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The Dragon Age Netflix anime series has a release date, voice cast

Netflix announced a Dragon Age Absolution release date and voice cast, alongside a brand-new trailer.

Dragon Age Absolution, the Dragon Age Netflix anime series, finally has a release date: Dec. 9, 2022. Netflix announced the Dragon Age Absolution date in a new trailer and provided Deadline with an overview of the voice cast and brief rundown of the characters they bring to life.  Absolution introduces a cast of new characters not seen in BioWare‘s legendary RPG series and delves into some of the series’ lore that the mainline games only hinted at.

It follows Miriam, voiced by Kimberly Brooks (The Owl House, Mass Effect), an elven mercenary on a mission to confront the man who enslaved her and bring his nation to its knees.

While Miriam prefers her own company, she’s not alone in this journey.

Some of her companions include Fairbanks, a veteran fighter who still manages to look on life’s brighter side, despite all he’s seen. Fairbanks is voiced by Matthew Mercer (Persona 5, Ultraman).

Ashly Burch (Horizon Forbidden West, Attack on Titan) voices Qwydion, a Qunari mage who talks a bit too much and whose love of explosions means there’s never a dull moment for those around her – whether they want it or not.

Other characters include Hira, a mage voiced by Sumalee Montano (The Deal, Ghost of Tsushima) with her own reasons for bringing Tevinter to its knees, and Roland, a swordsman with unmatched determination and grit, voiced by Phil LaMarr (Futurama, Bob’s Burgers).

Dragon Age Absolution consists of six episodes, each a half hour in length, and the entire series will be available for streaming on Dec. 9, 2022.

Meanwhile, Dragon Age 4 is getting a bit closer to its own release date, after BioWare announced the team has a Dreadwolf alpha build that’s fully playable and mostly functional.

Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF

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Dragon Age: Absolution is an animated series coming to Netflix

The sprawling high fantasy world from Bioware hits a whole new medium this December.

Anyone hungry for more Dragon Age will be eating good this fall.

During Netflix Geek Week on Friday, the company announced Dragon Age: Absolution, a new animated series set in Bioware’s seminal high-fantasy universe. The show will also premiere in December, so the wait isn’t long. Much like Castlevania and DOTA: Dragon’s Blood, Netflix is going with anime-like 2D animation for Dragon Age: Absolution. Though there’ll be bits of 3D sprinkled in as well.

Plot-wise, the only details we know about Dragon Age: Absolution is that it takes place in the Tevinter Imperium. If that sounds familiar, it’s probably because Dragon Age: Dreadwolf is also set in that region. There’ll be “new characters inspired by, and authentic to, Dragon Age lore; including elves, mages, knights, Qunari, Red Templars, demons,” reads the official description on YouTube.

Check out the announcement trailer for Dragon Age: Absolution for yourself below

Mairghread Scott, best known for the Guardians of the Galaxy cartoon and Transformers Prime, is undertaking showrunner duties on Dragon Age: Absolution.

Netflix has several video game adaptations coming out this year, including Resident Evil and Sonic Prime.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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Dragon Age 4 is in the ‘middle’ of production, says Bioware

Executive Producer also leaves the project.

The latest Dragon Age 4 development update from Bioware states that production is plugging along nicely, though a senior member of the team is leaving the project.

Over on Bioware’s official blog, studio general manager Gary McKay said that Dragon Age 4 is currently in the middle of production, which lines up with reports that the game is still over a year away. Currently, Dragon Age 4 isn’t even in an alpha state yet, but McKay states the team feels great about the progress. However, it seems as though executive producer Christian Daley isn’t sticking around.

“As we continue our journey, we wanted to wish Christian Dailey a heartfelt farewell from BioWare,” McKay said. “Christian started with us back in 2018 and has been a big influence on our games and leadership team, most recently as Executive Producer over Dragon Age’s development. The games industry is ever-changing though and sometimes folks want to go and try new things – we understand, but we will miss him as a friend and as a colleague.”

Daley is only the latest high-profile name from Bioware to leave the company recently, though he had some encouraging parting words for colleagues and fans alike.

“I wanted to pass on the news that I am leaving BioWare. The next Dragon Age is in great hands,” Daley said on Twitter. “Looking forward to cheering on the team and playing as a fan. Please follow my friends on the latest and greatest moving forward.”

We still don’t know a lot about Dragon Age 4 other than it’ll focus on single player.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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Former Bioware writer David Gaider isn’t into the idea of a Mass Effect TV series

The narrative designer behind Dragon Age isn’t sure Mass Effect works as a TV show.

David Gaider, a former Dragon Age  narrative designer, isn’t too big on the idea of a Mass Effect  TV series.

On Tuesday,  reports of a Mass Effect  TV show by Amazon Studios  were all over gaming outlets. It’s not a sure thing yet, although Amazon and Electronic Arts are allegedly close to sealing a deal. It sounds like a good fit! However, not everyone is into the idea — including Gaider.

“I’m relieved to see that the Mass Effect/Amazon deal is for a potential TV series and not a movie,” Gaider said  on Twitter. “Even so, the possibility (and likewise for  Dragon Age) makes me cringe just a little.” 

“For starters, [Mass Effect] and [Dragon Age] have a custom protagonist. Meaning said TV show will need to pick whether said protagonist will be male or female,” Gaider continues  on Twitter. “Boom, right off the bat you’ve just alienated a whole bunch of the built-in fan base who had their hopes up.”

Gaider explains several other issues he has with a hypothetical Mass Effect  TV series, mentioning that the choose-a-personality nature of Shepard means they’re a blank slate that doesn’t work in a passive medium. So the character will have to change a bunch. 

The undercurrent of Gaider’s concerns is that much of Mass Effect’s  appeal is how player choice shapes the narrative. So whatever ends up on TV will be a dramatically different beast  from the games everyone knows.

Time will tell if there even is a  Mass Effect TV series. Hopefully, it makes it on our  best video game adaptations list if so.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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Dragon Age 4’s senior creative director leaves Bioware

Matt Goldman leaves after a 20-year-long career at the studio.

Matt Goldman, senior creative director on Dragon Age 4, has left Bioware.

Kotaku  reportedly got ahold of an internal Bioware email from studio GM Gary McKay that adds some context to Goldman’s departure.

“I’m writing to inform you all that Matt Goldman is leaving BioWare. We have mutually agreed to part ways, and his last day is today,” McKay said  via Kotaku. “We understand that Matt’s departure has an impact on you, as well as [Dragon Age 4’s] development. Rest assured our commitment to a high-quality Dragon Age  game has not waivered, and we will not ship a game that is not up to BioWare’s standards.”

McKay goes on to state that Bioware leadership, along with EA’s executive team, are confident that Dragon Age 4’s  development team will be able to carry on without Goldman just fine. 

Goldman had been with Bioware since 1998, having worked on classics like Baldur’s Gate II  and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic  to modern hits like Dragon Age: Origins  and Dragon Age: Inquisition. He left the company briefly during that period to work on Halo Wars  at Ensemble, then came back in 2017 where he took over as Dragon Age 4’s  senior creative director.

Goldman’s departure is, well, kind of shocking! Especially since Dragon Age 4’s  continues to languish in development. Bioware fans at least have a Mass Effect  TV show to look forward to, hopefully.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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