Dragon Age franchise has "console future"

By Robert Purchese Published 5 August, 2008

BioWare suggests Origins may stay on PC.

BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk has said he sees a "console future" for the Dragon Age "franchise".

"PC for now is what we're focusing on, but there is a console future for the franchise," Zeschuk told MTV Multiplayer, echoing - and slightly clarifying - what he said during an EA press conference at E3.

"We haven't really talked about what that's going to be, but one thing we're focused on. As folks probably have seen in regards to Mass Effect on the PC, whenever we do a platform choice, we're very definitive and very specific. We don't splash it across all the platforms."

Dragon Age: Origins, unveiled proper at E3 last month, met with rather underwhelming receptions.

The game, Zeschuk maintains, returns to BioWare's roots where sitting back and reflecting on the action is preferred to cinematic immersion akin to Mass Effect.

We're told, once again, Origins will be "brutal", "harsh", "gritty" and "realistic", yet in our first impressions the overall impression was "generic".

Zeschuk is also confident the game will be out in early 2009, despite relatively little actually being known about the game - a deliberate decision on BioWare's part.

"Typically we show our games many, many times at E3 over and over again. And we're not [this time]. We showed it once a while back and went dark on it purposely to get the technology and the game going. It's not that far off. It's very exciting," said Zeschuk.

We hope so.

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Comments (11) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • VampiricEye #1 4 years ago

    Hmm, first?

    A "true" sequel to Baldur's Gate would be great. I suppose this is as close as it gets.

  • hiddenranbir #2 4 years ago

    "We haven't really talked about what that's going to be, but one thing we're focused on. As folks probably have seen in regards to Mass Effect on the PC, whenever we do a platform choice, we're very definitive and very specific. We don't splash it across all the platforms."

    Actually they weren't very definitive or specific with ME which is why everyone was surprised and angry at the sudden, quick move to put it on PC. Ass.

    Gritty and realism means grey, brown and black. Generic for typical fantasy setting then. Where was the move away from DnD? Assx2.
    Edited by 1 at 05/08/08 @ 12:08

  • skillian #3 4 years ago

    which is why everyone was surprised and angry at the sudden, quick move to put it on PC

    Why did Mass Effect being available on PC make you angry?

  • UncleLou #4 4 years ago

    Actually they weren't very definitive or specific with ME which is why everyone was surprised and angry at the sudden, quick move to put it on PC. Ass.


    They were? I for one was glad about the news. Not that it wasn't expected, aynhow.

  • anomagnus #5 4 years ago

    Actually they weren't very definitive or specific with ME which is why everyone was surprised and angry at the sudden, quick move to put it on PC. Ass.

    umm, what was unclear? They announced a release date, almost made it, and launched it

  • Azazel #6 4 years ago

    I don't really want a proper sequel to Baldur's Gate. I thought it all tied up quite nicely at the end.

    Maybe this is just a lack of imagination on my part...

  • hiddenranbir #7 4 years ago

    Why did Mass Effect being available on PC make you angry?

    It didn't make me angry, but I know it made a lot of people so. Bioware forums flared up. Just like they flared during the silly DRM thing.


    re: Azazel

    This isn't a proper sequel to BG, since Generic Age isn't using the dnd license. It is more of a spiritual one in that the gameplay will be like BG, with die rolls, initiative, saving throws and what have you.
    Edited by 1 at 05/08/08 @ 15:41

  • mjhoward #8 4 years ago

    What made people angry was that Bioware spent years quashing any talk of a PC version on the forums, simply stating "Mass Effect is an Xbox 360 game".

    So when they announced out of nowhere that there would be PC version only a few months before it was released, a lot of people who bought a 360 because they believed it to be the only way to play the game felt a little annoyed that Bioware had basically witheld this knowledge from them.
    Edited by 1 at 05/08/08 @ 16:36

  • coomber #9 4 years ago

    At no point in this article does it say anything about Origins being PC-only.

  • Flashy #10 4 years ago

    Anyone that didn't think that ME was going to come out on PC must has disregarded Bioware's history as a PC developer, and the fact that even Jade Empire came to the PC after the X-Box.

    That said, I don't really see why people were angry over it coming out on PC 6 or 7 months later - it's only a game, after all!

  • hiddenranbir #11 4 years ago

    A game that came with less content and a higher price. I'd be slightly annoyed that it was just a mere 6 months an improved version was released at a lower price.