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Kiss From A Rook-se | Yep, Dragon Age: The Veilguard modders are definitely cooking now: they've covered Solas' bald bonce in big wet sloppy kisses and clown makeup

They've also slapped his face on The Inquisitor's pyjamas, because why not?

Nov. 19, 2024 Mark Warren

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Veiled Threats | Everyone in Dragon Age: The Veilguard is too nice, and I can’t stand it

Dragon Age: The Veilguard is as sickly-sweet as they come - and that's a problem.

Nov. 18, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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Modding On | Dragon Age: The Veilguard modding finally looks to be moving beyond purple deletion and ridiculously attractive Rooks, thanks to some experimental new tools

It's still early days though, so you might want to make sure you know hat you're doing if you're after more than just a facelift.

Nov. 18, 2024 Mark Warren

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Keepin' On | Not ready for Dragon Age: The Veilguard but struggling to import your world save states from the Keep into Inquisition? You're not the only one, and BioWare is trying to fix it

To be fair, it was only last month that The Veilguard came out, BioWare's probably a bit busy right now.

Nov. 17, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Good For Old Games | GOG is launching a new preservation program, and it looks like good news for PC folks who love playing classics without having to mess around

"We continue our mission to make games live forever."

Nov. 13, 2024 Mark Warren

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Bloody Sea | BioWare rounds off the end of Dragon Age: The Veilguard's first week by kindly telling you all what's killing you the most

As well as some other, less morbid facts.

Nov. 10, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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The Neck-t Chapter | Dragon Age: The Veilguard's first patch isn't just about dressing up like someone who bangs, ok, it's saved us all from unexpected NPC neck growth

Forget Elven gods, this was clearly the biggest threat facing Thedas.

Nov. 8, 2024 Mark Warren

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2Massive2Effective | Mass Effect is officially getting an Amazon TV series, penned by the writer of that Fast & Furious film where Vin Diesel and John Cena have a big fight about family

N7 Day might have been "quieter" this year, but it certainly wasn't silent.

Nov. 8, 2024 Mark Warren

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Massively Effective | No Man's Sky brings back Mass Effect's Nomandy as a special N7 Day treat, alongside some handy cross-save support

To be fair, Commander Shepard's got experience with fish, so NMS' last big update should be up their alley.

Nov. 7, 2024 Mark Warren

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No Mass Hysteria | Mass Effect 5 might be BioWare's main focus now, but don't expect this year's "quieter" N7 Day to totally blow your socks off

The studio's been a bit busy with that whole Dragon Age game it just put out, so you'll have to make do with just a little bit of fun, alien shaggers.

Nov. 5, 2024 Mark Warren

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Pepe Solas-via | Grab your tinfoil hat, Dragon Age: The Veilguard has a hidden easter egg that's making players go full conspiracy meme

A meta nod to David Gaider's uber-plot doc, or just BioWare suggesting someone in-game has been doing some thinking? Who knows?

Nov. 4, 2024 Mark Warren

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Purple Drain | Dragon Age: The Veilguard beat its launch day concurrent Steam player peak, while its modders have been busy declaring war on the colour purple

After becoming BioWare's best ever performer on the platform right out of the gate, the game's done well over the weekend.

Nov. 4, 2024 Mark Warren

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Give And Take | Sorry, Dragon Age: The Veilguard fans, BioWare still has no plans for DLC, but it turns out that's actually great news for Mass Effect fans

You still shouldn't expect Mass Effect 5 any time soon, though.

Nov. 3, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Eclipsed Dreams | Dragon Age: The Veilguard's release got you desperate for a DA legendary collection? BioWare says it'd be tougher to do than Mass Effect, but "never say never"

"It’s something that’s not going to be as easy Mass Effect, but we do love the original games."

Nov. 1, 2024 Mark Warren

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Vagi-No Way | Dragon Age: The Veilguard becomes BioWare's biggest ever Steam release right out of the gate, thanks to loads of beautiful rooks, and a few with vaguely NSFW foreheads

Don't worry, it seems that all it takes to get rid of your Palpatine zone is a bit of extra playing around with eyebrows and noses.

