Dragon Age: The Veilguard director Corinne Busche has departed BioWare and EA. In a statement to Eurogamer, she explained she was “presented with an opportunity I couldn’t turn down.”
Bushce first joined EA in 2006 as a designer, and later worked on The Sims 3 expansion Into the Future. Beginning in 2019, she joined BioWare as a lead systems designer until she gradually worked up to being a game director on Veilguard, which released last October.
“Righting the ship” at BioWare
In her statement, Busche stated her exit was voluntary and that she left having achieved “what I set out to do at BioWare.”
“[I wanted] to come in and help right the ship. At the heart of it, this was about my own fulfillment,” she added.
Her comments reflect Veilguard’s initial beginnings as a live-service game made over several years, later converted into a single-player affair as BioWare re-prioritized Dragon Age and Mass Effect after Anthem’s collapse in 2021.
“The chance to return [Dragon Age] to a proper quality single player RPG was the privilege of a lifetime,” she continued. “It was hard fought, as games with such tumultuous dev cycles rarely end up shipping, and even more rarely turn out great. We, as a team, did it. And it was hard. It took a toll on me. BioWare still has a lot of work to do culturally, but I do believe they are on the right footing now.”
Discussing her next role, Busche explained she will remain in the CRPG space pledged to uphold “the traditions of great characters.”