#release the dragon

[mzcain27]

I think game studios should just release their character creators online. For the times when I don’t wanna play the whole game, just the lil dress up part

#yes this is about baldurs gate 3 #no I don’t have a decent computer if any description or a PlayStation #I do wanna play the game but I mostly wanna make my dnd characters for hours #you could literally do it for everything tho #totk outfits and dyes #Skyrim could have it’s 17th release #outfits in shit like assassins creed games #dragon age #fromsoft games #the sims maybe?? #the options are endless pls game devs #video games #nintendo #Xbox #Sony #PlayStation

[dailygetterrobo]

Better close ups on the un released United Gokin Die-Cast Action Figure - Shin Getter Dragon

#GetterRobo #ShinGetterRobo #GetterDragon #release the dragon

[fostersffff]

Dragon Ball Ending, "Romantikku Ageru yo" by Ushio Hashimoto

#Dragon Ball #Akira Toriyama #anime #sourced from Seed of Might's Color Corrected release of Dragon Ball #this is also the second variant of the ending video but the first isn't in as high quality as this one

[ofswordsandpens]

I fear that "fire bending didn't come easy to zuko" and "zuko isn't a prodigy" (both true) has somehow snowballed into "zuko is a bad or at best average fire bender".... which simply isn't true, especially by the end of book 3

#it certainly doesn't help that pretty much the only other fire bender that Zuko's consistently contrasted with #is his extremely talented once in a lifetime level of a prodigy sister #but guys he's still very powerful #and I will bravely propose that #after seeing the dragons #and Zuko is no longer relying on his anger and rage to fuel his firebending #its not a coincidence that the next two battles that he has with Azula either #end with a stalemate (both Zuko and Azula use the same move on the airship and notably she's blown back further from it than he is!) #and then him winning (she's lost her stability while he's finally found his) #(side side note: I'm of the camp that Azula targeting Katara in the Agni Kai made Zuko the automatic victor because an Agni Kai is #(should be?) #between only the two partaking in it and Zuko WAS straight up wiping the floor with her until that very moment where she targeted Katara #which you know great play on Azula part she knows how to manipulate her brother cause once she released she was losing the Agni kai #Azula simply made the choice to get the throne via the line of succession lol) #ah well #atla #zuko

[blondie-drawings]

Good lord this tomb is full of shitposts 😳😳 pt 1/pt 2

#sorry for the mercy/augustine sex jumpscare but i rly do think they have terrible sex every like. 200 years #they're like “Oh this Sucks I'm never doing this Again” and then hundreds of years pass and they get bored and they're like hmmm #maybe. it wasn't THAT bad. #the idea of bitching and complaining during sex is too funny to me #also my magnus design is pure indulgence #i just wanted to sexualise that old man. and he ended up looking like varric dragon age 😭😭 #also also i gave Pal the fancy swoopy glasses that elphaba wears in the wicked trailer cos i think they're cool #okay now i gotta do some actual tagging #the locked tomb #tlt #gideon the ninth #gtn #harrow the ninth #htn #gideon nav #harrowhark nonagesimus #harrow nonagesimus #griddlehark #ianthe tridentarius #ianthe the third #mercymorn the first #augustine the first #palamedes sextus #palamedes the sixth #abigail pent #magnus quinn #john gaius #tlt shitposting #oh and i haven't finished Nona. i paused my reading because i found out there isn't a release date for the next book so I'm like #i need to make this last. i gotta ration this book out (<-stupid)

[garden-bug]

Rewatching and literally.

#“I’ll show those ninja!’’ *releases the serpentine* #bro they didn’t even take him back to school #ninjago #lloyd ninjago #lloyd garmadon #ninjago season 1 #ninjago funny #ninjago crystalized #ninjago dragons rising #ninjago kai #cole ninjago #ninjago zane #jay ninjago #ninjago nya #ninjago meme #ninjago memes #sorry I bet this has been done before

[antiparticular]

underrated moment in honour among thieves: when all of them are attacking sofina at the same time except you can clearly tell they are each taking their turns to attack. this is what 6 seconds per round combat would look like and I LOVE it

#at some point after its been released onto uhhhh totally legal streaming services i want to check if they have an initiative order #that would just be a neat detail i think #dnd honor among thieves #dungeons and dragons #dndhat

[kunshokunsho]

HAPPY DR DAY!!!! can’t wait to see my wife(jay) and husband(nya) again

#have to wait till 3am for the eps to release D: BUT IM SO EXCITEX #kunsho #kunshoart #ninjago #lego ninjago #ninjago dragons rising #ninjago jay #ninjago nya #ninjago jaya #suit jay

[theplatypusblue]

I think abt these guys sometimes 😗 ....

