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Dragon Age: Origins

Val Hull
August 3, 2018

BioWare Mid-Summer Update

Casey Hudson, BioWare’s current general manager, has put together a new studio update. You can check it out over on the official BioWare blog. The update goes over the recent expos the studio visited and the reception Anthem, its latest…

BuckGB
July 13, 2018

James Ohlen Leaves BioWare for Tabletop RPG Publishing Venture

There have been many key contributors to the success of BioWare since its inception back in 1995, and as lead designer on many of their greatest titles going back to the original Baldur’s Gate, James Ohlen is certainly one of…

Val Hull
May 26, 2018

Mike Laidlaw Interview

Last year, Mike Laidlaw departed BioWare after spending 14 productive years with the studio, during which he worked on Jade Empire, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age. And if you’re interested in any of these games, you can now read this…

Val Hull
January 31, 2018

Dragon Age 4 Needs to Embrace Its Dark Origins

A new Dragon Age title was recently confirmed to be in development, prompting PCGamesN to put together an article where they argue that this potential new RPG should return to the dark and gritty style of the series’ original game…

BuckGB
January 26, 2018

BioWare is Actively Developing a New Dragon Age Title

Although we’ll have to wait until after their action-focused shooter/RPG Anthem ships and no official announcement has been made yet, BioWare executive producer Mark Darrah has taken to Twitter to reassure fans that “people are hard at work” on a…

Val Hull
December 15, 2017

Inon Zur Interview on Composing Video Game Scores

PC Gamer recently had a chat with Inon Zur, a prolific video game composer whose credits include Baldur’s Gate II: Throne of Bhaal, Icewind Dale II, Dragon Age: Origins, and multiple Fallout games. The resulting interview covers Zur’s approach to…

Val Hull
October 13, 2017

Mike Laidlaw Exits BioWare

Mike Laidlaw, a BioWare veteran of 14 years, has announced his departure from the company via Twitter. During his time at BioWare he worked on Jade Empire, Mass Effect, and the Dragon Age series, having recently been the creative director…

Val Hull
September 28, 2017

The Changing Lore of Dragon Age

This PCGamesN article argues that retconning established canon in RPGs may not be just a cheap move by hack writers who write themselves into a corner, but instead something that can enrich the game’s lore and make it feel more…

BuckGB
August 12, 2017

BioWare Has Brainstormed Two More “Theoretical” Dragon Age Titles

I loved Dragon Age: Origins, disliked Dragon Age II, never had a chance to finish Dragon Age: Inquisition, and mostly scratched my head at the browser spin-offs, so I have mixed feelings when I read this newsbit on Eurogamer that…

Val Hull
August 6, 2017

Alexis Kennedy on Adding Oddness to Dragon Age

Alexis Kennedy, the founder of Failbetter Games and BioWare’s guest writer, made it pretty clear he was working on the yet unannounced Dragon Age 4 in an earlier interview with Eurogamer. Things got pretty quiet after that, until recently, he…