After ages of Bioware RPGs requiring the official EA App in some capacity, the studio has revealed the upcoming Dragon Age: The Veilguard will be a Steam game first and foremost.

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On Twitter, the announcement explains that Veilguard will be Steam native, meaning it won’t require EA’s launcher at all. The game will also be Steam Deck verified right out of the gate.

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!
⚔️We're verified on Steam Deck.
⚔️We'll be Steam native – meaning the EA App will not be required to play the game.

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— Dragon Age (@dragonage) July 25, 2024

Regardless of your thoughts on either launcher, EA’s simply isn’t Steam — the storefront most people use for games — and thus just isn’t as practical to use. Perhaps just as important as getting to play the next big Bioware game without touching EA’s meddling middleware is how this move signals EA’s possible willingness to make things easier going forward. Perhaps it was a tough decision for EA to make, but it’s one that the gaming community at large is already celebrating.

I’ve never felt more alive https://t.co/YDwamFuSNZ pic.twitter.com/KpmJgxZ9G0

— c a s s i e ✨ nothing is inevitable (@banalnadas) July 25, 2024

The past few years have been immensely tough for the series and BioWare. The troubled development of Dragon Age’s tentative fourth installment survived the departure of various developers, and we don’t know how much of the Veilguard we’re getting was part of the plan when the game was still called Dreadwolf. Luckily, this news, along with the recent unveiling of the game’s stellar voice cast, seems to show Bioware and EA’s determination to bring the franchise back to its glory days.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard still has no release date, but Bioware is aiming for a launch in Fall 2024.

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