(i dont have a post-merge design for harumi yet lol)

#not really expecting the show to actually acknowledge it but i think their similarities are... neat :3 #i briefly considered putting a whole ass rant abt them under a read more but no. you are spared. for now lol #ninjago #lego ninjago #ninjago fanart #harumi ninjago #ninjago dragons rising #arin ninjago #catch me scribbling this as fast as possible b4 the new season releases and im embarrassed to post it :PPPP

[an-established-butt-dent]

The Dreadwolf rises

#I'm gonna go FERAL when the teasers for da:d release this summer #foaming at the mouth #I was able to borrow and Ipad with procreate again and made this gif! Actually my first ever digital animation and I am LIVING for it #Like #How I am living in solavellan hell for months now #Don't know how some of you survived years #Stay strong my friends #dragon age #dragon age dreadwolf #da: dreadwolf #Solas #Solas gif #Digital animation #Gif #Dragon age gif #Solasmance Solasmancers #The dreaded husband #the dread wolf rises #my art #videos #digital art #Bioware #Dragon age inquisition #Fen'Harel #solas dragon age #Solavellan #solavellan hell #Daze Chroma

[dire-vulture]

please everyone send energy with me that the new ancient will be Fat..

#i still feel they are releasing them too fast and the. no lore thing definitely is another point toward that dfgsfd #but at least if i can have a new canon fat dragon thatll be something #pheel talk #text post #flight rising #honestly i kind of hope it isnt wind fgsdf i really want them to put in the time for the wind ancient to be great

[dalishious]

A BioWare Guide on How to Murder a Fanbase

I have been a Dragon Age super-fan for almost fourteen years, now. I have played every game, with every DLC. I have read every novel, lore book, and every comic — yes, even the terrible ones that are better off forgotten. I have seen the anime film, the animated series, and the web mini-series. I have enjoyed all of these pieces of the franchise over and over, more times than I can count. So, make no mistake: the negativity you’re about to hear comes from a place of love for this fantasy world, developed by many creative people over the years. I would love nothing more than to see the resurrection of passion in the Dragon Age fandom again. But the unfortunate truth is, that resurrection is only needed because BioWare took the fandom out back and shot it in the first place.

In December 2018, three years after the release of Dragon Age: Inquisition’s Trespasser epilogue DLC, BioWare first announced the then-untitled next Dragon Age game with a teaser trailer. At this point, most fans were anticipating this would mean within the next couple years, we would see the game. This assumption was based on the fact that Dragon Age: Inquisition was first announced in 2012, and released in 2014, with an extra year of development added last minute.

There have been dribbles of extra content since then, adding to the franchise. This was enough to keep some fans still breathing and interested. 2020’s Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights was a lovely anthology. 2020’s Dragon Age: Blue Wraith and 2021’s Dark Fortress were wonderful comics tying up the story started in Knight Errant. And 2022’s Dragon Age: Absolution was a well-animated series with an interesting cast of characters and story. But all these still left the fandom with a major question: What was going on with the next game? It was untypical of BioWare to be so secretive, in comparison to how they handled sharing information of the past games in the franchise. The only form of updates fans still have to go on is mostly just concept art and short stories, hinting that something must be in production. But why was the wait so long?

In 2015, the first version of the next Dragon Age began with a clear vision, clear scope of practice, and a reportedly happy developer team. Most gloriously in my book, there was no multi-player… but this did not align with the Electronic Arts typical money-mad schemes. EA’s push for “games as a service” meant they wanted to monetize all their games as much as possible, and therefore, they wanted them to be a live service — as Anthem demonstrated, that meant sacrificing things that are staples of good RPGs, like narrative and character choice. So in 2017, version one of the next Dragon Age was scrapped and replaced. This new version would have, in total or to at least some degree, an online portion of play.

There is one part of Schreier’s article, “The Past and Present of Dragon Age 4,” that really sticks out to me, regarding this:

“One person close to the game told me this week that Morrison’s critical path, or main story, would be designed for single-player and that goal of the multiplayer elements would be to keep people engaged so that they would actually stick with post-launch content.”

The idea of splitting up components of a game into single-player and multi-player is a terrible idea, because it means that there would be a large bulk of content only accessible through online gaming; something many fans, like myself, are repulsed by. Even if I did enjoy it, I spent most of my life growing up with either no internet or shoddy internet incapable of playing online games. I know many rural people who are still in that position, losing more and more of their favourite gaming pastimes because they are locked out of the ability to play them. It is a disservice to hide content behind a wall like this, especially in a world that is so lore-heavy like Dragon Age. The news of multi-player in Dragon Age understandably upset many, and this is when I first noticed a large drop off in excitement over the next game.

However, in 2021, the failure of Anthem (multi-player) and success of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (single-player) led the executives at EA to bend to the wishes of BioWare leadership and allow them to go back to the drawing board yet again on the next Dragon Age. This meant removing all multi-player content!

