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Dragon Historic period 4 news, rumors and trailers

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Dragon Historic period 4 is in development and information technology's safe to say that fans of the serial are excited for their side by side trip to Thedas.

Though it's been in development for a few years now, at the moment Dragon Age 4 doesn't actually have a release window and solid, official data on what nosotros tin can expect from information technology is all the same adequately sparse on the ground.

Case in point—we're calling the game Dragon Age 4, but a recent trailer appears to suggest that the series might defy its own (absolutely inconsistent) naming conventions with its fourth outing and only get by the title 'Dragon Age'. Regardless of whether the title includes a number 4, however, it looks like the game is going to be a direct sequel to 2014's Dragon Age: Inquisition, bringing back familiar characters like Varric and Solas.

In a recent weblog postal service, BioWare promised that nosotros'll "beginning to hear more from the Dragon Age team in the grade of blogs and social content" equally nosotros go further into 2022. While we wait, keep scrolling and enjoy all the confirmed news and intriguing rumors we have for Dragon Age 4 then far.

[Update: A cursory community update has revealed that Dragon Historic period 4's characters will have 'more personality than they have ever had in the past'. Read on to find out more. ]

Dragon Age 4: cut to the chase

  • What is it? The fourth installment in the popular RPG franchise, Dragon Age
  • What can I play it on? TBC only it's likely to be on the adjacent generation of consoles Xbox Series X and PS5 as well as PC.
  • When tin I play information technology? TBC just 2023 or afterward seems most probable

Dragon Age 4 release engagement

Dragon Age 4 figure drinking against city backdrop

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Despite the fact that the game's development had long been a very open underground, Dragon Age 4 was only officially appear by BioWare a couple of years agone. Since then, BioWare has kept its cards pretty close to its chest and neither a release date nor a release window has been confirmed.

"Hey everyone, we have been working on a new Dragon Age game for quite a while now and I am pleased to finally tease the existence of this project," said Mark Darrah, executive producer on a BioWare blog mail. "While we won't be sharing whatsoever details for now, I can tell you we have been building a new squad around a core of Dragon Age veterans, people I've worked with on Dragon Age, Jade Empire, and some of whom I've worked with since the Baldur's Gate days.

"I'grand so excited to show you more!"

EA's 2019 earnings call (via Eurogamer) had a note about Dragon Age 4 that suggests we won't see it released for a couple of years yet. During the call, the visitor's CFO Blake Jorgensen said that the game "probably comes after fiscal '22". This lines upward with a 2021 report from GamesBeat's Jeff Grubb, who claims that multiple sources familiar with the project have said the game is on track for a 2023 release.

Jeff Grubb stuck past his 2023 estimate in a February 2022 episode of his GiantBomb video series GrubbSnax. In that, Grubb said that the game is in "very skilful shape" but that it'southward "still at least 18 months out" and suggested that we may not get our hands on it until "maybe late 2023" at the earliest.

Shortly afterwards this study, BioWare posted an official development update, stating that the game is "right in the middle of Production" and promising further updates "later this yr".

Basically, information technology looks like Dragon Age 4, if that is its existent name, won't be with u.s.a. until 2023 at the earliest.

Platforms haven't been officially confirmed but, given its release date seems to be a while off and a Gamescom 2020 clip made mention of "next-generation engineering science", information technology'southward likely that Dragon Historic period 4 volition be a release for PS5 and Xbox Series X equally well equally PC.

Dragon Age 4 trailers

The Game Awards 2020 brought hungry Dragon Age fans a brand new CGI trailer to bask. Though it withal doesn't reveal very much, it does feature the characters Varric and Solas every bit well as some extremely pretty locations that we will likely explore when we tin finally become the new hero of Thedas.

At Gamescom Opening Night Live, nosotros got a behind-the-scenes video with the developers at BioWare who are swell to start talking about their plans for the fourth installment of the game. Take a look for yourself beneath:

The Game Awards 2018 had plenty of reveals only i of the biggest was a teaser trailer for Dragon Historic period 4. At simply a infinitesimal long, the trailer doesn't give much away but the hashtag TheDreadWolfRises as well as the appearance of Inquisition's Solas is plenty to pique whatsoever fan's involvement.

