Bioware reveals Dragon Age: The Veilguard, trailer approaching June 11

Bioware has dropped the brand new title for its upcoming sport within the Dragon Age collection. The sport previously often known as Dragon Age: Dreadwolf is now titled Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Along with the brand new title, the developer shared that the sport is getting a gameplay reveal on June 11. This doesn’t essentially preclude the sport’s look on the upcoming summer season video games showcases, nevertheless it does imply we’ll have to attend till afterwards to see gameplay.

Gary McKay, the sport’s government producer, stated in a weblog submit that the brand new title got here after intensive workshopping of the sport’s central idea (he references the announced-and-ultimately-dropped multiplayer part). It’s a reference to the unnamed foremost character’s retinue of companions — of which they’ll have seven in complete — and the position they play within the story.

As McKay stated, “We modified the identify as the unique title didn’t present simply how strongly we really feel about our new heroes, their tales and the way you’ll must carry them collectively to save lots of all of Thedas.” The Dreadwolf, who’s presumably nonetheless the sport’s foremost villain, remains to be within the story, however lacks the central position that the companions play. “Veilguard” could possibly be a reference to the in-game Veil, the barrier that separates the fabric world of Thedas from the magical Fade realm. The Dreadwolf’s said villainous intention is to destroy the Veil and merge the 2 realms.

Bioware is holding a gameplay reveal on the Dragon Age YouTube channel on June 11, the place it’ll present “over quarter-hour of gameplay from the opening moments of the sport that has you leaping again into Thedas in your new journey.” At current, Dragon Age: The Veilguard nonetheless doesn’t have a launch date.