Director Of Dragon Age The Veilguard Has Left EA & BioWare

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Not long after the release of , game director Corrine Busche is leaving her position at BioWare to work on a currently unknown project. Released on October 31, 2024, is the latest installment in the franchise, and despite garnering a largely positive critical reception, the game has proven controversial among fans of the series for the quality of its writing, its turn to action-based combat, and some contradictions to previous games.

As reported by Jeff Grubb on X, and confirmed by Eurogamer, 's game director, Corrine Busche, is leaving BioWare and EA only a few months after the game's release, citing "" to Eurogamer as the reason for her departure. Aside from another comment saying the project will be "", Busche has otherwise not commented further on her future work, and, according to Eurogamer, BioWare is ", and the studio shifts focus towards .

While Busche's status as 's game director at BioWare has only lasted since 2022, when she was brought onto the project after years of troubled development, she does have a much longer history working under EA for around 18 years, working on various games. According to Eurogamer, 's success, or lack thereof, "" in Busche's departure, but a longstanding employee with a relatively important and visible position leaving after the completion of a large project will raise some eyebrows regardless.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard continues the story of the Dragon Age series with stunning graphics and deep narratives for large and small quests.

It should be noted that Busche's position as «game director» for does not imply that she had an especially heavy hand in the game from a creative standpoint, as that would presumably have fallen to the game's director, John Epler. was especially noticeable before its release for going through an especially troubled development -the game was in development for almost a decade, at one point pivoting towards releasing as a live service before pivoting back to single-player, and its title was changed