Dragon Age fans will be treated to an eight-part narrative podcast series set in BioWare’s fantasy universe starring all the companions set to appear in the upcoming The Veilguard.
Dragon Age: Vows & Vengeance, which kicks off August 29, 2024, features podcast-exclusive characters voiced by Mae Whitman, Bridgette Lundy-Paine, and Armen Taylor, as well as appearances from all the companions in Dragon Age: The Veilguard including Harding (Ali Hillis), Davrin (Ike Amadi), Bellara (Jee Young Han), Neve (Jessica Clark), Taash (Jin Maley), Emmrich (Nick Boraine), Manfred (Matt Mercer), and Lucanis (Zach Mendez).
BioWare said listeners will learn more about the companions’ backstories (the teaser trailer is below). New episodes will be released weekly. Here’s the release schedule:
- 8/29 – Episode 1: Featuring Nadia, Elio, and Drayden
- 9/5 – Episode 2: Featuring Harding
- 9/12 – Episode 3: Featuring Davrin
- 9/19 – Episode 4: Featuring Bellara
- 9/26 – Episode 5: Featuring Taash
- 10/3 – Episode 6: Featuring Lucanis
- 10/10 – Episode 7: Featuring Emmrich
- 10/17 – Episode 8: Featuring Neve
And here’s the official blurb:
When the first episode airs, you’ll meet Nadia, a retired thief unknowingly working for the Dread Wolf. Nadia and her lover, Elio, find themselves in the midst of something much greater than them – a threat to the entire world – until Elio is seemingly banished to the Fade. Enter: Drayden, a writer with an interesting connection to the Fade. Drayden and Nadia team up on an arduous adventure to rescue Elio from the Fade with a little help from some familiar friendly faces.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard itself launches on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S this Halloween: October 31, 2024.
It’s been a long road to The Veilguard’s release in October. It was first announced way, way back in 2018, and later that year was given the title Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. In 2022, we learned that an alpha build of the game was playable from start to finish, and earlier this year we finally saw the first official trailer with a fall 2024 release window.
At the time, it was revealed that the name of the game was being changed to Dragon Age: The Veilguard to place more emphasis on the party of protagonists, rather than returning Dragon Age character Solas, known as the Dreadwolf.
We’ve since learned plenty of tidbits about what to expect. The Veilguard apparently has 140,000 lines of dialogue, will be Steam-native on the storefront, has customizable difficulty options, and will import choices made in previous games. We’ve also gotten a look at the game’s voice cast, and we’ve learned that all possible companions will be pansexual.
In September, we’ll have an IGN First for Dragon Age: The Veilguard with tons more detail.
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