Dragon Age II

BioWare Voice Director Interview

The Gaming Liberty offers an interview with veteran voice director Ginny McSwain, who is credited on a score of BioWare titles, including Baldur’s Gate, Jade Empire, Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age II. Retroplayer- Ginny, did…

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…

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…

Dragon Age II Direct2Drive Sale

Direct2Drive has put BioWare’s Dragon Age II up for sale in its midweek munchies. It is 50% off for the US and Canada, making it $29.98, while it is 40% off for European countries, making it £19.95

Dragon Age II Direct2Drive Sale

Since its release in March there’s certainly been no shortage of sales and deals for Dragon Age II, the latest coming from Direct2Drive:the game is 50% off for the US and Canada, making it $29.98, while it is 40% off…

Attrition and Resource Management in RPGs

Jay Barnson editorializes on attrition and resource management in RPGs, inspecting the traditional and low-attrition model to compare how (video) games challenge players using attrition mechanics (or lack thereof). With the traditional approach, encounters can vary wildly in difficulty. The adventurer’s…

Reboot the Game: I Don’t Want to Save the World

The editors over at Bitmob are tired of video games that are based around “wish fulfillment, escapism, and power fantasies”, and have taken it upon themselves to editorialize about other goals they’d like to see in future titles. Indie RPG…

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…

Alternate Lives: Dragon Age II

After reading through his new “Alternative Lives” article for PC Gamer, it’s good to see that Desslock’s thoughts on Dragon Age II largely coincide with my own. I guess I’m not the only long-time RPG enthusiastic that isn’t too happy…