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Dragon Age’s former producer had envisioned a ‘Champions Edition’ equivalent to Mass Effect’s Legendary Edition, but he doesn’t think it will happen anymore: ‘There are basically no companies that could help you’
Former Dragon Age producer Mark Darrah said he once imagined a “Champions Edition” collection that would remaster the series in the manner of Mass Effect Legendary Edition. He now believes the prospect is unlikely, reflecting the technical and commercial difficulty of revisiting the older games.
Darrah said there are very few companies capable of carrying out such a project, particularly because the Dragon Age titles were built using different technology and would require substantial work to modernise. Unlike Mass Effect’s trilogy, which could be consolidated more readily, Dragon Age’s varied engines and development history make a unified re-release harder to deliver.
In short
- A Dragon Age remaster collection was once envisaged.
- Former producer Mark Darrah doubts it will happen.
- Different game engines make the project especially difficult.
Explained simply
Dragon Age is a fantasy role-playing game series made by BioWare, in which players create a character and make choices that shape the story, companions and political conflicts. Its first three main games, released between 2009 and 2014, are Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age II and Dragon Age: Inquisition.
The games are connected by their setting and recurring characters, but they were made at different times using different game technology. This means updating them for modern hardware, improving their graphics and bringing them together in one package would require more than simply republishing them.
Mass Effect, another BioWare series, received a remastered collection called Mass Effect Legendary Edition in 2021. A comparable Dragon Age collection would matter to players who want an easier way to access the older games, but it would involve technical work and a business decision by the rights holder, Electronic Arts.