Dragon Age: Dreadwolf’s name change to The Veilguard came as a small surprise, but BioWare didn’t do it just for the sake of it.
Look, no matter what you say, The Veilguard just isn’t as cool a subtitle as Dreadwolf. The Veilguard sounds like a piece of DLC at best, but the decision has been made, so there’s not much we can do about it now. But the decision wasn’t just because of some marketing reason, or worse, an irrational hatred for wolves in text form or otherwise. Game Informer recently spoke with various team leads on The Veilguard, and asked each of them the reason behind the name change.
While talking about how the Dragon Age games are “reflections of the teams that make them,” game director Corinne Busche explained that BioWare “quickly learned and realized that the absolute beating heart of this game are these authentic diverse companions. When we took a step back, as we always do, we always check our decisions and make sure that they still represent the game we’re trying to build. It just felt like we needed a title that represented what this game was truly about.”
