Summary
BioWare has had a quiet few years since the release of its last game,Anthem, in 2019. An exciting year is on the horizon forBioWarein 2024, and the developer is on track to deliver news to players from both its popular IPs:Dragon AgeandMass Effect. Both series' have had games in development for a while now, withDragon Age: Dreadwolfin particular due for a significant information drop.
BioWare has promised a full reveal forDragon Age: Dreadwolfin Summer 2024, including new trailers, gameplay, and a release date.
News For Dragon Age: Dreadwolf Will Finally Drop
Dragon Age Day Gives Announcements
December 4th has become the unofficialDragon AgeDay for fans of the series, and BioWare has jumped on the bandwagon in recent years to use the day as an opportunity to drop trailers and updates on theDragon Ageseries as a whole. With minimal updates onDragon Age: Dreadwolfbeyond a few teaser trailers in recent years, fans were anticipating news to drop on Dragon Age Day 2023. BioWare did release a trailer, but rather than any significant information, it announced that afull reveal forDragon Age: Dreadwolfwould be shared in Summer 2024.
Dragon Age Day 2023 Gave a New Timeline For Fans
As the Video Game Awards took place just days afterDragon Age Day, the announcement that there would only be an update in Summer 2024 served to curb expectations that BioWare would have a presence at the event. While learningDragon Age: Dreadwolfwouldn’t make an appearance at The Game Awards was disappointing for many, players who have been waiting since 2015 for an update onDragon Agefinally have a timeline for when they can expect real news forDragon Age: Dreadwolf. The Summer 2024 reveal promises to include a trailer, character reveals, gameplay footage, and a release date reveal.
Dragon Age: Dreadwolf May Release Around Christmas 2024
Dragon Age: Dreadwolf Could Be Headed For a Q4 Release
While there is still no revealed window forDragon Age: Dreadwolf, a slip-up from aBioWare developer may have revealed the release dateas sometime after April 2024. The release date forDragon Age: Dreadwolfmight finally be revealed during the Summer 2024 news cycle, in which case it might be headed for a Q4 release date, around Christmas or thereabouts.
A 2025 Release for Dragon Age: Dreadwolf is Unlikely
While it is still possible thatDragon Age: Dreadwolfmay still see a 2025 release, that would be a worst-case scenario and would be unlikely for several reasons.Dragon Age: Dreadwolfhas already been in Alpha for over a year, with a post on BioWare’s official blog in October 2022 announcing the milestone.Dragon Age: Inquisition’s Alpha was announced in May 2014, just six months before its release. While BioWare is taking more time withDragon Age: Dreadwolf, possibly to avoid the mistakes ofAnthemand to avoid crunch, it’s unlikely that development will take another year.
Studios Are Adopting Shorter Marketing Campaigns
A long development phase after a significant marketing campaign in Summer 2024 is especially unlikely. Rather than announcing news and information early in the development process, it’s recently become more standard to have a shorter, harder-hitting marketing cycle closer to video game release dates, with BioWare advisor Mark Darrah commenting in a stream on The Game Awards 2022 that “there’s been a move towards shorter marketing cycles.” This removes expectations forfeatures that need to be cut in the final productand keeps hype at a high without needing a years-long, sustained campaign.
As such, with a significant news drop happening in Summer 2024,Dragon Age: Dreadwolf’s release dateshouldn’t be too far behind. Players can probably expect the game’s release date to fall within six months of Summer 2024.
Some News For Mass Effect 5 is On The Horizon
Don’t Expect Mass Effect News Any Time Soon
BioWare’s other property,Mass Effect, also should see some updates that longtime fans will be waiting on. While anything too exciting shouldn’t be expected from BioWare regardingMass EffectuntilDragon Age: Dreadwolfis out, BioWare won’t leave the world to forget that there’sa newMass Effectgame in development.
Mass Effect Day May Have an Update
LikeDragon Age,Mass Effecthas its own dedicated day in the fandom.Mass EffectDay, or N7 Day, is on November 7, and BioWare has taken the opportunity to make announcements and release trailers and official art for the occasion. In recent years, BioWare has been releasing information related to the nextMass Effectgame, with an announcement trailer and small updates. N7 Day 2023 saw the release of a 35-second teaser, depicting a character wearing an N7 trenchcoat and full helmet, walking through what appears to be a warehouse.
Dragon Age Needs to be Released Before More Mass Effect News
Any updates in 2024 will likely be similar to updates in previous years, and will likely only be dropped on N7 Day as in previous years. As inprevious N7 Day announcements, there will likely be a short video with some footage not necessarily representing final gameplay, an image, and a blog post with an update. N7 Day will coincide with the likely release date ofDragon Age: Dreadwolf, and BioWare probably won’t want to draw attention away from its release with news from its other IP and could postpone any significant updates to 2025.
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