Nov. 1, 2024 Mark Warren

Guide

How to open the Waterfront Glades chest in DA: Veilguard

Between the Forest Mire and Waterfront Glades areas in Dragon Age: Veilguard, Rook finds a tempting giant treasure chest!

Oct. 31, 2024 James Billcliffe

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How to open the Warden Vault in Dragon Age Veilguard

Forgotten and derelict on the Rivain Coast, Rook finds the Grey Warden Vault hidden underground - here's how to open it!

Oct. 31, 2024 James Billcliffe

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How to solve the Lighthouse statue puzzle in DA:Veilguard

After settling into the Lighthouse, Rook finds a Mysterious Note directing them to a statue puzzle which needs solving!

Oct. 31, 2024 James Billcliffe

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Dragon Age: Veilguard Best Mage Build

Following the best Mage build in Dragon Age: Veilguard allows you to blast off powerful abilities at will!

Oct. 31, 2024 James Billcliffe

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Should you help Treviso or Minrathous in Dragon Age Veilguard?

As the Blighted Elven Gods make their move in Dragon Age: Veilguard, Rook has to make a tough choice: should they help Treviso or Minrathous?

Oct. 31, 2024 James Billcliffe

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Should Neve or Harding help stop the ritual in DA: Veilguard?

Taking Neve or Harding to the statue to disrupt Solas's ritual is the first difficult call you have to make in Dragon Age: Veilguard.

Oct. 31, 2024 James Billcliffe

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Should you save or leave the Mayor in Dragon Age Veilguard?

Deciding the fate of the Mayor of D'Meta's Crossing is just one of the tough calls you have to make in Dragon Age: Veilguard.

Oct. 31, 2024 James Billcliffe

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Which Faction should you pick in Dragon Age: Veilguard?

Your Faction is an important part of your lifepath in Dragon Age: Veilguard that can give you unique dialogue in certain situations.

Oct. 31, 2024 James Billcliffe

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Dragon Age: Veilguard - How to Romance every companion

With 7 companions to choose from, Romance is almost an inevitability in Dragon Age: Veilguard!

Oct. 31, 2024 James Billcliffe

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What's the Best Starting Class in Dragon Age: Veilguard?

The classes in Dragon Age: Veilguard all have their strengths and weaknesses, here's how to choose between them!

Oct. 31, 2024 James Billcliffe

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PASS THE GAMES | The best Game Pass games on Xbox and PC in 2024

Our top picks of the greatest games on gaming's best subscription service.

Oct. 31, 2024 James Billcliffe

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BioWahey | Dragon Age: The Veilguard has "breakout potential", EA CEO reckons, because BioWare'll face "limited competition" with its very BioWarey return to doing BioWarey things

Andrew Wilson's got his big corporate drum out, and he's doing a decent Phil Collins impression for Veilguard.

Oct. 30, 2024 Mark Warren

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Not Normessing About | As Dragon Age: The Veilguard ignites Mass Effect chatter, BioWare lead declares the latter will stick to being about serious, mature alien shaggers looking "photorealistic"

Even as they're put in some "humorous situations" like, I don't know, asking someone to bang, ok?

Oct. 29, 2024 Mark Warren

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Rook & a Hard Place | Dragon Age The Veilguard review: a competent, compelling RPG that's less than the sum of its parts

Many of Veilguard's best ideas feel like they struggle to get out of first gear, and those that do find it harder still to make it to third.

Oct. 28, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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Let Them Rook | With the Dragon Age: The Veilguard wait almost up, fans are looking back at their occasionally hilariously wrong 10-year-old posts prior to Inquisition's release

To be fair, when it comes to reminding yourself what you were like on social media a decade ago, this is very low on the embarrassment scale.

Oct. 28, 2024 Mark Warren

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Well, Are You? | "Are you trying to have sex with me?” says one Dragon Age: The Veilguard character at some point, and you bet folks are keen to find out who

My money's on Solas or Manfred.

Oct. 22, 2024 Mark Warren

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Video Games | Xbox folks, here are the games from PlayStation's September State of Play that're confirmed to be coming to Microsoft consoles

Also, here's a quick recap of pretty much everything else we saw, delivered as though a stranger's stopped you in the street to tell you about it.

