Dragon Age: The Veilguard is Steam Deck verified, though we still don't know the system requirements

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…or how well it'll perform on a Steam Deck..

A close up on Davrin, a Grey Warden, in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
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In a surprise moment today, BioWare's upcoming Dragon Age: The Veilguard has popped up as Steam Deck Verified. We don't know what the system requirements, minimum or recommended,  are yet. But from that bit of information, at least, we know that Valve has tested it on Proton and says that it works well enough on their little handheld gaming PC.

"We're making great progress towards our fall launch date and can confirm early that #DragonAge: The Veilguard is going all-in on @Steam features!," posted BioWare on Steam. 

"We're verified on Steam Deck," they followed up, then saying that "We'll be Steam native—meaning the EA App will not be required to play the game."

The second statement will probably be of great interest to people who hate logging in to more than one thing at once, which given most game launches is either the majority or an extremely vocal subset who if I were a developer I would not want to anger—just look at what's happening to poor Earth Defense Force 6 as we speak, which has a "Mostly Negative" rating on Steam due to its Epic account requirement.

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Jon Bolding is a games writer and critic with an extensive background in strategy games. When he's not on his PC, he can be found playing every tabletop game under the sun.