EA and Bioware return to old traditions and become with Dragon Age 4 deliver a pure single player RPG. Originally planned live service elements were therefore deleted again.
Electronic Arts comes to this new point of view after itself Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order with over 10 million units sold very successfully. Recent live service projects like Anthem have failed, however.
How Bloomberg reports, would have Dragon Age 4 Developed from a heavy multiplayer game to a single player RPG in the last few months. This is an important moment in the philosophy of Electronic Arts, which for years have promoted multiplayer games in particular. As recently as 2019, it was said that games that generate additional income would be an important pillar in the future.
Already during the development of Dragon Age 4 Members of Bioware have fought to ensure that the RPG has a pure single-player focus again. This has probably also significantly affected the next Mass EffectGame, which is also produced at Bioware.
With that, Bioware would be back there, with which they were extremely successful in the past. When Dragon Age 4 appears is currently unclear.
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