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Dragon Age: Origins Wasn't Meant To Be The Origin Of A Series
Dragon Age: Origins was the start of a long-running and beloved series at BioWare, but it wasn't always meant to be. Former executive producer Mark Darrah, who worked for BioWare from 1998 through 2022, said that the game was conceived as a standalone story, and that you can still see that intent in some unresolved story threads.
Why Has There Never Been a Dragon Age: Origins Remaster? BioWare Exec Explains Past Plans and Continued Difficulties
Former Dragon Age franchise boss Mark Darrah has discussed BioWare's difficulty getting a remaster of the series' first game off the ground, and why it would be a much tougher project than Mass Effect's trilogy re-release. Instead, Darrah said, he believed ...
EA refused to let BioWare make a Dragon Age: Origins remake claims developer
The Veilguard has put EA off from making any more entries in the series, including a remaster of the original.
Mass Effect 5 devs should "scapegoat" Veilguard and a Dragon Age trilogy remaster was pitched to EA, says ex-BioWare producer
Ex-BioWare producer Mark Darrah has discussed pitching a Dragon Age trilogy remaster and his belief that Mass Effect 5's devs should "scapegoat" Veilguard.
BioWare proposed a remastered Dragon Age trilogy, but EA refused
A Dragon Age remaster trilogy was pitched but denied by EA, according to former executive producer Mark Darrah, due to corporate and technical reasons.
BioWare Pitched A Dragon Age Trilogy Remaster 'Pretty Softly' At One Point, Says Former Series Producer
Looking back on the franchise, however, we've recently learned BioWare, at one point, softly pitched a trilogy remaster of the first three Dragon Age games, but it was turned down by EA. That's according to Mark Darrah, former Dragon Age series producer and BioWare executive, in a new interview with MrMattyPlays on YouTube, as reported by IGN .
EA Reportedly Turned Down a Dragon Age Trilogy Remaster
EA apparently turned down a Dragon Age trilogy remaster pitched by BioWare, denying the series the same treatment that the publisher's original Mass Effect releases received a few
BioWare Veteran Reveals EA's Main Problem With 'Super Nerdy' Dragon Age
A BioWare veteran who spent 24 years with the company reveals EA's main problem with 'super nerdy' Dragon Age that kept hindering the series.
EA refused to let BioWare make a Dragon Age remake
The Veilguard has put EA off from making any more entries in the series, including a remaster of the original.
Dragon Age Remasters Were Rejected By EA, According To Series Veteran
Dragon Age veteran Mark Darrah has revealed that BioWare wanted to make remasters of the first three games in the series akin to Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, but that EA rejected the pitch several times.
Former BioWare Executive Producer Reveals Dragon Age: Origins Nearly Got a Remaster
Former BioWare Executive Producer Mark Darrah reveals how close a Dragon Age: Origins Remaster came to becoming a reality.
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Dragon Age's Uncertain Future: Bioware's Struggles and EA's Hesitation

Bioware seems to be in a strange state of late, and after its former producer's recent comments, one of its iconic series ...

Dragon Age: Origins was "intended as a standalone game" rather than the first in a series of RPGs, former dev says, meaning BioWare left "a lot of threads" it wasn't expecting ...

In an interview with YouTube creator MrMattyPlays (below), which has been highlighted by PC Gamer, Darrah explains that this initial idea also meant that "a lot of threads" were placed in the 2009 ...
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Former BioWare Executive Thinks Mass Effect Team Should Use Veilguard as a Scapegoat

A former BioWare executive shares curious advice for the team currently working on Mass Effect to use Dragon Age: The ...

Enraged Dragon Age fans are punishing EA for rejecting BioWare's remaster pitch by covering pixel art map Wplace in adorable threats

Dragon Age fans are understandably distraught over the news that publisher EA apparently rejected developer BioWare's offers ...

BioWare’s Failed Dragon Age Pitch Could’ve Saved the Franchise

In a recent interview, former BioWare producer Mark Darrah revealed that the studio pitched a series of remakes and remasters ahead of Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Specifically, the studio wanted to ...

BioWare pitched a Dragon Age trilogy remaster but EA turned it down because it's 'against remasters' – 'It's strange for a publicly-traded company to seemingly be against ...

A remaster of the first three Dragon Age games was pitched by BioWare to EA, but turned down because the publisher is "against remasters".
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Former Bioware Vet Notes That Mass Effect 5 Team Must Highlight Error-Prone Past To Save The Future

Mass Effect 5 is under a LOT of scrutiny, and as a result, one former member of Bioware makes it clear how they need to proceed!