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May 2, 2015

An Argument Against Real-time With Pause Combat

Jody Macgregor has written another column for PC Gamer, in which he takes issue with the usage of real-time with pause combat systems in RPGs, and argues that developers should always rather go with turn-based or full real-time. A snippet:…

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April 23, 2015

Dragon Age Keep Gets New Features, Including Custom Portraits and Spoiler Toggle

A new post on the official BioWare blog informs us that the Dragon Age Keep, the cloud utility that lets Origin players keep and edit a record of all their characters’ decisions throughout the Dragon Age franchise, has received a…

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March 3, 2015

David Gaider Steps Down as Dragon Age Lead Writer, Moves to Other Project

David Gaider has announced on Twitter that he’s handing over his Dragon Age lead writer duties to Patrick Weekes, and that he will move on to another BioWare project. Gaider was lead writer for all the major Dragon Age projects and…

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February 11, 2015

A Closer Look at BioWare’s Progressive Sexual Politics

Kill Screen’s Jason Johnson has penned an article that analyzes the sexual politics BioWare expressed throughout the games they’ve developed. Johnson praises BioWare for its introduction of romantic subplots and gay and bisexual characters, and argues that this might help…

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February 7, 2015

What’s Next For the Director of Dragon Age: Origins

Dan Tudge played a pivotal role in making Dragon Age: Origins one of BioWare’s finest achievements, so the press release earlier this week announcing his involvement with a new RPG alongside other ex-BioWare folks at n-Space is certainly intriguing. And…

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January 21, 2015

BioWare 2000-2009 Period Interview

RPG Codex has published an interview with ex-BioWare developer Brent Knowles, who was the lead designer on Dragon Age: Origins, with a particular focus on the PC-focused titles BioWare published during the first decade of the 21st century. There’s a…

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October 30, 2014

Dragon Age Keep “What is the Keep?” Trailer

To make sure you’re aware of the start of the Dragon Age Keep open beta and give you a quick idea of what exactly it entails in the first place, BioWare has released a new video, simply titled “What is…

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October 29, 2014

Dragon Age Keep Open Beta Launched

In case you want to set up a custom world state in preparation for the release of Dragon Age: Inquisition, the Dragon Age Keep tool has reached its open beta status and can now be accessed by all owners of…

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October 8, 2014

Dragon Age: Origins Free on Origin

In case you have never played the original Dragon Age: Origins and have no problems with using Electronic Arts’ competitor to Steam, you’ll be interested to know that the basic version of Dragon Age: Origins is currently free on, pardon…

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October 7, 2014

Dragon Age Keep Tool Revealed, Blog Update

In a new blog post, BioWare has officially revealed the Dragon Age Keep, a new tool that will allow us to track the decisions we’ve made throughout the role-playing video game series and “redesign the world to match our choices.”…