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Dragon Age 4 news and rumors

Characters will accept 'more personality'

BioWare has given a brief community update on Dragon Historic period iv in an April 2022 web log mail service every bit role of the developer'south efforts "to further pull back the drapery for a more transparent wait into the process of making the games you lot honey".

In the post, Dragon Age technical director Maciej Kurowski says that a principal of the game'southward development has been to take "​​the correct tools that all-time fit our game" and so that "developers are able to exist at their most creative".

Kurowski adds that he "can't wait to talk more about some of the interesting things nosotros have done on the tech side for Dragon Age. We take characters very seriously and do a lot of work to give them more than personality than they have ever had in the by."

Though he couldn't reveal whatever more than that, Kurowski says more will exist revealed "over fourth dimension" and that "information technology's shaping upward to exist something amazing."

It'due south "in the middle of production"

BioWare has posted a development update on Dragon Age iv, describing it equally being "in the middle of production."

In the February 2022 postal service, BioWare general director Gary McKay said that there are "are a few different stages to a game'southward development" and that Dragon Age four is currently "right in the center of Production, which is a great feeling. Our blueprint was completed last twelvemonth, so we're now focused on building out our vision: creating astonishing environments, deep characters, strong gameplay, impactful writing, emotional cinematics – and much more. The design for the game is well understood and the squad is focused."

McKay went on to announce that the game's executive producer, Christian Dailey, is leaving BioWare. With Dailey's departure, McKay explains that "A stiff leadership team of industry and Dragon Historic period veterans is in place to carry us through Production and across." Mac Walters, who led development on Mass Outcome Legendary Edition, is production director; Dragon Age pattern director, Corrine Busche, is game director; and long-time Dragon Age team member, Benoit Houle, is director of product development. McKay says that he will also exist working closely with the squad.

McKay closed out the Dragon Age iv news with a promise that fans volition "first to hear more than from the Dragon Age team in the form of blogs and social content" subsequently this year, adding "As we motion through development we'll also exist in regular communication with players who sit on our community council. As passionate fans like you, we take their feedback seriously. Nosotros are as well listening to all of y'all as you share your thoughts and experiences, and so keep talking to us!"

In "very good shape" merely not a 2022 release

Dragon Age four'due south evolution is on schedule but we won't get our hands on the next entry in BioWare's RPG series until at to the lowest degree 2023, co-ordinate to a new study.

In the latest episode of his GiantBomb video series GrubbSnax (merely available for premium members), Grubb claimed that Dragon Historic period 4 is in "very good shape" co-ordinate to his sources (via VGC).

Grubb went on to say that developer BioWare is apparently where it'due south "supposed to be" in its development cycle for Dragon Age 4 and that the "game is on schedule".

Yet, it sounds like we won't be getting our hands on Dragon Age 4 in 2022, with the journalist claiming that the game is "yet at to the lowest degree xviii months out" and adding that we may non get our easily on it until "maybe tardily 2023" at the primeval.

"Built on choices that affair"

In a brief update on the evolution of Dragon Historic period iv, BioWare general director Gary McKay dropped a small, but substantial, detail about Dragon Age four.

"We have a veteran group of talented developers working on the next iteration of the franchise," McKay wrote. "We are focused on a single-player experience that is built on choices that affair."

The details also came alongside farther comments, in which McKay emphasized how the game is beingness developed to rebuild goodwill amid the studio's long-time fans, with many having been left disappointed by the studio's most recent releases.

"When I took on the GM role, I talked well-nigh rebuilding our reputation, and that remains a huge priority," he wrote. "Nosotros are laser-focused on edifice dorsum the trust of our fans and community, and we plan to do that past delivering the types of games that nosotros are best known for and ensuring they are of the highest quality."

McKay went on to say that he wants future BioWare releases, like Dragon Age 4, to stand for "seminal moments in the industry" that garner like reactions that final year'southward Mass Effect Legendary Edition received.

