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Former Dragon Age lead says Baldur's Gate 3 studio Larian is taking a "risk" by making Divinity right after its 2023 RPG hit, but he applauds the devs for it

The company won't be pulled in multiple directions

GamesRadar · Sep 2

"If I was buying BioWare, I would want everything": Former Dragon Age lead thinks "there are several ways" the developer survives EA's $55 billion buyout, but none are pretty

It's a foggy road ahead

GamesRadar · Aug 12

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic devs were so committed to the RPG's bad language that they spent a day watching the films to prove Lucasfilm wrong

But in the end, Lucasfilm got its way

GamesRadar · Aug 10

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BioWare veteran says Baldur's Gate 3 was such a great sequel because it didn't try to be too much like Baldur's Gate 2

Mark Darrah thinks Larian succeeded because it wasn't afraid to do its own thing.

PC Gamer · Aug 7

Baldur's Gate 3 is a "great sequel" because it's so different from the original RPGs, says programmer of the original RPGs

"If you inject Neverwinter Nights and Dragon Age Origins and draw that line, then it leads pretty clearly to a game like Baldur's Gate 3," says Mark Darrah

GamesRadar · Aug 7

Dragon Age was always "too niche, too backwards, too old-school" in EA's eyes, former BioWare lead argues

Mark Darrah believes EA had an easier time understanding Mass Effect

GamesRadar · Aug 7

Ex Dragon Age boss warns devs against listening to player feedback for solutions: "They're not developers"

"They know they don't like something, but the solution they may come up with may not be the best"

GamesRadar · Aug 6

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Dragon Age's former producer had envisioned a 'Champions Edition' equivalent to Mass Effect's Legendary Edition, but he doesn't think it will happen anymore: 'There are basically no companies that could help you'

"There's basically no one outside of BioWare anymore that understands the Aurora engine."

PC Gamer · Aug 1

Another BioWare veteran steps forth to say a Dragon Age remaster isn't impossible, but that doesn't mean it will happen: "In no means a trivial exercise"

"I have a unique perspective on the tech under the hood," Trent Oster says

GamesRadar · Jul 31

"Basically no one at BioWare" knows how Dragon Age works anymore, says studio veteran, so don't expect a remaster like Mass Effect's even if one would sell "super well"

The potential is there, though

GamesRadar · Jul 29

'Dragon Age' Remastered Trilogy Faces Major Roadblocks, Former BioWare Producer Says

Former BioWare producer Mark Darrah explains why a "Dragon Age" remastered trilogy is unlikely, citing outdated engines and BioWare's current priorities.

Player One · Jul 29

EA is 'a hedge fund with a videogame hobby,' former Dragon Age boss says, and that's why he reckons the series is probably dead and buried

Mark Darrah doesn't think there's anyone left at BioWare who would pitch a new Dragon Age game, and he doesn't think studio executives would let anyone else do it either.

PC Gamer · Jul 27

Baldur's Gate 4 should just be an "oversized expansion pack for Baldur's Gate 3," BioWare veteran says: "Get Larian to agree to license out the Divinity Engine"

Well, Larian, what do you say?

GamesRadar · Jul 27

Dragon Age veteran says a series comeback would be difficult with EA's "frightening" graveyard of dormant IP: "I suspect that it wouldn't happen"

BioWare legend Mark Darrah isn't hopeful for the RPG series' future

GamesRadar · Jul 27

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Former BioWare producer says we could be saved from a world where there's 'no AAA games that aren't live services' by looking to movies

Hello, Hollywood.

GamesRadar · May 31

Dragon Age and BioWare veteran says games could learn a thing or two from how the movie business makes money

"The over reliance on microtransactions is overemphasizing certain genres and preventing other genres from flourishing"

PC Gamer · Apr 17

Former BioWare producer Mark Darrah says it's valuable to have 'an idiot at the table' during game development—but only if they can remember who the experts are

And they told me designated idiot wasn't a viable career path.

GamesRadar · Jan 17

Dragon Age veteran defends studio's attempt to make something different with Anthem: "BioWare's always been changing"

"By that argument, we should have never made Neverwinter Nights because we were a 2D RPG maker"

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GamesRadar · Jan 16

"It took Anthem a very long time to admit to itself that it was a looter shooter," BioWare veteran says, which is why it was taking lessons from Diablo instead of Destiny

"From a design perspective, the number one touch point for Anthem was actually Diablo"

GamesRadar · Jan 16

Mass Effect 5 is going to release "a long time" after Dragon Age: The Veilguard because BioWare has become a "one project studio," veteran suggests

Mark Darrah says it's "probably for the best" since different teams won't be fighting for resources

Windows Central · Jan 15

Anthem is dead after the game's shutdown, but it doesn't have to be — lead dev reveals code for private servers exists, "there to be salvaged and recovered"

EA may have shut down Anthem's official servers, but its executive producer says code for private ones exists and is "there to be salvaged and recovered."

PC Gamer · Jan 14

Hopes for an eventual Anthem private server resurrection ignited as former executive producer says code for running the game locally 'is there to be salvaged and recovered'

So you're telling me there's a chance? An extremely slim chance?

GamesRadar · Jan 14

Stop Killing Games says Anthem's scrapped plans for local servers is what the initiative is all about: "You as the customer should have the final say as to when you're done with a game"

"If you put money into the game, you should have a voice on whether you get to keep it or not"

GamesRadar · Jan 14

Dragon Age veteran says scrapped Anthem Next "could have been" up there with No Man's Sky's legendary turnaround

Anthem Next was canned in early 2021

GamesRadar · Jan 13

Anthem "did permanent damage to the careers of a lot of game devs" says Dragon Age veteran, and he's not sure he or BioWare ever "came back" from its spectacular failure

Anthem's servers have now been shut down

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