Dragon Age
Video game series by BioWare
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| 2025 | Status is Pending for Best Game or Interactive Work at the Hugo Awards |
| 2025 | Received Honoree status for Best Music/Sound Design at the Webby Awards |
| 2025 | User Experience nomination status pending at the Webby Awards |
| 2025 | Won Outstanding Video Game at the 36th GLAAD Media Awards |
| 2025 | BioWare writer publicly states that the Dragon Age franchise now 'belongs to the fans', suggesting a potential shift in the franchise's development and ownership. |
| January 2025 | EA publicly discussed Veilguard's performance, with CEO Andrew Wilson acknowledging it as a high-quality launch while suggesting the need for single-player games to expand beyond their core audience through shared-world features. |
| 2024 | Dragon Age: The Veilguard broke BioWare's record for most concurrent players on Steam, reaching over 85,000 players during the opening weekend. |
| 2024 | Dragon Age: The Veilguard nominated for Golden Joystick Awards' Ultimate Game of The Year |
| 2024 | By year-end, the game reached 1.5 million players, falling short of EA's expectations by nearly 50%. |
| October 31 2024 | Dragon Age: The Veilguard was launched for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S. |
| September 2024 | Dragon Age: Inquisition surpassed 12 million copies sold. |
| June 2024 | The game was retitled to Dragon Age: The Veilguard, with BioWare explaining that Dreadwolf remains part of the game's narrative. |
| January 23 2024 | The servers for Heroes of Dragon Age were officially shut down, marking the end of the mobile game's operational lifecycle. |
| January 2023 | Dragon Age: The Missing comic series released, serving as a tie-in story directly preceding Dragon Age: The Veilguard. |
| 2022 |
Cassandra Pentaghast
Cassandra makes a cameo appearance in the first episode of the Netflix animated series Absolution.
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| 2022 | The game was originally announced under the title Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. |
| December 9 2022 | Dragon Age: Absolution premiered on Netflix, with Mairghread Scott as showrunner and produced by Korean studio Red Dog Culture House. |
| November 2022 | EA announced the planned sunset of the Heroes of Dragon Age mobile game. |
| June 2022 | Netflix's Geeked Week event announced Dragon Age: Absolution, an adult animated streaming series set in the Tevinter Imperium. |
| April 2021 |
Hawke
David Gaider reveals cut content from Dragon Age II, including an unused storyline about Hawke's potential struggle with demonic possession as a mage.
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| March 2021 | Dragon Age: Dark Fortress comic series begins, following Fenris and Inquisition agents attempting to breach an impenetrable fortress. |
| November 17 2020 | Dragon Age: The Last Court was taken offline by BioWare, prompting fan-led efforts to preserve the game's contents before its removal. |
| October 27 2020 |
Dragon Age: Magekiller
Comics are included in the Dragon Age: The First Five Graphic Novels compilation.
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| July 8 2020 |
Dragon Age: Blue Wraith
Planned release date for the Blue Wraith trade paperback graphic novel collection.
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| March 18 2020 |
Dragon Age: Blue Wraith
Third issue of Dragon Age: Blue Wraith comic series published, completing the initial story arc
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| March 10 2020 | Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights, an anthology of short stories by various writers, was published. |
| March 8 2020 |
Leliana
Jamie Sharp from Power Up Gaming praised Leliana in an article commemorating International Women's Day, highlighting her strength, persistence, and personal growth.
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| February 2020 |
Dragon Age: Blue Wraith
Gideon Emery, the original voice actor for Fenris, uploaded an audio recording of dialogue from the Blue Wraith comic on his Twitter account at the request of a fan.
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| February 19 2020 |
Dragon Age: Blue Wraith
Second issue of Dragon Age: Blue Wraith comic series published, continuing the storyline by the same creative team
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| January 2020 | Dragon Age: Blue Wraith comic series released, featuring characters from previous comics and including Fenris from Dragon Age II. |
| September 2019 |
Dragon Age: Last Flight
Dark Horse Books releases a deluxe edition of Last Flight, featuring new illustrations by Stefano Martino, Andres Ponce, German Ponce, and Alvaro Sarraseca.
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| April 9 2019 |
Dragon Age media
Green Ronin published 'Faces of Thedas: A Dragon Age RPG Sourcebook', a supplemental non-player character cast book featuring adaptations of characters from the Dragon Age video games. The book was written by multiple authors including Lisa Adams, Stephen Michael Dipesa, Justin Harris, Alyc Helms, Jack Norris, Matt Miller, Oz Mills, Ryan Schoon, and Jamie Wood.
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| 2018 |
Hawke
A female version of Hawke is featured on the illustrated cover of the novel Dragon Age: Hard in Hightown.
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| 2018 | The Dragon Age project was rebooted under the codename 'Morrison'. |
| December 2018 |
Dragon Age media
BioWare officially announces the development of the fourth main series Dragon Age game.
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| October 2018 | Dragon Age: Deception comic series launched, focusing on Olivia Pryde, a con artist, and her encounter with Inquisition agents. |
| October 24 2018 |
Dragon Age: Magekiller
The Magekiller series is included in the Dragon Age Library Edition Volume 2 anthology collection of comics.
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| October 16 2018 |
Dragon Age: Magekiller
Dragon Age Magekiller and Knight Errant comics are collected and re-released as Dragon Age Library Edition Volume 2.
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| July 31 2018 | Mary Kirby (under the pen name Varric Tethras) released the 72-page novella 'Dragon Age: Hard in Hightown'. |
| October 2017 | Original 'Joplin' project was cancelled in October. |
| June 20 2017 |
Dragon Age media
Green Ronin released the Dragon Age RPG Core Rulebook, written by Chris Pramas, which collects all three previously released box sets into one hardcover book. A limited edition was also produced with a red leatherette bound book, silver foil stamping, silver-gilded edges, and a ribbon bookmark.
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| May 2017 | Dragon Age: Knight Errant comic series begins, following Ser Aaron Hawthorne and his squire Vaea on a mission for the Inquisition. |
| February 8 2017 |
Dragon Age media
Publication of the 'Dragon Age Adult Coloring Book' by Dark Horse Comics, featuring artwork from the main series games.
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| September 28 2016 |
Dragon Age media
Release of 'Dragon Age: The Poster Collection' by Dark Horse Comics, featuring detachable concept art posters.
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| July 2016 |
Dragon Age: Origins downloadable content
A DRM-free PC version of the Ultimate Edition was released outside of EA's Origin platform.
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| July 27 2016 |
Dragon Age: Magekiller
Dark Horse releases the trade paperback graphic novel collection of the Magekiller comic series, compiling all five digital issues into a single print volume.
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| 2015 |
Leliana
Corinne Kempa was nominated for the Supporting Performance In A Drama award at the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers' 14th annual awards program for her work as Leliana in Inquisition.
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| 2015 |
Leliana
Annika Waern published an essay in the book Game Love: Essays on Play and Affection, examining Leliana's romance arc in Dragon Age: Origins and analyzing player emotional responses to the character.
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| 2015 | Inquisition returns to the Winter Palace in Halamshiral for diplomatic talks with Ferelden and Orlais leadership about the organization's future. |
| 2015 | Development of Dragon Age: The Veilguard (originally code-named 'Joplin') began with Mike Laidlaw as creative director, initially planned as a smaller, narrative-focused game set in the Tevinter Imperium region. |
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