US EditionWhy Has There Never Been a Dragon Age: Origins Remaster? BioWare Exec Explains Past Plans and Continued Difficulties
NORTH AMERICA, AUG 10 – BioWare repeatedly pitched a remastered Dragon Age trilogy to Electronic Arts, but EA refused funding citing technical challenges and poor sales of the latest game.
- BioWare has paused the Dragon Age series to focus solely on developing Mass Effect 5, which is in early production with fewer than 100 developers.
- This pause follows Dragon Age: The Veilguard failing to meet Electronic Arts' expectations, coupled with the publisher's general reluctance to fund remasters or remakes.
- Mark Darrah, a former Dragon Age executive, revealed BioWare repeatedly pitched a trilogy remaster called The Champions's Trilogy to EA, but the company declined due to technical and financial challenges.
- Darrah explained that Dragon Age: Origins, released in 2009, uses an archaic proprietary engine making remastering harder than for Mass Effect's Unreal Engine trilogy, and EA's stance was to use existing budgets insufficient for such projects.
- The lack of publisher enthusiasm, mixed reception to recent Dragon Age entries, and BioWare's focus on Mass Effect suggest Dragon Age's return is uncertain despite community interest in remasters.
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An All-Time Great BioWare RPG Is Still Worth Playing Today, Even Without A Remaster
EAAfter EA released the Mass Effect Legacy Collection, featuring remasters of its beloved sci-fi series, fans of developer BioWare had one obvious question. When will the Dragon Age series get a remaster of its own? As it turns out, BioWare once considered that very thing only to be denied by EA, but as with so many games, a remaster may not be the solution at all when the original release is still there.Recently, Dragon Age: Origins director Ma…
Why Has There Never Been a Dragon Age: Origins Remaster? BioWare Exec Explains Past Plans and Continued Difficulties
Former Dragon Age franchise boss Mark Darrah has discussed BioWare's difficulty getting a remaster of the series' first game off the ground, and why it would be a much tougher project than Mass Effect's trilogy re-release.
„EA's historically been against remasters.” That's why we never got a refreshed Dragon Age trilogy
Mark Darrah would love to see remasters (and remakes) of the Dragon Age trilogy, but in his opinion, EA is not overly interested in such a project.This info „EA's historically been against remasters.” That's why we never got a refreshed Dragon Age trilogy was first published on Gamepressure.com 12 August 2025.
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