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WorstUsernameEver
May 20, 2011

BioWare Searching for Dragon Age III Staff

If the rumors and educated guesses weren’t enough, a tweet from senior director of creative development at BioWare, Alistair McNally, confirms that BioWare is already searching for staff to work on Dragon Age III: I’m looking for exceptional environment artists…

Brother None
May 19, 2011

Ray Muzyka & Greg Zeschuk Interview

Gamasutra offers a hefty interview with BioWare heads Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk about their company’s history, philosophy, DLC, and specifically on Dragon Age II and Star Wars: The Old Republic. You’ve mentioned humility as one of the factors that…

Brother None
May 9, 2011

Recycled Characters in BioWare Games

This is a regular criticism for BioWare titles, but it only seems to have occurred to this GamesRadar US recently, as Dragon Age II’s release spurred the creation of an article on similar characters across both Dragon Ages, both Mass Effects, Jade Empire…

BuckGB
May 7, 2011

Dragon Age vs. Mass Effect

BioWare’s Dragon Age and Mass Effect series are pitted against one another in a new editorial penned by the editors at The Koalition. The winner of the character development department? Mass Effect: Mass Effect did something that hadn’t been seen…

BuckGB
May 4, 2011

Dragon Age RPG Set 2 Released as PDF, Pre-orders For Printed Version

Tabletop role-players who have been waiting to continue past level 5 with Green Ronin’s Dragon Age ruleset will be happy to hear that set 2 is now available in PDF format for $20. However, if you’re willing to pre-order the…

BuckGB
May 2, 2011

Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate Edition For $20

Valve has kicked of a week-long sale on Electronic Arts titles, with the first day giving us a chance to grab Dragon Age: Origins for $14.99, Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening for $14.99, Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate Edition for $19.99,…

BuckGB
April 27, 2011

Lessons Learned While Working at BioWare

As a “guest post” on Jay Barnson’s Tales of the Rampant Coyote blog, former BioWare technical artist Daniel Fedor has chimed in with the lessons he learned during his seven years of employment, which primarily consisted of work on Dragon…

BuckGB
April 18, 2011

A Winning Formula: The Common Thread of BioWare Games

Bright Hub briefly editorializes about the successful formula that BioWare tends to use in many of their titles, which they describe as including player choice, multiple endings, and a compelling story. A player whose character is trying to save the…

BuckGB
April 14, 2011

BioWare Interview

GameInformer’s much-touted interview with BioWare’s Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk is now available, and while Mass Effect 3 is the primary subject of conversation, they also touch upon a range of other topics – including unannounced projects and the feedback…

BuckGB
April 13, 2011

DRM Run Amok: How BioWare and EA Are Screwing Users

I’m not sure that I’ve ever seen Ars Technica get downright angry at a video game publisher, but they certainly aren’t too happy with EA/BioWare right now. The issue? A several-day “unauthorized DLC” error message that has kept legitimate Dragon…