Dragon Age: Dreadwolf Launches Next Year, According To Dev

14.11.2023 - 16:47 / thegamer.com / Jeff Grubb / Next Year

Dragon Age: Dreadwolf will launch next year, according to a developer's LinkedIn page. This aligns with previous reports of the long-awaited sequel aiming for a 2024 release date, finally ending the decade-long series hiatus.

The LinkedIn page has since been updated, but not before Twitter user Timur222 nabbed a screenshot for the rest of us to see (thanks, Gfinity). Here, a senior cinematics animator at BioWare clearly lists Dragon Age: Dreadwolf's release date as 2024, although it has now been edited to say that this date is "to be confirmed."

Still, the fact that 2024 was listed there at all has got fans' hopes up. It's been nine years since Dragon Age: Inquisition launched in November 2024, so by the time Dreadwolf is with us, we may have waited a total of ten years for the follow up. The more optimistic in the fanbase have gone into every new year hoping it would be the one that finally saw Dreadwolf's release, although so far, we've only been met with disappointment.

Dragon Age: Dreadwolf was meant to be with us much sooner, although it may have come in a very different form. The first iteration of Dragon Age 4 was shot down and restructured into having live service elements. Then, this was killed too. Dreadwolf is seemingly the third attempt to get a fourth Dragon Age game off the ground.

This 2024 date aligns with previous reports. Back in August, journalist Jeff Grubb, Dreadwold is aiming to launch in the summer of next year. Before this, we spotted that Dreadwolf was missing in EA's financial reports, indicating that it wouldn't be with us before March 2024.

However, this is all complicated by recent layoffs at BioWare. 50 workers lost their jobs in total, affecting both Dragon Age and Mass Effect development. Shockingly, this included Lukas Kristjanson, who not only worked at the company for 25 years but was also a lead writer on the first two Baldur's Gate games. As we well know, Baldur's Gate 3 - now developed by Larian - has taken the gaming world by storm. So sacking a writer responsible for setting up the groundwork for this sequel is a very concerning move indeed.

If Dragon Age: Dreadwolf is going ahead with a 2024 launch, then perhaps much of the work was already complete, and these workers were laid off right near the finish line. Or, it's going to be finished under crunch conditions by the remaining developers. It could even be a mix of both - with little official news coming from the project, it's hard to tell what's going on there.

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