[5] His work earned him a nomination for a British Academy Video Games Award for Best Story in 2010 (with BioWare cofounders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk).
[5] Laidlaw participated extensively in promotional efforts for Dragon Age II, where he has been interviewed about developmental information for the sequel to Origins.
[8] Laidlaw was the director for an unreleased fourth entry in the Dragon Age series, code-named Joplin, before the project was cancelled to reallocate staff to Anthem's development.
[10] Laidlaw felt this was the right time to minimize any disruptions to the development, and left the project in the hands of producer Mark Darrah.
[11] Later, details surfaced that Laidlaw worked on a now-cancelled project codenamed Avalon, based on the fantasy of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
The project faced conflicting visions with UbiSoft's Chief Creative Officer Serge Hascoët over the setting and themes.