“Dragon Age 2″ makes its debut via GameInformer

As they have a tendency to do lately, the fine folks over at GameInformer have confirmed a new game via their latest cover. And this time, it’s BioWare’s Dragon Age 2, a sequel to the wildly-popular Dragon Age: Origins (and its various expansion packs). Click the image to go full-size. Unfortunately for a lot of fans of the game, BioWare has apparently chosen not to go the Mass Effect route here. That is to say – this is a brand-new game. That character you made the first time around? He or she is gone. Other improvements have been added, apparently, but you’ll have to wait to see what they are – assuming GameInformer hits your mailbox, anyway. On Dragon Age 2′s official website, we get even more info, right from BioWare. Here’s what they have to say about the new game: Experience the epic sequel to the 2009 Game of

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“Leilana’s Song” DLC coming to “Dragon Age: Origins”

BioWare announced additional Dragon Age: Origins content for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC today. “Leliana’s Song” will cost $7 (or its Microsoft Points equivalent, ya know) and be available on July 6. You will play as Leliana, who, if you didn’t know, is in a criminal ring. Kind of a secretive environment. She’ll accompany her mentor, Marjolaine on a mission and end up in a situation that her good looks and charm just can’t get her out of. (Welcome to real life, honey.) Instead, she’ll have to kill…or be killed. The DLC has fully-voiced cinematics and a reward that transfers into the Awakening and Origins campaign.

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Dragon Age to Debut in Anime Form in 2011

BioWare’s fantasy RPG franchise Dragon Age will be taking on new life after the developer announced an agreement with FUNimation Entertainment today. FUNimation will be creating an anime feature based on the series for a home video release in 2011. Producers will include staff from both BioWare (EP Mark Darrah and Creative Director Mike Laidlaw) and FUNimation (CEO Gen Fukunaga and Director of Original Entertainment Chris Moujaes). “Anime is a great medium for us to continue the robust Dragon Age story,” said Darrah. “Partnering with FUNimation ensures that we are delivering the exceptional quality and entertainment value that our Dragon Age fans expect.” Dragon Age is only the first title in FUNimation’s Original Entertainment anime movie lineup. The co-production initiative was launched in November 2009. No word yet on whether other BioWare titles might get the same treatment.

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Dragon Age: Origins Goes Triple Platinum

To no one’s real surprise, Dragon Age: Origins has sold over 3.2 million units worldwide, making it officially triple platinum. The game has has won over 30 “Best of 2009” awards and has an average review score of 91, according to Metacritic. Dragon Age: Origins is the sixth consecutive blockbuster from BioWare. Most of this success is due not only to the game itself being so awesome, but the additional content packs (Warden’s Keep and Return to Ostagar). The latest expansion pack, Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening is set to launch on March 16, 2010. Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening, BioWare’s next installment in the Dragon Age lore, occurs following the events of Dragon Age: Origins. Players assume the role of a Grey Warden Commander entrusted with rebuilding the order of Grey Wardens and tasked to uncover the mystery of how the darkspawn survive after the slaying of the Archdemon.

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Dragon Age: Origins 360 Patch and DLC

Return to Ostagar, the twice delayed DLC for Dragon Age: Origins is FINALLY available. Not surprising, after the last delay, the DLC was leaked to some mixed reviews. According to Bioware, the leaked DLC was an earlier version, so hopefully the issues people with the leaked version have complained about may not be issues any longer. According the the @dragonage account on Twitter: Return to Ostagar is NOW available for Xbox 360. It will be coming later today for PC users and soon for the PS3. Check Xbox Live 4 details Also, today on the Grey Wardens blog, there’s news of a patch for the game for the Xbox 360. From Victor Wachter the Community Facilitator for Bioware: On January 13, there will be an update to the XBox 360 version of Dragon Age: Origins. This update will resolve an issue that caused the four achievements earned from the Warden’s

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Dragon Age: Origins Expansion Announced 3-16-09

Seriously, I’ll stop posting Dragon Age news when they stop having some. I’m just happy to know that while the DLC has been delayed, there’s only two months and a handful of days until I can play the Awakenings expansion. I don’t even know what all is going on in this video, but I’m looking forward to it anyway. From the Dragon Age website: Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening will let players take control of the Grey Wardens and face off against a new intelligent breed of darkspawn. Featuring an increased level cap, new spells, abilities, specializations and items, plus five all-new party members, players can continue their adventures from Dragon Age, or begin with a brand new party Here’s what the expansion has in store: Rebuild the Grey Warden order and establish their base of operations at Vigil’s Keep All-new Complex Moral Choices: Embark on an epic story that

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Dragon Age: Origins Receives Mainstream Accessible Game of the Year Award

BioWare‘s epic RPG Dragon Age: Origins is AbleGamers.com’s 2009 pick for “Mainstream Accessible Game of the Year.” It received a 9.8/10 score for its bevy of options and graphics choices that make the game playable for gamers with disabilities. In fact, AbleGamers.com had only one criticism of the PC title (small font size), which was easily addressed by BioWare in an update. Dragon Age: Origins had the most impressive options out of any game this year, the organization said. BioWare included three levels of subtitles, gamers can pause the action during battle and issue commands on a delay instead of in real time, various control options are available for the camera and characters, and the game itself is even colorblind-friendly. The fact that all of the previous options are available and don’t hamper the gameplay is key. The accessibility options only enhance the gameplay for disabled gamers, and they don’t

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PC patch for Dragon Age:Origins now available

Bioware has released a small patch for the PC version of Dragon Age: Origins. The patch fixes a few bugs and also boosts combat stats for part members on normal mode and it makes easy mode even easier. Guess the difficulty curve is a bit high? Gamers can get the patch on FileFront, FileShack, StrategyInformer and Steam. The patch includes the following notes: * Fixed potential corruption of character statistics * Fixed portrait appearance sliders when importing a character from the downloadable Character Creator * Fixed import for preset face settings from the downloadable Character Creator * Made Easy difficulty easier * Slightly increased attack, defense, and damage scores for all party members at Normal difficulty * Fixed video issues when running on a very wide screen display, including ATI Eyefinity displays

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Bioware confirms no SecuROM with Dragon Age: Origins

Bioware has confirmed that the PC version of Dragon Age: Origins won’t come with SecuROM. They have assured their fans in the game’s forums: ” We’re happy to announce that the boxed/retail PC version of Dragon Age: Origins will use only a basic disk check and it will not require online authentication. In other words, the retail PC version of the game won’t require you to go online to authenticate the game for offline play. We have chosen not to use SecuROM in any version of Dragon Age that is distributed by EA or BioWare.” Dragon Age: Origins is due out at the end of the year for PC, 360, and PS3.

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