Dragon Age Creator Doesn't Believe The Series Will Return Under EA

"EA Is A Hedge Fund With A Video Game Hobby": Dragon Age Creator Doesn't Believe The Series Will Return Published Jul 28, 2026, 7:10 AM EDT Sign in to your TheGamer account Dragon Age has always been a problem child at both BioWare and Electronic Arts — by all accounts, senior figures at both the studio and the publisher never understood why the high fantasy RPG series has such a dedicated following. The underperformance of Dragon Age: The Veilguard has cast doubt on the future of the series. The release of Mass Effect Andromeda, Anthem and then The Veilguard has left BioWare in a precarious position, under the ownership of a publisher that's traditionally been eager to close studios. Dragon Age May Never Return Dragon Age creator Mark Darrah doesn't believe Dragon Age will ever return, at least not under Electronic Arts. In an interview with FRVR, the veteran developer opened up about EA's relationship with its subsidiaries. "I think [Veilguard taking so long to be greenlit] was happening because of EA's complicated relationship to shipping games at all," he revealed. "Someone once described EA to me as a 'hedge fund with a video game hobby that it wished it didn't spend so much money on' and I think that remains true." Darrah points out that EA owns a "frightening number of IPs that are dormant," which is reflected by EA's relatively sparse release schedule. The publisher tends to focus on guaranteed commercial successes like the EA Sports catalogue and the Battlefield series, rather than releasing anything especially novel. "What I've heard is if you go and decide you're going to make a game [based on existing IP], the instant you're about to start, suddenly like three different people who think they control it, come out of the woodwork and essentially rip you apart and chew you up and spit you out," Darrah explained. In other words, senior figures at BioWare would likely lobby against EA allowing other studios to use the Dragon Age IP. However, Darrah also doesn't believe there's an appetite at BioWare to continue the series, saying, "I don't know who at BioWare would pitch Dragon Age." BioWare is currently developing Mass Effect 5, with many of the developers who worked on Dragon Age: The Veilguard having been laid off or transferred to other studios under the Electronic Arts umbrella. In the wake of rumours that Richard Garriott may get the Ultima license back, Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider was asked what direction he would take the series in if he were to gain control of it.