Commitment to single-player

BioWare, has confirmed that Dragon Age four will be a "single-player focused feel." The confirmation comes past way of a 2021 blog post celebrating Dragon Historic period Day, which takes place on December 4 each year. In the mail, the Dragon Age team thanked the customs for their passion and said that they're "still difficult at piece of work" on what volition be a "single-player focused feel for Dragon Age."

In the post, BioWare likewise said that we can expect more than updates on the game in 2022, stating that they're "excited for next year when nosotros can talk more virtually what nosotros're working on".

Electric current-gen only?

Dragon Historic period 4 reportedly won't exist coming to either PS4 or Xbox One, instead opting for a current-gen only release on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series Ten/S, as reported by Destructoid.

The news comes after a LinkedIn post from ane of Dragon Age 4'southward pb designers described the game as being in evolution for "PS5/Xbox Series 10+S/PC," omitting mention of last generation'south consoles. The written report was corroborated by insider Jeff Grubb, who claimed he's heard the same thing from his sources.

Potentially, this is very practiced news. It means that Dragon Age 4'due south development could get a lot smoother, not having to optimize or scale the game downwardly to support older consoles, and will allow the game to look as proficient as possible on the best hardware available right at present.

Reportedly on track for a 2023 release

Just as BioWare said, Dragon Age 4 didn't make an appearance at EA Play Live 2021 with an official update merely a recent report from GamesBeat could offer some explanation as to why.

GamesBeat's Jeff Grubb claims that multiple sources familiar with the projection have said the game is on rail for a 2023 release, though EA is not willing to reveal a release window just even so and has declined to comment on the report. According to the report, EA held back from providing a Dragon Age 4 update at EA Play Alive 2021, to enable it to "go the game into position to begin marketing in earnest", likely in 2022.

The report as well corroborates Bloomberg's report from earlier this yr that BioWare has decided to drop plans for a Dragon Historic period 4 live-service model, instead opting to build the new Dragon Age every bit a single-player experience, like its predecessors. GamesBeat does, all the same, advise that Dragon Age 4 could have an online multiplayer element, similar to Dragon Age: Inquisition.

A 2023 release window would line up with previous comments from EA, such as a 2019 earnings call in which the company'southward master fiscal officer Blake Jorgensen stated that Dragon Age four "probably comes after fiscal '22", significant the earliest we could see the new Dragon Age is April 2022 - when the next fiscal year begins.

Antivan Crows

Dragon Historic period fans have been living on crumbs of concept art and the latest features what appears to be the Antivan Crows. Dragon Historic period 4 executive producer, Christian Dailey, shared the new image on Twitter with an accompanying bulletin that reads, "sorry for no EA Play news this twelvemonth only please know that the team is heads downwardly with a lot of momentum and making cracking progress. We are excited to share more than when the time is correct. Please stay safe and take a dandy weekend!"

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Based on the insignia in the corner of the prototype and the clothing of the characters, the art Dailey shared features the Antivan Crows, an organization of thieves, assassins and spies with a long, important and bloody history in Antiva and Thedas as a whole.

Return of the Grey Wardens?
Dragon Age fans have been treated to a hint that the Grey Wardens will make an appearance in the game. The tease came in the course of an image of the game, tweeted by executive producer Christian Dailey.

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New graphic symbol concept art
Caryatid yourself for some other piece of Dragon Historic period 4 concept art. BioWare Austin Executive Producer, Christian Dailey, tweeted the art out in March 2021 with the bulletin "Happy Fri my friends - I promise you are all staying out of the rain! Stay safe. Have a smashing weekend!!". The prototype shows a mage continuing in a pelting-drenched alley, wielding a staff carved to look like a ophidian.

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Unfortunately Dailey didn't provide any more context on the paradigm but given the famine of Dragon Age iv information, it'south welcome.

Single-role player only?
According to a study from Bloomberg, Dragon Age 4 is going to be an entirely single-thespian experience after a recent pivot in development.

