The Latest Breaking News from Mark Darrah

EA says Mass Effect 5 is now BioWare's "full focus" as it shuffles devs to other studios, with some reportedly facing layoffs following Dragon Age: The Veilguard's underperformance

"We don’t require support from the full studio"

GamesRadar · Jan 29, 2025

Former BioWare vet says the studio is focused on a single game 'for the first time maybe ever' with Mass Effect 5—and whether that's good or bad is anyone's guess

A narrowing focus.

PC Gamer · Jan 24, 2025

A former BioWare dev seems optimistic about the next Mass Effect, stating it might be the first time the dev 'is able to singularly focus on a single project'

Mass Effect may be next for BioWare, but a former exec says it won't 'suddenly have a team of 250, 300 people working on it'.

TechRadar · Jan 23, 2025

‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Most Ambitious Ideas May Keep You From Chilling With Your Favorite Companion

'Dragon Age: The Veilguard' is making some big changes to companion characters, but after a decade of waiting, breaking with tradition could risk losing the series' heart.

Inverse · Aug 12, 2024

According to BioWare, Dragon Age: The Veilguard is the first entry in the series where 'the combat's actually fun' and where characters are 'intentionally' the focus of the storytelling, which seems pretty unfair on the first three games

Apparently your favourite characters' designs were also limited by a desire to appeal to cosplayers?

PC Gamer · Jul 18, 2024

BioWare legend says "super" Dragon Age: The Veilguard fans making "a lot of really educated guesses" probably know more about the RPG than they think

"Some of them are pretty right"

GamesRadar · Jul 18, 2024

Even after the Baldur's Gate RPGs, BioWare vet says Dragon Age: The Veilguard was when the dev "finally said out loud" it's best at "telling stories through characters"

"You literally cannot save the world without these characters," adds Veilguard's creative director

GamesRadar · Jul 17, 2024

Former Dragon Age Producer Says Mega-Hit Video Games Are Being Ruined By a 'Death Cult'

Dragon Age executive producer Mark Darrah says obsession with photorealism is dragging blockbuster games down, but making opportunities for indies.

Inverse · Jun 26, 2024

Dragon Age vet says the "fidelity death cult" and a "fear of backlash" over reused assets is making AAA games take way longer, but that creates room for Dark Souls-style surprise hits

The focus on hyper-realistic visuals is making AAA games take even longer to make, Mark Darrah says

GamesRadar · Jun 26, 2024

As the 10-year wait for Dragon Age: The Veilguard ends, RPG veteran says AAA series like GTA show how a big gap between sequels "can actually improve the impact" of each release

There are "reasons why" big developers space games out

GamesRadar · Jun 26, 2024