Mike Laidlaw is a Canadian[1] video game developer best known for his work at BioWare as the creative director for the Dragon Age fantasy role-playing video game franchise, and the lead designer and director on the first three games.[2]
^Mike Laidlaw [@Mike_Laidlaw] (12 February 2021). "Would anyone more familiar with editing than I am be willing to change that top-line summary to "Canadian" instead of American?" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 12 February 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021 – via Twitter.
^Good, Owen S. (1 February 2020). "Dragon Age creator Mike Laidlaw departs Ubisoft after just a year". Polygon. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
MikeLaidlaw is a Canadian video game developer best known for his work at BioWare as the creative director for the Dragon Age fantasy role-playing video...
exploration or combat. Yellow Brick Games was founded in early 2020 by MikeLaidlaw and several other developers from Ubisoft, in particular its Quebec studio...
accommodate a new art style inspired by movies like Yojimbo and Conan. MikeLaidlaw, David Gaider and Inon Zur returned to their roles as lead designer,...
director, with Cossette as associate managing director. In December 2018, MikeLaidlaw joined the studio as creative director, having previously stepped down...
on Chinese mythology. According to lead writers Luke Kristjanson and MikeLaidlaw, they used its inspiration to create a world that felt alive, with a...
Chantry, someone who "won't take no for an answer". Creative director MikeLaidlaw described Cassandra as being "brash, impulsive" and having "anger management...
Thomas John Laidlaw (born April 15, 1958) is a Canadian retired ice hockey defenceman. Laidlaw started his National Hockey League career with the New York...
Lead story developer for Jade Empire and Dragon Age creative director MikeLaidlaw announced his departure from BioWare in October 2017 after 14 years with...
Retrieved May 6, 2020. Game, Unfrightened Mike (July 11, 2017). "DAO's was inspired by it for sure". @Mike_Laidlaw. Archived from the original on November...
half Roy Laidlaw, he joined Edinburgh in the summer of 2006. His first-team opportunities were limited at first behind Scotland scrum half Mike Blair, but...
maximum word limit of 500 words. Kirby noted that then-Creative Director MikeLaidlaw offered her the opportunity to flesh out and publish Hard in Hightown...
Fenlon, Wes (April 22, 2023). "RPG roundtable podcast: Josh Sawyer, MikeLaidlaw, Strix Beltran, Paweł Sasko, and Lis Moberly go deep on writing and playing...
Leliana's backstory for Inquisition. Former Dragon Age project director MikeLaidlaw described her iteration in Inquisition as a character who is somewhat...
be like inside a very realistic next-gen game". Former BioWare writer MikeLaidlaw praised the creativity of the Star Control ship designs, and credited...
the original on December 11, 2019. Retrieved September 26, 2015. Fahey, Mike (September 30, 2010). "Dragon Age DLC Gets All Wrapped Up In The Ultimate...
Prinze, and that he "knocks it out of the park"; a sentiment shared by MikeLaidlaw, former creative director of the Dragon Age series. The character's sexuality...
Christopher Robert Laidlaw (born 16 November 1943) is a New Zealand politician and former rugby union player, Rhodes Scholar, public servant, diplomat...
and Qunari stock respectively. Then-Creative Director of the series MikeLaidlaw described the Darkspawn as sadistic, marauding beings with no redeeming...
Starflight and Star Control, according to Bioware founder Ray Muzyka. Writer MikeLaidlaw explained that Star Control II heavily influenced the worldbuilding of...
Productions Electronic Arts Dragon Age: Origins Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk, MikeLaidlaw BioWare 2010 (7th) Heavy Rain David Cage, Guillaume de Fondaumiere, Scott...
$48.3 billion in 2017". Venture Beat. Retrieved January 8, 2018. Minoitti, Mike (January 18, 2018). "NPD: U.S. video game revenue grew 18% to $36 billion...