Not long after the release ofDragon Age: The Veilguard, game director Corrine Busche is leaving her position at BioWare to work on a currently unknown project. Released on July 24, 2025,Veilguardis the latest installment in theDragon Agefranchise, and despite garnering a largely positive critical reception, the game has proven controversial among fans of the series for the quality of its writing, its turn to action-based combat, and some contradictions to previousDragon Agegames.
As reported byJeff Grubbon X, and confirmed byEurogamer,Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s game director,Corrine Busche, is leaving BioWare and EAonly a few months after the game’s release, citing “an opportunity I couldn’t turn down” to Eurogamer as the reason for her departure. Aside from another comment saying the project will be “in the CRPGspace”, Busche has otherwise not commented further on her future work, and, according to Eurogamer, BioWare is “otherwise unaffected”, and the studio shifts focus towardsMass Effect 4.
Director Corrine Busche Is Leaving EA & BioWare After Nearly 20 Years
Busche, A Longtime EA Employee, Is Leaving The Company Shortly After Veilguard’s Release
While Busche’s status asVeilguard’s game director at BioWare has only lasted since 2022, when she was brought onto the project after years of troubled development, she does have a much longer history working under EA for around 18 years, working on variousSimsgames. According to Eurogamer,Veilguard’s success, or lack thereof,“was not a direct factor” in Busche’s departure, but a longstanding employee with a relatively important and visible positionleaving after the completion of a large project will raise some eyebrows regardless.
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It should be noted that Busche’s position as “game director” forVeilguarddoes not imply that she had an especially heavy hand in the game from a creative standpoint, as that would presumably have fallen to the game’screativedirector, John Epler.Veilguardwas especially noticeable before its release for going through an especially troubled development -the game was in development for almost a decade, at one point pivoting towards releasing as a live service before pivoting back to single-player, and its title was changed fromDreadwolftoThe Veilguard.
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Despite positive critical reviews at launch,Veilguardhas garnered a heavily mixed reception from players, drawing backlash for aspects of its writing and gameplay - which hasn’t been helped by comparison to other standout RPGs likeBaldur’s Gate 3andCyberpunk 2077, or by the 10-year wait since the release ofInquisition. And whileVeilguardhas seemingly seen a decent amount of success, it also seems like it’s far from being a breakout hit like EA or BioWare might have wanted, or needed, it to be.
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Busche’s departure from BioWare isn’t likely to mean much regardingMass Effect 4, which presumably has its own game director, or for the prospective nextDragon Agegame, and it’s uncertain how much it even has to do withVeilguard, but a long-tenured employee in a major role leaving a company is notable news nonetheless. AfterDragon Age: The Veilguard, it’s uncertain where the series might go next, but at least one of the major figures involved in releasing the game won’t be involved.