Sept. 25, 2024 Mark Warren

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TENTACOOL | Dragon Age: The Veilguard gets a fancy new boss-focused gameplay trailer at Sony's State of Play

A bit of action, a bit of narrative. What more could you want?

Sept. 24, 2024 Connor Makar

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All In One | Don't worry, Dragon Age fans, The Veilguard will be a "complete out-of-the-box package" meaning no post-release DLC that finishes the story

BioWare avoiding past mistakes.

Sept. 22, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Veil's in Comparison | Dragon Age: The Veilguard is so much more than you think it is, and it channels BioWare’s best

Leaning on companions? Borrowing from the structure of Mass Effect 2 and 3? References to Final Fantasy 10 and 12 for RPG systems? Pinch me.

Sept. 19, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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Things To Buy | Dragon Age: The Veilguard's array of special editions revealed, and one includes a light-up dagger that definitely isn't a toy, but not the actual game

Look, I'm not complaining, who doesn't want to (carefully) wave a thing around in their living room going 'vwoosh'? (Don't do that, just for the record).

Aug. 16, 2024 Mark Warren

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Veil Lifted | Dragon Age: The Veilguard release date seemingly leaks ahead of official reveal

Hey, it's not like you had any Halloween plans anyway.

Aug. 15, 2024 Mark Warren

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It's All Connected | Despite the 10 year wait, BioWare says Dragon Age: The Veilguard was always going to 'pay off' Inquisition's ending

"There was no world where we were ever going to say, 'And now let's go to something completely different'."

Aug. 12, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Hold On | Hoping for the slim chance that Dragon Age: The Veilguard is out next month? You shouldn't, as EA suggests it's out October the earliest

This year, for sure though, right?

Aug. 4, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Respectfully Looking | Dragon Age: The Veilguard did see Bioware take a "hard look at multiplayer", but eventually decide to stick to what it does best

Sometimes a desire to return to your roots snaps you out of your distracted boyfriend meme, it happens.

July 18, 2024 Mark Warren

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Willy Or Won't He | Dragon Age: The Veilguard does contain some nudity, but Bioware's staying purposefully mum about manhoods

It's also not saying anything about vaginas either, so a general pipe down about the realities of virtually laying pipe down here.

July 11, 2024 Mark Warren

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New Name, New Me | Dragon Age: The Veilguard might not be as cool a name as Dreadwolf, but BioWare says the change is because the game isn't all about Solas

Couldn't they have stuck with it anyway?

June 23, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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New Magic | Dragon Age: The Veilguard could be escaping Baldur's Gate 3's shadow by leaving its heritage behind

BioWare isn't trying to occupy the same fantasy RPG space anymore, and that's okay.

June 22, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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Opposites | Dragon Age: The Veilguard is "almost the total inverse" of Mass Effect in one key way

Though there's another way where they're quite similar.

June 16, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Lookin' Veilgood | Ex-Dragon Age lead gives The Veilguard's first gameplay a thumbs up - "I'm just eager to see where this goes"

"Overall, I'd say this made for a better introduction than the reveal trailer."

June 13, 2024 Mark Warren

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Ability Wheelhouse | Dragon Age: The Veilguard is impressive, beautiful, and will inevitably split opinion

Dragon Age: The Veilguard certainly feels like BioWare at its most confident in a decade, but it's still not going to be a game for everyone.

June 11, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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Some Veilgameplay | Dragon Age: The Veilguard offers its first proper look at gameplay

Whatever you do, don't take a drink every time someone says Solas.

June 11, 2024 Mark Warren

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new name, who dis? | Dragon Age: The Veilguard gets stunning new trailer at the Xbox Showcase

After a few years away, we've got a new name and a new game at Summer Game Fest 2024.

June 9, 2024 Connor Makar

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RETURN TO THEDAS | The cool-sounding Dragon Age: Dreadwolf is now the much less cool-sounding Dragon Age: The Veilguard

The player's companions are now the main focus of the game.

June 6, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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AGES AWAY | While you wait for Dreadwolf, you can pick up Dragon Age: Inquisition for free on the Epic Games Store, but it's not around for long

Who doesn't love free?

May 16, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke