The Veilguard’s Post-Launch Approach May Be Bittersweet

Key Takeaways

• No plans for Dragon Age: The Veilguard DLC is disappointing, but BioWare’s focus now shifts to the next Mass Effect game.
• Once Dragon Age: The Veilguard is patched, BioWare’s priority is the next Mass Effect game, presumably accelerating its development and arrival.
• Despite no DLC plans for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, there is still potential for minor content drops.

BioWare’s latest installment in the Dragon Age franchise, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, has been a long time coming. Ten years after the release of its predecessor, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age: The Veilguard has finally arrived with a brand-new art style, an engaging combat system, companions and characters both familiar and new, and a continuation of Inquisition‘s narrative. It’s certainly one of the most distinctive Dragon Age games ever made from both a visual and gameplay standpoint, and it has had an impact in one way or another.

As is the case for many games these days, there might be questions about whether Dragon Age: The Veilguard will be receiving DLC at some point to expand its story and world. However, BioWare recently laid those questions to rest with a disappointing answer, though it may still be a bittersweet confirmation for the developer’s fans, as it means big things for another popular BioWare franchise.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Post-Launch Approach Means Big Things for Mass Effect

There Are No Current Plans for Dragon Age: The Veilguard DLC

In the past, Dragon Age games have generally received a great deal of post-launch content for players to enjoy — everything from small content packs featuring special armor and weapons to larger, story-based DLC. As such, it would be understandable for BioWare fans to expect the same post-launch support for Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Unfortunately, in a recent interview with Rolling Stone, BioWare’s creative director John Epler confirmed that the developer currently has no plans to release DLC for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, so those expectations may be better off tempered for the time being.

At the same time, Epler only said that there are “currently no plans for downloadable expansions.” Taking Epler at his word, this doesn’t necessarily rule out the possibility of Dragon Age: The Veilguard eventually receiving an expansion of some sort, or, at the very least, some minor content updates. If Dragon Age: The Veilguard never received post-launch content apart from patches, it would technically be the first Dragon Age game to do so, thereby making it the black sheep of its franchise. However, regardless of whether Dragon Age: The Veilguard does receive DLC at some point, BioWare’s current plans actually mean big things for another of its franchises, so fans of the developer’s work may still have something to benefit from the announcement.

BioWare Is Turning Its Attention to the Next Mass Effect

In the same interview with Rolling Stone, Epler confirmed that BioWare’s current plans for Dragon Age: The Veilguard‘s post-launch support are in order to allow the developer the opportunity to focus on the next Mass Effect instead. Ultimately, this is great news for fans of BioWare and Mass Effect, as the first teaser for the game was released nearly four years ago, and very limited information has been disclosed about it since. With almost nothing substantial revealed about the next Mass Effect and nearly 8 years having passed since the release of the last game in the series, Mass Effect: Andromeda, news of BioWare now shifting its focus to the next Mass Effect game is news long desired, and it presumably accelerates the game’s arrival as well.

…BioWare’s creative director John Epler confirmed that the developer currently has no plans to release DLC for
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
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While it would be nice to eventually receive DLC for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, it comes with a bit of good news attached, as it means the next Mass Effect is getting more attention. BioWare has confirmed that once Dragon Age: The Veilguard is all patched up, Mass Effect will be getting its full attention, which means it could be arriving sooner rather than later. Even so, there is still potential for Dragon Age: The Veilguard to receive minor content drops here and there, so it shouldn’t be ruled out entirely.