Dragon Age II
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FeatureBeing the boss of Dragon Age
Mike Laidlaw still remembers his first day at BioWare - and, 15 years later - his last. A lot happened in between.
VideoDragon Age II: Legacy DLC teased
Out next week on PC, PS3, Xbox 360.
Digital FoundryDragon Age II PS3/360 Combat Performance
Combat is the biggest challenge to DAII's engine...
Digital FoundryFace-Off: Dragon Age II
A sense of scale.
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Jelly DealsTitanfall 2, Dragon Age and Battlefield 1 drop to £5 in the EA Publisher Sale
Plus, loads of other EA games on PC reduced.
FeatureThrough the Dragon Age: Inquisition tarot cards I found art
Keeping me warm in Tevinter.
Former Dragon Age boss Mike Laidlaw joins Assassin's Creed Odyssey studio
For a large scale project.
BioWare reportedly set to unveil new Dragon Age later this week
Despite being "at least three years away".
FeatureBeing the boss of Dragon Age
Mike Laidlaw still remembers his first day at BioWare - and, 15 years later - his last. A lot happened in between.
Years later, BioWare reveals why Dragon Age 2 expansion Exalted March was canned
Had "some really interesting stories to tell".
Veteran BioWare writer David Gaider seems to have a new job
"He seems pretty cool so far."
Writer David Gaider leaves BioWare after 17 years
HK-47, Morrigan and many more salute you.
The first draft of Dragon Age: Origins didn't even have Grey Wardens
And a narrator you thought was Flemeth turned out to be an old Morrigan.
BioWare turns 20 today
BioWare have the years gone?
Dragon Age loses lead writer to new BioWare game
"10 years is a long time to work on any one project."
Dragon Age Keep was once World Vault for DA2
Then, "after many many months", it changed.
When will we see a gay protagonist in a triple-A game?
Not for a while, reckons Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon writer, because of a fear it would impact sales.
Should BioWare give up romances?
Dragon Age writer David Gaider mulls the answer.
Fan-harassed writer Jennifer Hepler leaves BioWare
Questions whether abusive fans scare away talent.
EA makes some Online Pass content free on Xbox Marketplace
UPDATE: EA confirms it's eliminating Online Pass from all its existing titles.
There's an RPG sale on PSN that includes Ni No Kuni for £20
PS Plus free games in June are ICO & SOTC HD, and Demon's Souls.
CGHub makes its own Dragon Age charaters
Look at them, EA!
More romance in BioWare games or less? Writer discusses
"...wish fulfllment on a level that reduced the characters into romantic playthings, sex dolls."
BioWare's "increasingly toxic" forum repels Dragon Age writer David Gaider
"Perhaps there is something to be said about whether the games BioWare makes still satisfy our core fans."
BioWare announces Dragon Age 3: Inquisition
UPDATE: It's coming in late 2013.
Peter Moore gives BioWare vote of confidence after tumultuous 18 months
"They're doing great. Mass Effect has been enormous for us."
Mass Effect, Dragon Age dev BioWare defends fan criticism
"It's interactive, so you're going to have your say."
FeatureRetrospective: Dragon Age 2
No sense of scales.
BioWare asks fans to help brainstorm Dragon Age's future
"We're not making promises, we're talking about ideas."
BioWare shares new Dragon Age (3) concepts
Hints at saved game integration, Orlais setting, party members.
BioWare moves Dragon Age team fully onto The Next Thing
DA2 expansion Exalted March was scrapped.
Origin auto-adds EA games bought from Steam
Uses EA's game registration records to do it.
Origin sale offers Mass Effect 1 and Dead Space 1 for £3
Sequels not much more expensive either.
Dragon Age developers "checking Skyrim out aggressively"
BioWare says next game will draw on outside influences.
BioWare adding multiplayer to Dragon Age - report
Arena PVE and PVP fights. Can be a dragon.
Origin wants "fair and open marketplace"
Third parties can sell DLC how they like.
Dragon Age 2 DLC Mark of the Assassin
Stars Felicia Day, due October.
BioWare's early Dragon Age 3 plans
Equippable followers! Morrigan! Old god?
