The Veilguard, the first Dragon Age title in over a decade. The developer released a new patch on Thursday, which includes a surprise N7 Day Easter egg. The official Dragon Age account posted on X (formerly Twitter) that Patch 1 would feature a special cosmetic armor for player character Rook.

When BioWare commemorated its annual N7 Day celebration by adding a special armor set to the newly released Dragon Age: The Veilguard, it may have simultaneously revealed more about the next upcoming Mass Effect game.

It’s N7 Day, the annual Mass Effect holiday in which BioWare gestures at the next game while fans have a field day with merch and fan art. But this year, the team just put out another game, Dragon Age: The Veilguard and doesn’t want to steal the game’s thunder with a bunch of teases for a game that’s still a ways out.

Killing these dragons didn't seem like much when the game first came out. We didn't think of why and if we should kill them, just that killing them would give us some great loot.

The Veilguard is too thin for its large scope - could more concentrated games be the industry's solution to long development cycles?