RPG games again. And there was much rejoicing.
Dragon Age 4 has been retooled into a single-player-only game over the past few months, according to a new report from Anthem's resounding failure were both major contributing factors to the decision, though some leading staff at BioWare had already been pushing to swap back to single-player.
According to the report, the new Dragon Age was originally built as a single-player game when it entered development in 2015, though it was rebooted for long-term service hooks in 2017. This decision is reportedly what led to the departure of Mike Laidlaw from BioWare, where he had previously served as creative director on the series.
The single-player focus will be good news for long-time BioWare fans, though it's not a guarantee of Dragon Age's success. After all, Mass Effect: Andromeda had plenty of problems with its single-player campaign regardless of the presence of a multiplayer mode. Still, this will hopefully mean BioWare gets to once again focus on what it's best at.
EA has been more proactively doing things that, well, people like lately. In an interview with Mass Effect.
Of course, this might all mean that the Dragon Age 4 release date is going to take even longer to arrive, if the devs need to retool previous work. Here's hoping the new game proves worth the wait.