In Dragon Age: The Veilguard, there’s a Mass Effect Easter egg awaiting for players to discover. It involves one of Rook’s companions, Bellara.
Minor spoilers ahead for Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
Early on in the game, Bellara joins the player’s group, and at one point in the story, she can found repairing the Eluvian mirror in the group’s home base. If you repeatedly try to speak to her, eventually she’ll say, “Sorry Rook. I’m just in the middle of some calibrations.”
This is a clear reference to Garrus Vakarian from Mass Effect 2, who when protagonist Shepard asks if he’s got a moment to speak, goes, “Can it wait a bit? I’m in the middle of some calibrations.”
The reference in Dragon Age: The Veilguard makes sense considering both Bellara and Garrus are the technicians of their respective groups. BioWare is currently working on the next Mass Effect game. While it was first announced in 2020, it’s unclear when the game will actually be released.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is now available for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, and it’s also BioWare’s biggest launch on Steam ever. In GameSpot’s Dragon Age: The Veilguard review, we said, “The Veilguard feels like BioWare making a good BioWare game again, and that in itself makes me extraordinarily happy.”