In the next Dragon Age game will no longer have multiplayer aspects, according to a new Bloomberg report. The game, made by EA BioWare-owned studio, would have “been designed with a heavy multiplayer component”, but has been turned into a single player game “in the last few months”.
However, we haven’t seen much of the game since it was first announced with a brief teaser trailer in December 2018, and we don’t know what the multiplayer component could be like. Even though the game has been in progress for some time – development started in 2015, reports Bloomberg – there is still no release date for it, which means it may be a bit distant and things can change. BioWare recently showed fleeting glimpses of the game in August and December.
The move comes amid other developments that apparently led EA to be more willing to embrace a single player Dragon Age. On Wednesday, EA announced that Anthem Next, the planned reboot of BioWare’s open-world sniper service Hymn, has been canceled (although EA says the game “as it exists today” will continue). And EA’s single-player title Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, which was released in November 2019, exceeded sales expectations, according to Bloomberg.
Dragon Age has become one of BioWare’s biggest franchises based on its engaging single-player campaigns, so the news that the next title will have no multiplayer is probably good news for many fans. In a recent interview with IGN, Laura Miele, head of EA studios, said the company has been listening to what players want and is making decisions based on that feedback.
“I asked [EA’s community leaders] to give me the best advice on how we can have a better connection with our players, ”said Miele. “The biggest theme was – please listen to us about the content that players are asking for, which resulted in the green light [the new] Skate, College football, command and conquer and additional content for Battlefront II. “
EA also canceled a game in development under the code name “Gaia”, according to another Bloomberg report. “De Gaia the development was turbulent and the game went through at least one major reboot ”, Bloomberg reported. If you’re curious, you can take a look at some of the first images of Gaia In this video: