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Dragon Age legend says even if he didn't leave BioWare 9 years ago, he still would have dipped over EA's live service Dragon Age push: "What a devil's contract that would have been"

David Gaider wasn't hanging around for the Thedas battlepass

Days after EA CEO suggests players crave live service guff, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 boss says their single-player RPG made all its money back in one day

Days after EA CEO suggests players crave live service guff, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 boss says their single-player RPG made all its money back in one day

Amid Dragon Age: The Veilguard underperformance, Andrew Wilson reckoned players seek "shared-world" features

As EA hints The Veilguard's low sales could be due to a lack of live service elements, former Dragon Age lead calls out "silly" demands to "fundamentally change the DNA of what people loved"

As EA hints The Veilguard's low sales could be due to a lack of live service elements, former Dragon Age lead calls out "silly" demands to "fundamentally change the DNA of what people loved"

"Just thinking out loud, of course"

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Eternal Strands, the physics-heavy RPG being headed by Dragon Age veteran Mike Laidlaw, will roll out a playable demo a week ahead of its full release

Laidlaw said Eternal Strands is "a game that benefits from 'feeling' it."

It's an RPG Clash of the Titans as Dragon Age chief's new project confirms it's been designed in partnership with Naoki Yoshida's Final Fantasy team

Eternal Strands had my curiosity, but now it has my attention

Former-BioWare and Dragon Age dev Mike Laidlaw gives us a closer look at his new action-adventure Eternal Strands

They hope "players will create synergies that we haven't thought of"

After 10 years and two canceled projects, former Dragon Age director says he's "confident" his promising new game about giant bosses "will get out the door"

Eternal Strands will see the light of day

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Former Dragon Age creative director says 'I just desperately don't want to overhype anything' in his new studio's first game

Former Dragon Age creative director says 'I just desperately don't want to overhype anything' in his new studio's first game

At GDC, Mike Laidlaw talked around the imminent Eternal Strands announcement and plans for Yellow Brick Games' future.

Eternal Strands is a new game from former BioWare and Ubisoft devs, and it's coming to Xbox Series X|S and Windows PC in 2025

Eternal Strands is a new game from former BioWare and Ubisoft devs, and it's coming to Xbox Series X|S and Windows PC in 2025

Yellow Brick Games, a team led by developers from BioWare and Ubisoft, introduces a new game called Eternal Strands, which is coming to Xbox Series X|S and Windows PC.

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Dragon Age creative director is back with a "very different game" that's a dreamy mix of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Shadow of the Colossus with 25-meter bosses

Dragon Age creative director is back with a "very different game" that's a dreamy mix of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Shadow of the Colossus with 25-meter bosses

BioWare and Ubisoft veterans have united for something very cool

Former Dragon Age creative director Mike Laidlaw finally reveals his next game: A physics-based action-adventure 'in which the world becomes your weapon'

Former Dragon Age creative director Mike Laidlaw finally reveals his next game: A physics-based action-adventure 'in which the world becomes your weapon'

Eternal Strands is expected to be out sometime in 2025.

'A triumph': Brian Fargo, Mike Laidlaw, and other RPG architects weigh in on Baldur's Gate 3

'A triumph': Brian Fargo, Mike Laidlaw, and other RPG architects weigh in on Baldur's Gate 3

Creative forces behind series like Fallout, Dragon Age, The Elder Scrolls, and Pillars of Eternity react to Baldur's Gate 3.

Mike Laidlaw explains how the Dragon Age writers' room tackled companions

Mike Laidlaw explains how the Dragon Age writers' room tackled companions

There was some shouting involved.

'We're running at a f**king wall, and we're gonna crash'—CD Projekt's lead quest designer on big budget RPGs

'We're running at a f**king wall, and we're gonna crash'—CD Projekt's lead quest designer on big budget RPGs

During an RPG designer roundtable organized by PC Gamer, Cyberpunk 2077 quest director Pawel Sasko and other veterans talk about the "staggering" complexity of triple-A games.

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RPG roundtable podcast: Josh Sawyer, Mike Laidlaw, Strix Beltran, Paweł Sasko, and Lis Moberly go deep on writing and playing RPGs

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Former Dragon Age lead explains how writing lore books led him to design settings like a tabletop RPG book

Mike Laidlaw had plenty of wisdom to share at GDC

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