Today, October 4, developer BioWare announced that Dragon Age: Veil Guard has “gone gold,” meaning the game is officially ready for release and ready for discs.
Needless to say, this production milestone means less and less as games trend toward digital sales and become increasingly reliant on post-release and day-one patches that fill the abundant blanks on discs. retailers. Gold or not, DAVE (I can't help but call him that) will inevitably come with some not inconsiderable downloads on launch day, October 31st.
Still, after a long and tumultuous development cycle that saw a last-minute title change regarding Dragon Age: Dreadwolf, multiple high-profile layoffsand at one point it was incorporated into multiplayer functionality Before we return to the single-player format that BioWare is known for, it's nice to even have some kind of soft ending. DAVE is as prepared as possible.
BioWare says There are currently no plans for any type of Veilguard DLC. Game director Corrine Busche acknowledged that the Trespasser expansion for Inquisition was “so essential to the story of Dragon Age: Inquisition that it arguably should have been part of the base game” and wanted to avoid similar loopholes in Veilguard.
“We really wanted it to be the most complete out-of-the-box package possible, from the player experience, the narrative, and everything in between,” he said.
However, there are some deluxe editions and pre-order bonuses ranging from dozens of cosmetics to physical items. But be careful: Two collectible-focused editions don't actually come with the game..
in our Dragon Age: The Veilguard Hands-On Preview Last month, our own Rollin Bishop said: “I spent almost seven hours playing Dragon Age: The Veilguard and I'd like to spend 100 more on this RPG right now, thank you very much.”