The study claims that Dragon Age 4 had been designed with a heavy multiplayer emphasis, but has transitioned to a single-player but game in recent months following "a recent multiplayer flop" – heavily implying that Anthem'southward decline and failure partially acquired the pivot in Dragon Age 4. Just it wasn't just the failure of Canticle – the written report cited the success of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Guild as a motivation to return the game to a solo focus.

While this isn't definitive, the written report noted that the 30-person team dedicated to the Anthem overhaul was re-tasked to work on Dragon Historic period 4, showing increased focus on the game.

This report has also been corroborated past GamesBeat's Jeff Grubb who claims in a July 2021 report that "BioWare is edifice the next Dragon Historic period as a single-histrion narrative adventure, only like the previous entries in the series", though he doesn't discount the possibility of an online multiplayer similar Dragon Age: Inquisition.

Ready in Tevinter
It looks similar, as long-suspected, Dragon Age iv is going to be set in Tevinter, if a recently released BioWare book is anything to go by. As spotted by Eurogamer in early 2021, BioWare: Stories and Secrets from 25 Years of Game Development confirms that Tevinter is the setting for Dragon Historic period 4.

This will brand information technology the showtime time players will get to visit Tevinter, which was set up as the next location at the end of Dragon Age: Inquisition's Trespasser DLC. According to Eurogamer, the volume also hints that Dragon Age iv will take us to other locations, too, as Antiva City, the capital letter of Antiva, is also shown in the book.

The Game Awards 2020
Equally teased past BioWare, The Game Awards 2020 brought a brand new Dragon Age trailer (scroll up to sentinel). The CGI trailer was extremely pretty but it didn't reveal besides much more about the game. What information technology did confirm, still, is that Dragon Age 4 volition see the render of Solas from Dragon Age: Inquisition also every bit the dearest Varric who fills a narratorial as well equally companion role in the series.

It likewise confirmed that players volition render to Thedas every bit a new hero, "the kind of hero they'll never meet coming", according to Varric. Equally the new hero, players will have to "Forge a courageous fellowship to challenge the gathering tempest. Friendship, drama, and romance abound as you bring striking individuals together into an extraordinary team. Become the hero and light the beacon of promise in their darkest moments."

Judging from the locations shown in the trailer (and previous rumors and the ending of Inquisition) it looks similar nosotros'll may finally brand the journeying to the Tevinter Imperium, Thedas' ancient land ruled past magisters, though this is still to exist confirmed. The trailer didn't show whatever gameplay or confirm any kind of release window, but we're likely going to accept to look some time for annihilation similar that.

The trailer suggested that the fourth game in the Dragon Age series is going to drib subtitles and numbers and simply exist released every bit Dragon Age merely this remains unclear.

Dragon Age 4 trailer still of a dark city

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Casey Hudson and Marker Darrah go out BioWare
In what could be perceived equally a accident to the development of Dragon Age 4, Casey Hudson, the general manager of BioWare, and Mark Darrah, the executive producer on Dragon Age, are departing the studio. BioWare and Darrah take reassured fans that the Dragon Age franchise is nevertheless in good hands with Christian Dailey who will replace Mark Darrah.

Gamescom 2020
Gamescom 2020 gave united states of america an update Dragon Age 4 with a behind-the-scenes video (scroll upward to lookout) featuring the development team at BioWare.

Although there weren't too many specifics, the video gave a rousing await at some voice recording footage, some in-development game footage likewise as interviews with developers. At the beginning of the video Full general Manager of BioWare Casey Hudson mentioned the game is still in "early on production" but added that the studio is making employ of "next-generation technology" in the development of the game. Developers as well mentioned that Dragon Historic period 4 will have "new things" and "new places" and chance to "interact with people who live and grew up in these spaces likewise."

The game volition explore "what happens when you don't have ability, what happens when the people in charge don't address the problems"  and will permit players to form "close relationship with game characters" who will be "loved or hated", with a particular focus on the divisiveness of Solas.

