Dragon Age: The Veilguard failed because EA demanded yearly releases from BioWare, says former lead

Former Dragon Age lead Mark Darrah said The Veilguard's failure stemmed from EA's push for annual BioWare releases. The project stayed close to its perceived release date for years, leaving the team no room to rethink the game.

• Darrah: from 2013 BioWare was expected to ship a game yearly — Inquisition, Andromeda, Anthem and Dragon Age 4
• The project spent years close to its current release date, with deadlines pushed in small steps
• From 2017 to 2019 the project ran without its most senior leadership while Darrah worked on Anthem
• The Veilguard launched in late 2024 to a muted response