Dragon Age: Origins lead writer says Shale was saved partly by his real-life burning hatred for pigeon poop: 'I wrote like the angry, angry wind' "I hated those pigeons SO SO MUCH". PC Gamer · Nov 26, 2024
Dragon Age 2 lead writer says fan-favorite Fenris "probably deserved some re-examining," even if he "turned out better than he had any right to" following the RPG's tight turnaround David Gaider says he "struggled, at first" to write Fenris GamesRadar · Nov 25, 2024
Dragon Age creator admits "honouring previous game choices" is "a sucker's game" because "you will never be able to deliver divergent plot" "It's a question of resources, and there's never enough to go around" GamesRadar · Nov 23, 2024
Dragon Age: Inquisition was supposed to see your Origins character return for what would have been the most excruciating choice BioWare ever concocted I don't know if I could have made the call. PC Gamer · Nov 21, 2024
Dragon Age creator reveals that one of the RPG series' most iconic characters was originally cast thanks to a rendition of Baby Got Back Morrigan likes big butts and she cannot lie GamesRadar · Nov 21, 2024
Akon's 'Smack That' and Morrigan from Dragon Age: Origins have a shared history, according to her writer, who cast her off a 'beat poet rendition' of the song Get on the floor. Gimmie some more. PC Gamer · Nov 20, 2024
Dragon Age: The Veilguard was being imagined by BioWare's art director before Inquisition was even out, but this 10-year-old concept art makes it look like a very different RPG The art director was quick to create ideas of what "cool things might come next" GamesRadar · Nov 12, 2024
The messy queer representation of Dragon Age: Origins was commendable for 2009—and I even miss some of its thorns The Antivan Crows and CIA have more in common than one might think. PC Gamer · Nov 8, 2024
Dragon Age has a secret 'uber-plot' that BioWare still seems to be following, and it all builds up 'the final thing you could do in this world that would break it' Rocks fall, everyone dies. PC Gamer · Nov 4, 2024
Dragon Age: Origins writer says the RPG series has a secret "overarching plan," but won't reveal the "very last plot" in case BioWare actually makes it The super secret document is still influencing the series, even in Dragon Age: The Veilguard GamesRadar · Oct 31, 2024
Dragon Age: The Veilguard's Baldur's Gate 3-style romance has "limits," says series' former lead writer, but "if they unapologetically lean into it as BG3 did it should be fine" You can romance all of Veilguard's companions GamesRadar · Jun 14, 2024
Dragon Age co-creator David Gaider responds to The Veilguard getting Baldur's Gate 3 comparisons, says Larian's true impact on RPGs won't be felt for "a few more years" The reason? Ballooning development cycles GamesRadar · Jun 13, 2024
Former Dragon Age lead says the gameplay teaser is a "better introduction" to the RPG than the divisive reveal trailer: "I'm just eager to see where this goes" The king himself speaks GamesRadar · Jun 13, 2024
As Dragon Age: The Veilguard's bold new tone gets bashed by fans, the RPG's original co-creator explains trailers are always mismatched, "so that doesn't mean much" Veilguard is seemingly ditching the bloodier, dark fantasy stylings of Origins GamesRadar · Jun 10, 2024
GamesRadar · Jun 7, 2024 Former Dragon Age lead thinks The Veilguard being more similar to Mass Effect was "inevitable," but it "likely means good things for gameplay" We're seeing 15 minutes of gameplay next week
GamesRadar · May 11, 2024 Mass Effect and Dragon Age veteran invokes BioWare's biggest RPG flop as he rails against EA's newfound "hunger" for AI David Gaider has some interesting memories of Anthem
PC Gamer · May 10, 2024 Former Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider pours scorn on EA's AI dreams: 'What they took as excitement was really a veiled wail of despair' Gaider remembers how excited execs were for live service games like Anthem, and reckons they're just repeating a pattern.
PC Gamer · Apr 15, 2024 Former Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider says a Dragon Age TV series is 'a terrible idea,' and he's not very keen on Mass Effect either And you know what? He's not wrong.
GamesRadar · Apr 15, 2024 Dragon Age co-creator says adapting the beloved RPG into a Fallout-style TV show would be a "terrible idea" David Gaider has surprised fans with his next TV show pitch
GamesRadar · Mar 25, 2024 Dragon Age creator says that if crunch is "the only way" to make massive games, "maybe the industry deserves to die" However, he believes it "doesn't have to be that way"
PC Gamer · Mar 22, 2024 If working overtime on AAA games with giant budgets is the only way to succeed, 'then maybe the industry deserves to die,' says RPG veteran David Gaider: 'There is another way to be' Summerfall Studios co-founder David Gaider speaks in favor of industry unionization and his studio's four day work week.
PC Gamer · Jan 8, 2024 Seasoned RPG devs from Obsidian and Bioware blame the temporary death of the isometric CRPG on 'vibes-based forecasting' from retailers "I can't stress enough how often I'd hear a retail rep declare a genre/style/look was dead with zero supporting data."
GamesRadar · Jan 7, 2024 Obsidian and BioWare veterans explain how retailers killed the isometric RPG: "Truly vibes-based forecasting" A chicken and egg situation
The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2023 Video games and musical theatre: 2023’s most unlikely crossover? There has been a remarkable intersection between video games and musical performance this year, from villains lending vocals to their own theme tunes to interactive songs
GamesRadar · Dec 14, 2023 Dragon Age co-creator would love to see the Baldur's Gate 3 devs make a Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic sequel But leave HK-47 as a ruthless killer, please