An update from Mark Darrah
Producer, Mark Darrah, posted on Twitter regarding Dragon Age 4 again, this time with more of an aim to provide clarity on the game'southward progress than to tease fans. In his tweet, Darrah confirms that piece of work on Dragon Historic period four is withal underway and that progress is however being made. Even so, he also notes that, no dubiety due to the coronavirus pandemic, the development team is having to work from dwelling house and that this is "harder".

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Many development teams take been forced to work from domicile during the pandemic and shifting working processes has the potential to crusade some development slow-downs or disruptions for studios. Darrah hasn't given any insight into how this "harder" way of working has impacted the squad behind Dragon Age 4 or progress on the game, but fans volition no dubiousness be glad to know that progress is still being made.

EA Play 2020
Information technology was largely serenity on the Dragon Age 4 front during EA Play 2020 but it's possible the game wasn't completely absent. A montage of images was shown while EA primary studio officer Laura Miele discussed how "Generation shifts are an opportunity to push button beyond the boundaries of gaming every bit we know it today, and this time is no dissimilar," calculation that "Our studios are taking their crazy, ambitious ideas, and making them real."

Miele then moved onto BioWare specifically, proverb that the studio "imagines and creates worlds where you become the hero of your own story. And we're using this side by side generation of engineering science to brand those fantasy worlds your reality."

The images shown during this elaboration on BioWare'southward next-gen plans were not explicitly tied to a specific game but they certainly await like they're from Dragon Age iv, largely considering of what appears to be the presence of red lyrium, which appears often in the Dragon Age universe, usually to cause trouble.

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EA October Earnings Call
EA'south recent earnings call (via Eurogamer) had a note nearly Dragon Age 4 that suggests nosotros won't run into information technology released for a couple of years all the same. During the call, the company's CFO Blake Jorgensen said that the game "probably comes later on fiscal '22." This would mean that the earliest the side by side Dragon Age should be expected is April 2022. That would mean around an eight year gap between entries but fans volition no doubt be happy to wait if it means getting things correct.

September Update
If the silence effectually Dragon Historic period 4 since its initial teaser has left you feeling nervous for the game's futurity, worry not as BioWare's Casey Hudson made reference to the game's ongoing development in a BioWare blog postal service.

The post went into more detail on games like Anthem and Star Wars: The One-time Democracy, while Dragon Age iv came nether the "super-undercover" category so not much tin can be said. Hudson did, however, say that "i of our projects has a large and growing team in Edmonton working through pre-production, and based on the progress I'g seeing, I tin confirm that indeed the Dread Wolf rises." It'south not much only it is confirmation that progress on Dragon Age four is still being made.

Fernando Melo departure
On the heels of Anthem's lead producer, Ben Irving, Dragon Age 4 lead producer, Fernando Melo has left BioWare. Melo worked on Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age 2 before existence appointed lead producer on Dragon Age 4 (codenamed 'Morrison'.)

In a thread of tweets, Melo explained that he is taking "time to disconnect" subsequently 12 years at BioWare and in an email to his colleagues he said that "Morrison is well underway to becoming the definitive Dragon Age feel" which bodes well for fans.

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Alive Service elements? Not likely
Back in January 2018 a written report from Kotaku suggested that Dragon Age 4 could include alive elements, stirring some fan concern that this could mean an always-online multiplayer approach.

Then, in April 2019, Kotaku reported that while Dragon Age 4 game could potentially include Anthem-like live elements, information technology won't only be "Anthem with dragons". 1 developer told Kotaku:

"The idea was that Anthem would be the online game and that Dragon Age and Mass Event, while they may experiment with online portions, that's not what defines them every bit franchises. I don't think yous'll see the states completely change those franchises."

The suggestion was that any live plans for Dragon Age aren't probable to accept the grade of a shared online globe exactly like Canticle's and will withal exist suited to the single-actor adventuring Dragon Age is known for.

In a tweet in Jan 2018, Casey Hudson also stated that the "live" elements being considered are really ways of continuing the game's story later the chief story has been completed.

Since these reports, nonetheless, Bloomberg has claimed in 2021 report that development has once more pivoted and that Dragon Historic period 4 is planned to be a single-role player experience, dropping whatsoever plans for heavy multiplayer emphasis following the disappointing performance of Anthem.

