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Dragon Age writer criticizes EA; Palworld developer holds price steady

Dragon Age writer David Gaider expressed that he will not play the upcoming game Dragon Age: The Veilguard due to concerns about how Electronic Arts has managed the franchise. Meanwhile, Pocketpair, the developer of the game Palworld, has decided against increasing the price of their survival game as it approaches its 1.0 launch, despite ongoing legal challenges with Nintendo. AI

RANK_REASON The cluster contains commentary from a game writer and a business decision from a game developer, neither of which rise to the level of a frontier release, significant industry move, or research.

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Dragon Age writer criticizes EA; Palworld developer holds price steady

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🎮 David Gaider will never play Dragon Age: The Veilguard because he'd be 'wincing' the whole time: 'EA really did a number on them in terms of setting them up t

    🎮 David Gaider will never play Dragon Age: The Veilguard because he'd be 'wincing' the whole time: 'EA really did a number on them in terms of setting them up to fail' "I've heard enough about it. I almost feel like I've played it." 📰 Source: Latest from PC Gamer 🔗 Link: https://…

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🎮 Palworld developer Pocketpair decides not to raise the open-world survival game's price tag as it nears a 1.0 launch later this week Legal battles with Ninten

    🎮 Palworld developer Pocketpair decides not to raise the open-world survival game's price tag as it nears a 1.0 launch later this week Legal battles with Nintendo aside, open-world survival game Palworld has enjoyed tons of success since it was launched back in January 2024 into …