failing to meet sales expectations after a decade of development hell, despite generally positive reviews. But according to David Gaider, longtime Dragon Age writer from Origins to Inquisition, EA's discontent with the series runs a lot deeper than that, telling PC Gamer it was pretty much always on the chopping block during his long tenure at BioWare. In fact, he's seen enough that he's convinced there's no future for Dragon Age at EA, saying it's "unlikely" to get another game unless it gets bought by another owner.
"Throughout the entire time I was there, we were always one breath away from the project being shelved," Gaider says. "The thing that happened is that we kept releasing games, and it would sell much better than they thought it should, and it kept surprising them."