Upcoming Xbox Live schedule detailed
Bulletstorm, Gears of War deals incoming.
How Legacy hints at Dragon Age's future
BioWare discusses "hot-button items".
Dragon Age 2 response surprised BioWare
But fan passion is "better than apathy".
EA: Valve removed Steam Dragon Age 2
"Restrictive terms of service" to blame.
Dragon Age 2 removed from Steam
EA Hawkes wares on Origin.
Crysis 2 racks up three million sales
Dead Space 2, Dragon Age II pass 2m.
VideoDragon Age II: Legacy DLC teased
Out next week on PC, PS3, Xbox 360.
Dragon Age 2 Legacy DLC release date
You get to leave Kirkwall.
Dragon Age II DLC Legacy spotted
Achievements leak online.
BioWare: why sequels are good
"From a gamer's perspective it's a positive."
Dragon Age 2 DLC to address fan feedback
Future games to appeal to a wide audience.
EA: we lost some fans with Dragon Age 2
Will take feedback on for Dragon Age 3.
Dragon Age 2 DLC artwork?
A cryptic BioWare tease.
BioWare looking for Dragon Age 3 staff
The story continues.
New Dragon Age II DLC released
Item packs for Mage, Warrior, Rogue.
New Dragon Age II PC patch goes live
PS3, Xbox 360 update due later this month.
Buy Dragon Age II, get ME2 free
BioWare says thanks for 1 million sales.
Crysis 2 EA's biggest UK launch of 2011
Bigger than Dragon Age II, Bulletstorm.
Is DA2 "unrealistically bisexual"?
It's not just for "the straight male gamer".
Dragon Age II patch 1.01 released on PC
Same as beta, now on Steam.
Dragon Age: Legends now open to all
Facebook game unlocks DAII items.
PC Dragon Age II beta patch 1.01 arrives
"Users apply this patch at their own risk."
Dragon Age II sales: Xbox 57%, PS3 22%
21 per cent on PC.
UK top 40: Dragon Age II tips the scales
Fantastical for BioWare.
Digital FoundryDragon Age II PS3/360 Combat Performance
Combat is the biggest challenge to DAII's engine...
Digital FoundryFace-Off: Dragon Age II
A sense of scale.
Digital FoundryDragon Age II PS3/360 Cut-Scene Performance
Dragon Age II's exposition scenes compared using DF tools.
Digital FoundryDragon Age II PS3/360 Traversal Performance Analysis
Put simply, running about in Dragon Age II.
Digital FoundryDragon Age II 360/PS3 Face-Off
Console SKUs head-to-head in this comparison video.
Digital FoundryDragon Age II 360/PC Face-Off
Close similarities between 360 and the computer version.
Digital FoundryDragon Age II PS3/PC Face-Off
Console and computer versions head-to-head.
BioWare forum ban locks-out DAII
"I've got a dead game for 50 Euros."
Dragon Age II DLC "beefier" than Origins'
"What exactly constitutes a DLC 9/10?"
Dragon Age 3? "There are always ideas"
Multiplayer "absolutely would" work.
Dragon Age II bug fix patch in the works
"Two biggies" are DirectX 11, auto-attack.
FeatureBioWare's Mike Laidlaw: A defence of Dragon Age II
"I'm a little surprised by the 6/10s."
Lizards deliver copies of Dragon Age 2
BioWare's big launch just hours away.
VideoDragon Age II launch trailer roars in
Ready to go on scale.
Video15 mins more of hours-in Dragon Age II
Down in a dank dark dungeon.
Video15 minutes of post-demo Dragon Age II
Introducing a brand new party member.
Dragon Age II
The second cut is the deepest.
Hi-res texture pack for PC Dragon Age II
Got an extra 1GB going spare?
VideoDragon Age II: Exiled Prince DLC trailer
You can buy it now!
Digital FoundryDragon Age II demo analysis
Xbox 360 and PS3 code in the spotlight.
Digital FoundryDragon Age II 360/PS3 Demo Performance
Digital Foundry tools analyse BioWare's DAII sampler.
EU PlayStation Store update 2nd March
Black Ops demo, maps; PixelJunk Shooter 2.