While I am very happy that there will reportedly be no multi-player in Dragon Age: Dreadwolf, I can’t help but feel bitter and a little disgusted over the ridiculous development time spent on something no one but EA wanted in the first place. If it weren’t for this foolishness, Dragon Age: Dreadwolf would be in our hands right now. Instead, it’s been in development hell for nearly nine years and counting. Nine years is a long time to expect fans to carry a torch for you through radio silence, but it’s no wonder BioWare has shared barely anything about the next game; it’s been in flux for so long, they likely haven’t had anything concrete to show.

BioWare hurt its reputation even more when the news broke that the studio very suddenly laid off 50 people who were working on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. This is pretty damning on its own, but BioWare took it a step further. Former developer Jon Renish shared a statement revealing that the studio was only willing to offer laid-off employees two weeks of severance per year of service, and denied health benefits. The denial of health benefits in particular is a pretty wild move for a studio with a reputation for “stress casualties”. The latest news on this is that BioWare has still so far refused to negotiate better severance packages, leading to a lawsuit. The lawsuit originally had 15 former employees, but this dropped due to the fear of not being able to afford to pay their bills. So now, while EA sits on $400 million net income, the laid-off employees are struggling to buy holiday presents for their children. These horrid business practices are not to be ignored when accounting for a lack of faith in a studio. What kind of monsters reward workers who make your games special with vaguely reasoned lay-offs?

The latest news on the Dragon Age: Dreadwolf front from BioWare came early this month, December 2023, with a trailer… announcing a trailer that will come next summer… that will announce the release of the game. Supposedly. Maybe. We’ll see. But by this time, BioWare is something of a laughing stock of their own fandom. Reactions to the video released with a pretty map graphic and a few rendered locations were, from what I personally observed, mostly sardonic in nature. People have commented on the vapourware nature of the game, and like all vapourware, that leads to disintegrating trust.

Despite all this, people like Mary Kirby, (one of the veteran Dragon Age writers who was a victim of the layoffs,) said, “it’s bittersweet that Dreadwolf is my last DA game, but I still hope you all love it as much as I do,” encouraging fans to still support the game when it eventually is released. But after every misstep BioWare has taken, that’s a tough sell now. Fans are finicky, RPG fans more so than others, one could argue. We have our favourites, and many of us stick to those favourites for life over our appreciation for the artistry — but that relationship between studio and fan should go both ways. EA and BioWare has betrayed that relationship, and it will take a hell of a lot to build it back up again, now.

[This piece is also available on Medium!]

#dragon age #datv #dragon age dreadwolf #bioware #game development #meta #releasing this into the wild and running away

[leafspiritz]

happy mog monday everyone !!

#finished this right on time to celebrate the long awaited release of the imogen dice #huzzah #a win for lesbian horse girls everywhere #imogen temult #imogen temult fanart #bells hells #critical role #critrole #cr #critical role fanart #campaign 3 #cr c3 #dnd #d&d #dungeons and dragons #laura bailey #fanart #digital art #procreate

[fostersffff]

Dragon Ball Opening, "Makafushigi Adventure!" by Hiroki Takahashi

#Dragon Ball #Akira Toriyama #anime #sourced from Seed of Might's Color Corrected release of Dragon Ball

[jellydrawsposts]

That screenshot is most definitely a Rayllum date but how funny would it be for the biggest curveball we’ve ever seen

#jelly draws #the dragon prince #fanart #tdp soren #tdp corvus #sorvus #tdp ezran #tdp rayla #tagging spoilers cause i did not know that image wasn’t officially released 💀 #tdp s6 spoilers #tdp callum

[felassan]

context and explanation: EA's quarterly earnings conference call for Q4 and FY 2024 starts in just under 15 minutes at 2pm PT. before the calls start, some of the associated files/documents pertaining to the call get put up on EA's website. The "Core Business and FY25 Title Slate" image is from the Earnings Slides. the quote under the table reads "We have two unannounced titles in FY25: one partner title expected in Q4, and one owned IP title, which is not included in the above table. We expect to provide more details on timing at a later date." DA:D is an owned IP title of EA. The Twitter user asks Jeff Grubb (a games media person who revealed the title of DA:D) if the referenced "one owned IP title" is DA:D. Jeff confirms that this does indeed refer to Dragon Age: Dreadwolf, meaning that this slide confirms that DA:D is planned to release in FY25 (Financial Year 25). for info, I think FY25 runs from 1st April 2024 until 31st March 2025.

[source, two, three]

#dragon age: dreadwolf #dragon age 4 #the dread wolf rises #da4 #dragon age #bioware #video games #so anywhere in that window bolded at the end there is fair game as far as we know rn #Well obviously anywhere in there after april as that is in the past. And After may as that is presummer. And after june-aug as those are #Usually what people consider summer months in the northern hemisphere right #and it wont be then as thats the stated reveal period not the release period #leaving it as: in the window of like september 2024 til march 2025