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Morrigan from Dragon Age next to a headshot of David Gaider
Dragon Age setting creator David Gaider is pitching a heist RPG that's 'make or break' for his studio

By Jeremy Peel Published

In the airship Publishers are enthusiastic, but they're not yet stumping up the funds.

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In the airship
Dragon Age setting creator says AI push is a delusion of the executive class that's a 'virulent plague' on games

By Joshua Wolens Published

News "Honestly, what does it help with?"

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Vampire
Former BioWare lead writer says the best level in Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines gave him 'ammunition' to argue that story can be just as engaging as combat

By Joshua Wolens Published

News Especially spooky stories.

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Former Dragon Age writer says Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Baldur's Gate 3 prove 'what's possible when a game is given time to cook'

By Andy Chalk Published

news Truly exceptional games don't just appeal to their audience, David Gaider says, they expand it.

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An image of Planescape: Torment showing The Nameless One screaming
One of the best RPG narratives ever told could have gotten a sequel from Dragon Age's creator if a single publisher had the good taste to throw money at it

By Joshua Wolens Published

News Someone put me in charge of videogames. I'll sort this right out.

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Stray Gods studio reveals its next game, an 'unholy roguelite deckbuilder' about hunting demons in a festering city

By Andy Chalk Published

news Malys will head to Kickstarter this month, and Summerfall Studios hopes to have it out by the end of 2025.

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Dragon Age Dorian
Dragon Age lead writer shares the heartfelt process of creating Inquisition's Dorian, says his 'story is not MY story, but it's also not far off'

By Harvey Randall Published

News "It allowed me to SAY something. That felt good. It felt right."

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Andrew Wilson, chief executive officer of Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), speaks during the company's EA Play event ahead of the E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Saturday, June 9, 2018. EA announced that it is introducing a higher-end version of its subscription game-playing service that will include new titles such as Battlefield V and the Madden NFL 19 football game. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Former Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider pours scorn on EA's AI dreams: 'What they took as excitement was really a veiled wail of despair'

By Joshua Wolens Published

News Gaider remembers how excited execs were for live service games like Anthem, and reckons they're just repeating a pattern.

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Former Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider says a Dragon Age TV series is 'a terrible idea,' and he's not very keen on Mass Effect either

By Andy Chalk Published

news And you know what? He's not wrong.

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The main character, Grace, of musical RPG Stray Gods.
If working overtime on AAA games with giant budgets is the only way to succeed, 'then maybe the industry deserves to die,' says RPG veteran David Gaider: 'There is another way to be'

By Lauren Morton Published

News Summerfall Studios co-founder David Gaider speaks in favor of industry unionization and his studio's four day work week.

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