{"id":1023795,"date":"2026-01-13T14:04:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=474429"},"modified":"2026-01-13T14:04:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:04:22","slug":"dragon-age-the-veilguard-wont-have-dlc-team-is-focused-on-mass-effect-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dragon-age-the-veilguard-wont-have-dlc-team-is-focused-on-mass-effect-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Age: The Veilguard won&#8217;t have DLC, team is focused on Mass Effect 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/dragon-age-the-veilguard-wont-have-dlc-team-is-focused-on-mass-effect-5.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">After what appears to have been a quite successful launch for <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/review\/470712\/review-dragon-age-the-veilguard-ps5-xbox-pc\">Dragon Age: The Veilguard<\/a><\/em>, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/dragon-age-the-veilguard-tops-the-steam-charts-breaks-biowares-concurrent-player-record\/\">broke player count records<\/a> for BioWare and EA games on Steam during its launch day, fans could have reasonably expected to see more from the game\u2019s colorful cast of characters. Every other Dragon Age game has had post-launch DLC content, often with big story implications \u2014 such as <em>Dragon Age: Inquisition<\/em>\u2019s DLC <em>Trespasser<\/em>, featuring the heel-turn from companion character Solas that set him up to be the antagonist at the outset of <em>Veilguard<\/em>. In a surprising break with tradition, however, <em>Veilguard<\/em>\u2019s creative director John Epler told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/culture\/rs-gaming\/dragon-age-the-veilguard-john-epler-interview-1235147001\/\">Rolling Stone<\/a> that there\u2019s no DLC coming for the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Instead, the report reads, \u201cthe developers\u2019 full attention has now shifted entirely to the next Mass Effect as their current project.\u201d Polygon had a recent chat with Epler as well as game director Corinne Busche in which Busche emphasized the team\u2019s goals with regard to this point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cThe main thing for us is that it was very important that this game felt [like] the most complete story that we&#8217;re trying to tell,\u201d Busche told Polygon. \u201cSo to be honest with you, we&#8217;re wholly focused on that right now. There&#8217;s been a lot of effort to make sure that this is a complete adventure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Thus, the story of <em>Veilguard<\/em> is what it is, with no addendum coming down the pike. And with the team pivoting over to help develop the next Mass Effect entry, it definitely seems as though Dragon Age fans will have to wait before returning to Thedas. Let\u2019s just hope it isn\u2019t as long of a wait as the ten years between <em>Inquisition <\/em>and <em>Veilguard<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/news\/474429\/dragon-age-the-veilguard-no-dlc-mass-effect-5\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After what appears to have been a quite successful launch for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which broke player count records for BioWare and EA games on Steam during its launch day, fans could have reasonably expected to see more from the game\u2019s colorful cast of characters. Every other Dragon Age game has had post-launch DLC content, often with big story implications \u2014 such as Dragon Age: Inquisition\u2019s DLC Trespasser, featuring the heel-turn from companion character Solas that set him up to be the antagonist at the outset of Veilguard. In a surprising break with tradition, however, Veilguard\u2019s creative director John Epler told Rolling Stone that there\u2019s no DLC coming for the game. Instead, the report reads, \u201cthe developers\u2019 full attention has now shifted entirely to&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dragon-age-the-veilguard-wont-have-dlc-team-is-focused-on-mass-effect-5\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1023796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1023795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-polygon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dragon Age: The Veilguard won&#8217;t have DLC, team is focused on Mass Effect 5 | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After what appears to have been a quite successful launch for Dragon 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