Anthem 2.0 Dev Moves Over to Dragon Age 4 Team | Game Rant
Formerly a developer on the rework of Anthem, Christian Dailey has now become executive producer of the Dragon Age team. This move comes alongside news that Casey Hudson and Mark Darrah will be leaving Bioware.
Casey Hudson announced in a blog post earlier today that he and Mark Darrah would be stepping down from Bioware in order to pursue other opportunities. It was Mark Darrah's departure that led to Christian Dailey's position being changed. Darrah was previously the executive producer of the Dragon Age series, but with his departure, the role needed to be filled, and Dailey was chosen to take his place.
Anthem initially launched to rather mediocre reviews, and since then, Bioware and Dailey specifically, have slowly announced plans to update the game in order to address many of the complaints. Bioware has detailed some of the changes that it wants to make, such as making new abilities unlockable instead of world drops. Like in Dragon Age, Bioware also intends to introduce specializations to Anthem. These changes and more are still being tested by the team and no release details have been announced.
Dragon Age 4, on the other hand, is still relatively early in development and so not much is known. A Dragon Age 4 teaser of sorts was released earlier this year, but it revealed very little besides some character and environment designs. Based on the ending of Dragon Age: Inquisiton's Trespasser DLC and a teaser at the 2018 Game Awards, Bioware has made it clear though that the next entry in the series will focus on the Dread Wolf, whose identity was revealed in the conclusion to the aforementioned DLC.
While Dragon Age: Inquisition did very well for itself, including winning several Game of the Year awards, the perception of Bioware has been wavering in some gamers' minds. This decline likely began in 2011 after the lukewarm reception by fans of Dragon Age 2, followed by the negative reception of Mass Effect 3's original ending. Hopefully, these changes in staff will not negatively impact the future of Anthem, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age.
That being said though, it is important to note that Dragon Age's lead writer, Patrick Weekes, is still on-board for Dragon Age 4 and has a successful history with the company, having written several characters for both the Mass Effect and Dragon Age series. He also wrote the excellent companion novel, Dragon Age: The Masked Empire and was the lead writer on the Trespasser DLC. Weekes' work on Trespasser bodes especially well for the future of Dragon Age 4 given it served largely as a setup for the next entry in the series.
Anthem is now available on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. No release date for Dragon Age 4 has been announced.
Source: Bioware Blog
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