Minrathous, the mage-run capital city of the Teviner Imperium. Mass Effect 3 and Andromeda had a multiplayer mode that was actually pretty decent, but singleplayer stories remain the focal point for both series. BioWare are now calling it a "single-player focused experience".īased on what the studio has historically done well, this seems like a good decision. We don't know exactly what plans for Dragon Age 4's multiplayer were before this decision, but it's safe to say now that it definitely won't be an online-only game like Anthem. This news came shortly after BioWare announced plans to cease work on Anthem, the live-service sci-fi game that they'd been attempting to overhaul after its poor reception in 2019. However, as of 2021, Dragon Age 4 has reportedly ditched all multiplayer elements to stay a singleplayer experience. In early 2018, Kotaku reported that Dragon Age 4 had been rebooted as a "live" game to better fit with EA's push for "games as a service" that could continue to generate revenue after initial launch sales. Dragon Age 4 won't be a live-service game like Anthem
The series seems to be getting even further away from its grimy Ferelden roots into some of the more grand and colorful magic of the world. Sadly, we still don't know its official title, though the trailer does at least seem to confirm one returning character: dwarven archer Varric Tethras, a party member in both Dragon Age 2 and Dragon Age: Inquisition.Īside from that, the trailer also confirms that, as is Dragon Age tradition, we'll have a new protagonist for the next game. During The Game Awards in 2020, BioWare showed off a teaser trailer for the next Dragon Age game.