Dragon Age II campaign shorter than DA's
But "a bit longer" than Mass Effect's.
BioWare: don't be scared of RPGs
You're ready, insists Dragon Age II dev.
Dragon Age II signs Florence + Machine
Part-one of soundtrack only £2.
EU PlayStation Store Update 23rd Feb
Dragon Age II, LEGO SWIII, Yak 4 demos.
Dragon Age II "more tactical" than DA
"It's time we learned from action games."
VideoDragon Age II demo - first 15 mins
Hawke this way.
Dragon Age II Xbox Live demo is 1.98GB
Massive prologue file out now.
Download Dragon Age II demo, get loot
But only if 999,999 others follow suit.
VideoFirst Dragon Age: Redemption footage
Starring an Elven Felicia Day.
Felicia Day in Dragon Age mini-series
Plays an elf.
Meet BioWare, Crytek, Slightly Mad
Play Dragon Age 2, Crysis 2, Shift 2.
VideoNew Dragon Age 2 trailer
Hawke's Battle techniques detailed.
Dragon Age II
Fatal era.
Dragon Age 2 has blowjob scene
BioWare allows straight and gay romances.
Dragon Age 2 demo confirmed
Unlocks an item in the full game.
Dragon Age II demo is "not confirmed"
"This is speculation," declares BioWare.
Dragon Age II demo for public or not?
BioWare won't say either way.
Dragon Age II PC DRM has online check
BioWare unsure of days offline allowance.
Dragon Age Legends item unlocks named
A belter! Amulet me get away with that?
Dragon Age 2 has 103 mins of cutscenes
Eat your heart out Killzone 3.
VideoDead Space 2 meets Dragon Age 2
Arise, Sir Issac of Clarke.
Dead Space 2 armour in Dragon Age 2
Ser Isaac of Clarke regalia.
VideoWhy DA2 has one playable character
BioWare talk Dragon Age 2 story.
EA reveals first Dragon Age 2 DLC
A bonus companion and mission.
VideoDragon Age II gets DLC reveal trailer
First add-on is The Exiled Prince.
BioWare Docs videogame Hall of Famers
Join Miyamoto, Suzuki, Molyneux, Carmack.
BioWare: PC Dragon Age 2 is strategic
But also an action RPG – if you want.
VideoDragon Age 2 combat walkthrough
BioWare gets fired up.
VideoDev details making of Dragon Age 2
BioWare show behind the scenes footage.
New Dragon Age 2 character unveiled
BioWare fills out RPG sequel's cast.
VideoDev roars about Dragon Age 2
Latest diary with new footage.
BioWare: "Too many games today"
Says we gamers can't "keep up".
VideoDragon Age II rises to power
Claws for thought.
Dragon Age II
Blight club.
BioWare reveals Dragon Age Legends
Facebook game unlocks DA2 content.
Dragon Age II gets its own Cerberus
Plus, DLC will be "larger" this time.
VideoNew Dragon Age 2 trailer
BioWare shows off gameplay.
Dragon Age 2 pre-orders get free content
BioWare announces Signature Edition.
Dragon Age 2 imports DAO world
Who did you kill? Who did you save?
Dragon Age: Origins gets Ultimate Edition
It only does everything.
Dragon Age 2, Bulletstorm at EG Expo
EA lets loose the 2011 portfolio.
Dragon Age: Ultimate Edition spotted
Contains everything.
FeatureDragon Age 2
Dark respawn.
Dragon Age 2
First screens from gamescom.
VideoDragon Age 2 revealed
Scaling new heights.
Dragon Age 2 dated for Europe
Sequel here in March 2011.
PC DA2 camera "won't pull as far up"
BioWare tuning camera as we speak.
IGN Dragon Age 2 report debunked
BioWare shoots down dialogue claims.
Dragon Age 2 dialogue choice simplified
Three icons: good, nasty, "badass".
FeatureBioWare's Dr. Greg Zeschuk
On Dragon Age 2, Star Wars and DS MMOs.
Dragon Age 2 dated
Story and character details announced.
First Dragon Age 2 details hit
Updated with even more detail.
BioWare confirms Dragon Age 2
Says today will be "great day" for BW fans.