Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s official podcast “Vows & Vengeance” has recently won the Best Audio/Podcast Award from Tribeca Festival. This is a big win forDragon Age: The Veilguard, but a bittersweet one, as the game failed to connect with most players and was considered a failure by Electronic Arts.
Originally released last year after almost a decade of development,Dragon Age: The Veilguardgenerally received positive reviews. With an average score of 80 onOpenCritic,Dragon Age: The Veilguardwas generally praised as an enjoyable action RPG. However, many gamers and critics had some harsh criticism about segments of its story.
Now, the “Dragon Age: Vows & Vengeance” podcast has recently gained the Best Audio/Podcast Award at the Tribeca Festival. The officialDragon Age: The Veilguardpodcast, which had eight episodes in total, introduced gamers to the members of the Veilguard before the game was released. While Vows & Vengeance was not created by BioWare’s main writers, it was overseen by John Epler, who worked as the creative director for the game before leaving BioWare to work on another EA-owned company called Full Circle Studio.
Dragon Age: Vows & Vengeance Podcast Gets an Award
Unfortunately, this award comes a bit too late forDragon Age: The Veilguardto help in the game’s success. Earlier this year, EA revealed thatDragon Age: The Veilguardunderperformed expectations. According to Electronic Arts, the title only reached around 1.5 million players at the time, missing the publisher’s expectations by around 50%, so it was largely deemed a failure.
Soon after the tragic performance of the game was revealed, somedevelopers ofDragon Age: The Veilguardwere laidoff from BioWare. The team that worked on the game was essentially disbanded, with some other developers being sent to work on other projects like the upcomingMass Effector other EA projects.
Fans are still not 100% sure about all the reasons for the problems during the development ofThe Veilguard, and it’s likely that multiple developers will still talk about it for time to come. Last week, Jason Schreierreported onDragon Age: The Veilguard’s flop, citing sources who indicated that the game had a troubled development with two reboots and substantial internal friction between theDragon Ageand theMass Effectteams. It remains to be seen what will happen in BioWare’s future, as the nextMass Effectis already in development, but it still does not have an official release date.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
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Enter the world of Thedas, a vibrant land of rugged wilderness, treacherous labyrinths, and glittering cities – steeped in conflict and secret magics. Now, a pair of corrupt ancient gods have broken free from centuries of darkness and are hellbent on destroying the world.Thedas needs someone they can count on. Rise as Rook, Dragon Age’s newest hero. Be who you want to be and play how you want to play as you fight to stop the gods from blighting the world. But you can’t do this alone – the odds are stacked against you. Lead a team of seven companions, each with their own rich story to discover and shape, and together you will become The Veilguard.
