After ages of Bioware RPGs requiring the official EA App in some capacity, the studio has revealed the upcomingDragon Age: The Veilguardwill be a Steam game first and foremost.
On Twitter, the announcement explains thatVeilguardwill be Steam native, meaning it won’t require EA’s launcher at all. The game will also be Steam Deck verified right out of the gate.
We’re making great progress towards our fall launch date, and can confirm early that#DragonAge: The Veilguard is going all-in on@Steamfeatures!⚔️We’re verified on Steam Deck.⚔️We’ll be Steam native – meaning the EA App will not be required to play the game.Details on…
Regardless of your thoughts on either launcher, EA’s simply isn’t Steam — the storefront most people use for games — and thus just isn’t as practical to use. Perhaps just as important as getting to play the next big Bioware game without touching EA’s meddling middleware is how this move signals EA’s possible willingness to make things easier going forward. Perhaps it was a tough decision for EA to make, but it’s one that the gaming community at large is already celebrating.
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The past few years have been immensely tough for the series and BioWare. The troubled development ofDragon Age’stentative fourth installment survived the departure ofvarious developers, and we don’t know how much of theVeilguardwe’re getting was part of the plan when the game wasstill calledDreadwolf.Luckily, this news, along with the recent unveiling of the game’sstellar voice cast, seems to show Bioware and EA’s determination to bring the franchise back to its glory days.
Dragon Age: The Veilguardstill has no release date, but Bioware is aiming for a launch in Fall 2024.
