Dragon Age II

PC Gamer’s RPG Dream Team

The editors at PC Gamer have put together a list of the best, in their opinion, RPG companions. The result is quite an eclectic bunch that goes from Morte to HK-47, to the beast of burden donkey from Dungeon Siege.…

The Importance of Crafting Interesting NPCs

Using character examples from a variety of RPG series, including Fallout, Dragon Age, The Witcher, and The Elder Scrolls, one of GameInformer’s editors has authored a new “RPG Grind Time” feature about “the importance of crafting interesting NPCs”. The article…

Alexis Kennedy on Writing the Next Dragon Age Game

With all the recent talk of BioWare scaling down and focusing on a new IP, people tend to forget about the other major BioWare property – Dragon Age. To remedy that, Alexis Kennedy of Fallen London fame has spoken to…

Dragon Age 4 Rumored to be in Development

You may have wondered, what’s next for BioWare now that Mass Effect: Andromeda is out. According to PlayStation Universe, it just may be the next entry in the Dragon Age series. And while a logical leap is required to get…

Choice in Gameplay: A Retrospective

The development of choice in RPGs is the subject of a long post over at Gamasutra, which charts a path from the ‘80s to present day. A vast cornucopia of games are examined in the opinion piece, which takes us…

Dragon Age Creative Director Podcast Interview

One of the most recent episodes of the Super Deformed Gamescast is a full-length one-hour-and-a-half interview with Mike Laidlaw, the creative director of the Dragon Age series. During the podcast, Laidlaw discusses his career, the work of his writing colleagues,…

BioWare New IP Won’t Be Announced Any Time Soon

Speaking with the folks at GameInformer (as reported by GameSpot), BioWare general manager Aaryn Flynn confirmed what many of us were probably already suspecting: the new BioWare IP that was teased a few years back won’t be announced any time…

BioWare Forums to be Shuttered

A post on the official BioWare blog brings word that the EA-owned developer intends to shutter their long-running forums on August 26th of this year. I can’t say that I spent more than a brief period of time on the…