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BioWare Teasing PlayStation Meeting Announcement

Mass Effect and Dragon Age devs are very excited about Sony's event.

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BioWare could be revealing something during Sony's PlayStation Meeting today, if a series of Twitter teases from developers at the studio are any indication.

The first of these comes from Alistair McNally, head of design and art at BioWare's Edmonton, Montreal, and Austin studios.

"Really, REALLY excited for the Sony PlayStation press conference tomorrow. Some surprises are in store I expect," he said, adding, "Also it's probably about time I changed my twitter avatar image and background." McNally then changed these to be Dragon Age related artwork.

Responding to excitement from YouTuber BioFan, Mac Walters, who is creative director at BioWare, seemed to suggest fans of the studio should watch the PlayStation Meeting.

Mass Effect: Andromeda producer Michael Gamble later published a vague tease suggesting that something could be happening today.

Additionally, Manveer Heir, gameplay designer on Mass Effect: Andromeda is also doing some Twitter teasing.

Of course, all this teasing could amount to nothing, but on August 31 EA Studios boss Patrick Soderlund said BioWare will discuss its new IP relatively soon.

"We've been very open about the fact that BioWare is working on a new IP, and we'll get to talk about that in the not too distant future," he explained. "We have other teams working on new IP as well. I think it's about a balance, right? Making sure that we continue to push what great looks like for Battlefield or FIFA or Madden--or Star Wars, for that matter--while continuing to invest in something new."

The new IP is in development at BIoWare's Edmonton studio, which is also working on the Mass Effect: Andromeda. It was officially announced in September 2012 and, at the time, BioWare said the game was being built from the ground up running on "new gaming technology," likely referring to the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, which had not yet been released at the time.

In early August, Soderlund also said we'll get a first-look at Mass Effect: Andromeda gameplay "in the not too distant future," responding to queries about the lack of new footage E3 and Gamescom this year. New Mass Effect: Andromeda footage could also be a possibility.

McNally's choice of new display picture and background on Twitter, however, could be a hint that the announcement, if it happens, may be related to Dragon Age. The last game in the series was Dragon Age: Inquisition, which was released for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. A Game of the Year Edition including all post-launch DLC was also released.

If you're holding out for a Mass Effect Remaster announcement, you may be waiting a while. EA has said it is unlikely to make them because they could distract from Mass Effect: Andromeda.

Either way, we'll know soon. Sony's PlayStation Meeting will take place at 12 PM PT/ 3 PM ET. You can find details on how to watch it here.

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@ This is AMAZING NEWS!!!! The fact that the main dude hinted at Dragon Age makes my day!! I am an absolute die hard fan of DA Origins, liked DA2 so so and spent countless hours on Inquisition. I hope the gameplay is more like Origins and they manage to throw in the massive array of routes your choices and decisions can have you take. Origins with a fresh new look and story an maybe some recurring characters making a return would be AWESOME!!!! Ill preorder it as soon as it comes available and here's to hoping that EA doesn't have too big of an influence and keeps their grubby paws off Bioware's gem!! Let Bioware do what Bioware does best!!!!

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It's probably something crappy like The Old Republic free to play on ps4.

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Dragon Age Go

Gotta Catch 'Em All

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@yumyumnomnom: At this point it's more like ruin them all.

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"Hey guys, we are so glad to be here today. On N7 day we'll have more Andromeda news. We know you all are excited, and we can't wait to share more with you. Thank you."

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@justin01: LOL

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Dragon Age Mass Effect crossover.

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Just not more exclusive crap. Microsoft and Sony are both guilty of screwing over the player at this point.

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Occam's razor: they are excited for Sony to announce Neo. Nothing more.

The rest is speculation.

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Occam's razor: they are excited for Sony to announce Neo. Nothing more.

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Manveer Heir is just the racist scum of the earth. I'm actually surprised he still has a job there due to his extreme views.

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@gamingdevil800: Don't you know how much EA's Bioware loves diversity (even from bigots).

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@gamingdevil800: Not familiar. What are his views?

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@moose-fitz: He has posted multiple occasions that all problems are do to White people. And they are not subtle in any way. Lets put it in subtle way, if any white person said all problems are due to people of color they would not have a job and be labeled racists. That's not speculation, fact.

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@moose-fitz: He hates white people and posts racist tweets on twitter. That's why I was annoyed when I noticed gamespot embed his tweet. For a company that makes great games people like him really make the studio look bad.

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So... new mobile game? "Dragon Age Shelter"?

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Lemme guess..." DLC FIRST ON PLAYSTATION!!"

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KOTOR 3

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@reaperfifth: SWTOR says no

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@gamingdevil800: The new game from Hennig is supposedly an RPG, so no.

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Guessing Bioware have some VR crap to announce

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@pspearman: That was my thought as well, though I don't think it's necessarily crap. Give them some time to figure VR out.

But if they are partnering with Playstation to release something on the Playstation VR, I'll be bummed, as I'm either going Oculus or Vive.

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So some exclusive armor or somthing for ME:A

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No one gives a shit what you think Bioware. Move over and leave the real news to Projekt Red.

You know, the ones that didn't **** up their top franchise after the first game? (Dragon age).

You know what, just give Dragon Age to Projekt Red and have them create a proper sequel to Origins.

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Please announce Red Dead sequel...you guys have kept it long enough JUST ANNOUNCE IT.

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@jyml8582: Not a Bioware game... Won't happen at this event nor from these guys.

But yeah, that sequel needs to happen.

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@currere:

What makes you think it wont happen at this event?

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