BioWare has left the upset launches of Mass Impact: Andromeda and Anthem in its rearview and at last delivered what appears to be successful with Dragon Age: The Veilguard. The action-RPG has climbed to the highest of Steam’s Prime Sellers checklist following its launch throughout PC, PS5 and Xbox Collection S/X on Thursday, leaving the lately launched Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 6 in second place. The brand new Dragon Age title has additionally grow to be BioWare’s greatest Steam launch in historical past, in keeping with concurrent participant figures on SteamDB.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Steam Launch
Inside a day of launch, Dragon Age: The Veilguard has reached a peak concurrent participant rely of 70,414 on Steam, making it the preferred Steam launch from BioWare (as noticed by VGC) ever. The studio’s earlier greatest launch on Valve’s storefront was 2021’s Mass Impact Legendary Version, that reached a peak participant rely of 59,817 on the platform.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard can also be one in all writer EA’s greatest single-player launches on Steam, beating Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, which launched final yr and recorded a peak participant rely of 67,855 on Steam.
These participant counts are restricted to Steam on PC and don’t embody numbers from Epic Video games Retailer, EA Play, PS5 and Xbox Collection S/X.
EA’s Expectations
Whereas unit gross sales and actual figures will not be recognized, the sport’s launch appears to be according to EA’s excessive expectations for the sport. In the course of the firm’s FY 2025 second-quarter earnings name Tuesday, CEO Andrew Wilson stated EA was “sustaining our assumptions for our upcoming Dragon Age: The Veilguard launch.”
“Early critic scores are robust and mirror the high-quality depth and element in niches motion pack journey. We anticipate Dragon Age to be an ideal instance of how our blockbuster storytelling engages and join followers in actually distinctive methods. Trying forward, I am enthusiastic about what we’re constructing in direction of over the following 12 and 18 months,” Wilson stated.
With the launch of the RPG, EA expects an improved year-on-year outlook for the third quarter. “Turning to Q3, we anticipate internet bookings of $2.four billion to $2.55 billion, up 1 p.c to up eight p.c year-over-year, largely pushed by the launch of Dragon Age and continued development in our EA Sports activities FC franchise,” Wilson stated on the earnings name.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard launched on PC, PS5 and Xbox Collection S/X on October 31.