Dragon Age 4 artwork

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The Game Awards 2018 - official proclamation
After years without an update, BioWare officially announced during The Game Awards 2018 that it volition be returning to Thedas in a new Dragon Historic period championship.

According to a report by Venture Vanquish (and understood to exist correct by Eurogamer), we expected an declaration regarding Dragon Age 4 during The Game Awards 2018 - and BioWare didn't disappoint.

What that declaration turned out to be, interestingly, was the game'southward first 1-minute-long teaser trailer that re-introduced Fen'Harel, the elven god of betrayal, and Solas from Dragon Age Inquisition.

We didn't get whatever gameplay or story details simply, for at present, the confirmation from BioWare is enough to keep the hype train chugging.

Roundabout confirmations - confirmed
Regardless of whether or not BioWare had confirmed it, Dragon Age fans were pretty sure that another game was going to be in the works. Partly because they had organized religion in the power of their sheer force of will and partly because over the concluding couple of years there have been hints from BioWare that something would indeed be happening. Information technology's the secret that was never really a hush-hush - and the fans were right.

One non-official confirmation came from executive producer Mark Darrah, who tweeted in Jan 2018 that he'southward working on both Dragon Historic period as well as BioWare'southward adjacent big IP, Canticle.

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Though he's now left the company, BioWare veteran Mike Laidlaw was tweeting that there was all the same another couple of games in Dragon Age serial yet back in mid-2017. Even earlier that, Alexis Kennedy became the writer that launched a thousand headlines after comments he fabricated in an interview with Eurogamer were taken as a semi-official confirmation of the game'southward existence and his place in it.

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In the interview Kennedy teased that he'due south been "given considerable autonomy to work on a storyline flake of lore which is well-segregated from other parts of the game."

"I don't want to exaggerate the degree of the chunk [I'm writing]," Kennedy was at pains to add. "It's cipher that grandiose, but it is distinct. It's a scrap of lore which has non been addressed much to date in Dragon Age."

Story and character
Every game in the Dragon Historic period franchise has had a heavy emphasis on story and character and fans will be glad to know that Dragon Historic period 4 isn't likely to be whatsoever different.

Later Mark Darrah tweeted that he was working on the game, BioWare general manager Casey Hudson chipped in with his ain elaborative tweet. In this tweet he said information technology was "too early on to talk details" but the game would be "story & graphic symbol focused."

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It seems that the game volition go along on from Inquisition'south Trespasser DLC in some senses given the appearance of Solas and Varric in its teaser trailers, though the 2020 trailer has confirmed that players will step into the shoes of a new hero rather than the Inquisitor.

We've known for some fourth dimension that writers are working on lore and side quests, following Alexis Kennedy's interview with Eurogamer in 2017 in which he confirmed he was working on a part of the game that'south "well-segregated" from the residue and focuses on some lore that's not been widely addressed.

Kennedy, who has worked on titles such as Sunless Sea and Fallen London, said the subject affair would non be surprising to those familiar with his piece of work. To us this implies that his quest (or quests) will include thoughtful choices, themes of tragic love and desire and an underlying sense of unease.

Dragon Age Inquisition Cassandra and Varric face off against a dragon

Dragon Historic period 4: what we'd like to see

Dragon Age 4 artwork

A globe like Dragon Age: Inquisition
We hope that the next Dragon Age game has a map similar to the i in Dragon Age: Inquisition, past which we mean we hope it'south large and open without being overwhelming. It was the perfect follow-upward to the airtight and repetitive maps of Dragon Age 2 and nosotros'd like this approach to go along.

Solve that cliffhanger
Our previous point brings us to this one – we'd actually similar that Solas storyline to continue to be explored. He's the perfect focus for the next game and the actor's approach to him is the perfect narrative crux.

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Emma Boyle is TechRadar'southward ex-Gaming Editor, and is now a content programmer and freelance journalist. She has written for magazines and websites including T3, Stuff and The Independent. Emma currently works as a Content Developer in Edinburgh.

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