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EA Makes Dragon Age 2 Official, BioWare Teases Reveal Tomorrow

BioWare appears to be just a day away from revealing Dragon Age 2, officially, going by the role-playing game developer's Twitter tease. Or was it today, when EA and BioWare officially said that Dragon Age 2 is in development?

rdgneoz35059d ago

I liked it except for the fact that stuff didn't respawn when you visited an area a second time.

Chris3995059d ago (Edited 5059d ago )

I went back to the game recently and really enjoyed it. Dragon Age is the sort of title that you have to invest in - it's characters and lore - before you can appreciate it.

Having just finished Origins yesterday, I look forward to the sequel immensely. Really it seems to be a non-stop flood of WRPGs and JRPGs lately - I'm in Heaven.

I'm hoping that the next one is more "open-world" and less "instanced" (which a lot of Bioware games tend to be - DA reminded me of a more epic Neverwinter Nights 1/2). I'd love to see the DA mechanics in a party-based, Oblivion-style game. THAT would be epic.

POSSIBLE SPOILER: Pretty sure Morrigan and her "old-God" child are going to be heavily tied into the sequel (villains perhaps?).

Palodios5059d ago

So if Dragon Age was the successor to Baldurs Gate... and Baldurs Gate 2 was absolutely epic... Will that make Dragon Age 2 absolutely epic?

Bigpappy5059d ago

Old Republic MMO comming to console. The only problem with that it that I don't pay monthly fees. They would have to have an acceptable flat rate to get me. May be and extra $30 for the year.

evrfighter5059d ago (Edited 5059d ago )

except the problem with that is...

they don't want you the console gamer for this game (TOR).

They want the pc gamer or wow player.

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VersusEM5059d ago

I would love another dragon age. That was a surpise hit for me. But I dont really see what they could inprove, anyone got any suggestions.

SOAD5059d ago

More variety in the missions. DA was a lot like ME2, because the character spent a good deal of time recruiting groups to fight in a major battle. But the missions in DA were very repetitive, though fun. I would also like to see better visuals but it's not mandatory.

MGOelite5059d ago

bring back morrigan instead of leaving her out for all DLC for no real reason, just an unexplained child

Neo Nugget5059d ago

Voice acting for your character would be nice.

Arnon5059d ago (Edited 5059d ago )

# Graphics
# Animations
# More customization
# Larger world
# More quests
# More variations of quests

There's quite a lot they could do. Anyways, this is a pretty damn good announcement.

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Lucreto5059d ago

I have yet to play Dragon Age and I bought it at launch. It come out at a bad time for me. FF XIII and WKC are taking a lot of time.

SeanRL5059d ago

I don't know if I'm alone in this, but I hated the first one. I found that the graphics and controls weren't that great and that the gameplay was just boring.

jdktech20105059d ago

Did you play on PS3? It's a completely different experience as far as gameplay and difficulty on the PC. That's the definitive version because it's in the style of Neverwinter Nights and Baulder's Gate which were PC only games.

I highly recommend trying it for PC

SeanRL5059d ago (Edited 5059d ago )

Ya, I played it on ps3. I don't think I'll try it again as I have other things I need to buy, but I'll give #2 a chance for sure.

Edit: I agree with clownbelt, though I wish demons souls had had a better co-op mode.

ClownBelt5059d ago

I'm with you Psfan999. After playing Demon's Souls, I couldn't get into the awful battle system in Dragon Age. If Dragon Age would have been online(MMO style without payment), I think I would have liked it a lot

Letros5059d ago

Awful battle system? Have you ever played a WRPG before? What were you expecting?

Enate5059d ago

No you are not alone and I played it on PC maxed out. I could not stop falling asleep on the game. An this is coming from someone who is all about a good story. The gameplay was extremely slow and boring to watch unfold. Some of the random banter among your party members was funny at times. I couldn't be bothered to play past a couple of hours as it was like a sleeping spell every time I touched it.

jdktech20105059d ago

To each their own...I loved it but I could see how some people might find it a tad slow

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Report: Sexual Misconduct Investigation Conducted at EA, Suspects Named and What They Did Revealed

EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.

isarai1d 21h ago

Aye just call Phil, i mean he somehow made Bobby Kotick's scandal disappear and gave him a few million dollar high five on the way out.

Cacabunga1d 12h ago

I wonder if it will be censored with some in game ads.

XiNatsuDragnel1d 18h ago (Edited 1d 18h ago )

EA about to go down like Activision and then Phil saves the day saying.this is good for the industry and consolidation will help create competition. /s.

ravens521d 16h ago

What's up with all these horny creeps. You gon be horny, fine. Just not at work take care of that shit before you go in. Rub one out if you have to. Don't be a creep at all. ESPECIALLY at work. But don't be one AT ALL.

Extermin8or3_1d 12h ago

I mean part of the issue is that things transpired outside of work....

KwietStorm_BLM1d 11h ago

You think deviants care where they are? Work sometimes makes it an even better situation for them because they can abuse their power.

mudakoshaka20h ago

Nerds think they are Gods when they are making video games.

NotoriousWhiz1d 16h ago (Edited 1d 16h ago )

"it seems that according to EA, given the events transpired outside of work between two adults, and the fact that once investigation has started that the alleged perpetrators didn’t do it again, the investigation is considered closed. [...] The victim still has to work with the people that harassed her."

Yep, EA is disgusting.

Extermin8or3_1d 11h ago

I mean the fact stuff happened outside of work puts EA in quite a difficult position legally. These women don't seem to have reported the matter to the police which kinda ties EA's hands on what they can do. If they don't file reports of the crimes then yeah from EA's perspective it is stuff that happened outside of work. The only exception is the guy that apparently referenced things in the slack channel for work, spending on what he said proving it may be very hard and he may well be able to get away with plausible deniability. I don't like EA and I think these people need to be dismissed but without any legal action being taken, EA can't really do much without risk of being sued themselves for unfair dismissal etc.

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EA to Spend Billions Boosting Share Prices After Mass Layoffs

EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.

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Yi-Long5d ago

Well, anything to make those shareholders happy, I guess. They're all that matters in this industry nowadays.

badboyz094d ago (Edited 4d ago )

EA stocks haven't been profitable in over 5yrs. They better hope Take-two don't get the FIFA license lol.

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BioWare Could be Working on More than Just Dragon Age Dreadwolf and Mass Effect 4

Earlier this year, BioWare was hit with layoffs as part of a downsizing of parent company Electronic Arts, but fans have been reassured that the next Mass Effect game hasn’t been impacted. Likewise, Dragon Age: Dreadwolf’s development is still churning along, with BioWare putting it at the forefront of its focus and rumors suggesting that it could launch sometime later this year. Fans might be getting another look at the long-in-development Dragon Age: Dreadwolf at the Summer Game Fest in June.

If the recently posted job offering for a temporary development manager is any indication, BioWare could have yet another surprise up its sleeve for when Mass Effect 4 and Dragon Age: Dreadwolf are nearing completion. This mystery BioWare video game could truly be anything, from another spin-off of its two major properties to something entirely new. All there is to go on at the moment is a vague mention in the job posting, and it might still be some time before BioWare is ready to confirm any new games in its pipeline.

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just_looken42d ago

So a studio that spent years on anthem then this dragon age thing is now also working on another ip along with mass effect,

You think they would be worried that there brand has been on 3 major screw ups

Dragon age 3 launched broken with the frostbite engine yes its a good game but you can see in the late game how rough it was

anthem......

Mass effect 4 well that dev team was fired so yeah.....

They should make sure this new dragon age is a goat instead of putting more work on the table

bababooiy41d ago

Bioware today is like 150 poeple i dont see how they are seemingly working on all these projects at the same time.

Michiel198941d ago

Inquisition wasn't broken, it just had some flaws and on the contrary it also had some strengths. If you call inquisition a major screw up then idk what to say.

That said with what happened to the study since then and now, I'm not really confident that their next game will be any good.

just_looken41d ago

If you played it fully to get plat like me back in its novemeber launch window you had that castle with empty area's endgame missions not there or working and a mp that was made around loot box grind like the mass effect mp.

Its hard to explain to those that played it years later after they tossed out the dlc/patch's

Michiel198941d ago

entitled much? I played it at launch too. Why you even platted it if it was a "major screw up"?
It was good enough for you to sink 100 hours in but also a complete fuckup at the same time, make up your mind.
So either you like shitty games or you're just talking out of your ass.

RaidenBlack41d ago

Well just wanna say, Archetype Entertainment is the new BioWare, composed of mainly ex-BioWare vets.
And they're developing Exodus (starring Matthew McConaughey), a new sci-fi RPG (spiritual successor to Mass Effect, dare I say?)

CantThinkOfAUsername41d ago

I hope it's a single player game with Anthem's gameplay mechanics.

Becuzisaid41d ago

They're owned by EA. What makes you think that they wouldn't publish for PS5? Shoot, if your fridge could connect to your bank account EA would try to release it for that if they could!

Double_O_Revan42d ago

How about they focus on those games and not over extend themselves? We don't need another Anthem.

Becuzisaid41d ago

Bioware died after Inquisition (some would even argue after ME3). They are no longer the same company.

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