Dragon Age: The Veilguard Gets Surprise Free Weapon DLC After Months Without an Update

BioWare has astir wholly moved connected from Dragon Age: The Veilguard, but that isn’t stopping its remaining squad from sneakily adding a tiny DLC weapons battalion to the game.

Dragon Age fans gathered successful daze aft the RPG’s Steam leafage was updated to see escaped add-on contented successful the signifier of the Rook’s Weapons Appearance Offer yesterday. It’s not overmuch but inactive much than invited considering EA had antecedently signaled that Dragon Age: The Veilguard wouldn’t person overmuch enactment successful the future. As its 5th spot promised that aboriginal updates would mostly absorption connected tackling game-breaking bugs each the mode backmost successful January, brand-new contented feels similar a spot of a occurrence – adjacent if it’s not much.

Strangely, the Rook’s Weapons Appearances bundle is lone disposable to those who presently ain the crippled and those who acquisition it connected PC by April 8, 2025. There’s nary statement of what is specifically included successful the bundle either, though players person worked retired that it grants entree to a acceptable of Watchful skins that tin beryllium accessed successful their Rook’s in-game room. It's unclear if the connection volition go disposable for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X | S versions of the game.

“Even if these appearances aren't the most, uh, beauteous things ever,” 1 Steam reappraisal says, “they bash springiness spooky eldritch fearfulness vibes!”

"It's cosmetic DLC, but it's fundamentally escaped DLC for a crippled that's practically nary longer getting newer content," 1 Redditor said. "I'll unrecorded with that."

Dragon Age: The Veilguard launched to affirmative reviews from critics successful October but, according to EA, failed to “resonate with a wide capable audience.” Lead members of its squad announced they would beryllium leaving BioWare successful precocious January arsenic overmuch of its unit was either laid disconnected oregon moved to different roles wrong the company. At the time, EA told IGN that the workplace had shifted to enactment its “full focus” connected the adjacent Mass Effect.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard joined the lineup of PlayStation Plus March 2025 titles, conscionable 4 months removed from its launch. No different plans for its aboriginal person been announced.

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