Dragon Age Remaster Collection Wouldn’t Be ‘As Easy’ As Mass Effect, Admits BioWare

Following the release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard last week, there’s been a spike in fans returning to the series in general. If you were wondering if EA plans to ever give the earlier games a Mass Effect: Legendary Edition style makeover, BioWare has now provided an update.

In the same Rolling Stone interview, Dragon Age’s creative director John Epler mentioned how the team loves the original games but admits remastering them probably wouldn’t be “as easy” as Mass Effect. The challenges are associated with the fact the first two Dragon Age games ran on EA’s propriety ‘Eclipse Engine’ and there are only about “20 people left” at the studio who know how to use it:

“I think I’m one of about maybe 20 people left at BioWare who’s actually used Eclipse. It’s something that’s not going to be as easy as Mass Effect, but we do love the original games. Never say never, I guess that’s what it comes down to.”

In contrast, the first three Mass Effect titles were developed on Unreal Engine – making the remaster process for this Legendary Edition a lot easier. While Dragon Age remasters might not be happening (at least in the foreseeable future), Xbox fans interested in revisiting this series from the beginning can still access the earlier games on Xbox Game Pass and with Backwards Compatibility.

Although BioWare could still be open to the older Dragon Age games returning, it seems it’s well and truly done with the newest entry – with recent confirmation its full attention has now entirely shifted to the next Mass Effect project.