{"id":119980,"date":"2024-10-30T07:52:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T00:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119980"},"modified":"2024-10-30T07:52:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T00:52:47","slug":"ea-boss-says-bioware-has-returned-to-its-strengths-with-dragon-age-predicts-breakout-potential-thanks-in-part-to-limited-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119980","title":{"rendered":"EA Boss Says BioWare Has Returned to Its Strengths With Dragon Age, Predicts &#8216;Breakout Potential&#8217; Thanks in Part to &#8216;Limited Competition&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">EA CEO Andrew Wilson says BioWare has returned to its strengths with the impending release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, praising its reviews while predicting that it has &#8220;breakout potential&#8221; thanks to what he characterizes as limited competition.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Speaking with investors in EA&#8217;s quarterly earnings call, Wilson reflected on some of BioWare&#8217;s troubled recent history, which has been defined in part by the failure of Anthem \u2014 a multiplayer game Wilson described as &#8220;very, very different than something that would be known as a BioWare game.&#8221; In the wake of Anthem, Wilson said a &#8220;big shift happened&#8221; that saw &#8220;BioWare really returning to BioWare-type games; really returning to BioWare&#8217;s strengths.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-video\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;BioWare has rallied around what made BioWare a fan-favorite studio and a fan-favorite brand and the types of games they make \u2013 incredibly rich worlds, incredibly nuanced characters, really powerful and compelling stories with comaraderie and friendships and relationships, and decisions that matter in the context of gameplay,&#8221; Wilson said. &#8220;And I think it\u2019s been that return to what made BioWare great and giving the studio time to deliver against what makes BioWare great in the context of the Dragon Age world is what amounts to Dragon Age: The Veilguard.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"display-title jsx-959792410 jsx-2659527929 quote-container\" data-cy=\"quoteBox\">BioWare has rallied around what made BioWare a fan-favorite studio and a fan-favorite brand and the types of games they make&#8230;<\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Wilson&#8217;s comments come in the context of what has been reported to be a sometimes fraught relationship with EA. Rumors over the years have suggested that BioWare has been pressured to match the success of highly profitable modes like Ultimate Team, though the studio is adamant in saying that EA has been supportive of the studio. Our report on how BioWare managed to get <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/how-bioware-finally-got-dragon-age-to-the-finish-line-after-a-tumultuous-decade\">Dragon Age: The Veilguard to the finish line after a tumultuous decade<\/a> details some of the challenges that the studio has faced over the years.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-slideshow\"><button type=\"button\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\">\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-2569068517 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">Dragon Age: The Veilguard Review Screenshots<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-2569068517 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-2569068517 hero-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2024\/10\/28\/dragonagetheveilguard-vdr-v2-1730124849854-3900-1730129907953.png?width=888&amp;crop=16%3A9&amp;quality=20&amp;dpr=0.05\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\" class=\"jsx-2920405963 progressive-image jsx-3069850610 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity loading\"\/><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"\/><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/output><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Looking ahead to The Veilguard&#8217;s release, Wilson praised its <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/dragon-age-the-veilguard-review\">solid reviews<\/a> and suggested that it has &#8220;breakout potential&#8221; thanks to BioWare&#8217;s existing fanbase and the relatively clear release calendar. &#8220;We&#8217;re going into a market with limited competition for this category of game given some of the moves that has happened across the broader industry,&#8221; Wilson said, likely referring to Ubisoft&#8217;s decision to <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/assassins-creed-shadows-delayed-to-february-2025\">delay Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows into 2025<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Elsewhere, <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/ea-earnings-the-sims-4-manages-to-adds-15-million-new-players-in-2024-despite-being-more-than-10-years-old\">EA reported record earnings for its second quarter<\/a> while adding around 15 million new players to The Sims 4 in 2024, and suggested that <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/ea-ceo-suggests-company-isnt-interested-in-doing-an-apex-legends-2\">it isn&#8217;t interested in making Apex Legends 2<\/a>. 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