Dragon Age: Origins

Dragon Age: Origins – Putting the Role-Playing Back Into RPGs

The Hachiko has published a piece outlining the reasons why they feel that BioWare’s Dragon Age: Origins has recaptured the true “role-playing” element that so many other RPGs have failed to bring to the table in recent years. Role-playing games…

Dragon Age: Origins Reviews

While we continue to wait for the release of Return to Ostagar, we might as well round up the latest batch of Dragon Age: Origins reviews. Kombo gives the game a 9/10: Dragon Age is a massive game. This is…

Dragon Age: Origins Child’s Play Auction

To support the Child’s Play charity, BioWare is auctioning off a huge assortment of Dragon Age: Origins merchandise and swag, including some items that we’ll most likely never see up for grabs anywhere else in our lifetimes. The so-called “uber”…

Dragon Age: Origins Sex-related Editorials

For whatever reason, the PG-rated, semi-clothed sex scenes in Dragon Age: Origins – particularly the homosexual ones – are still making headlines.  MMORPG.com examines this “controversy”: Dragon Age was promoted as a game of choices and grey morality. It is supposed to…

Dragon Age: Origins Coming to the Macintosh Later This Month

BioWare sent out a press release this afternoon announcing that they’ve teamed up with TransGaming to bring Dragon Age: Origins to the Macintosh. And quickly, too. On December 21st, you’ll be able to pick it up from GameTree, Direct2Drive, Best…

Dragon Age: Origins v1.01 Toolset Released

Just before the weekend, BioWare released an updated v1.01 installer for the Dragon Age: Origins toolset, which addresses some issues with the original release version and includes access to more database resources. Downloading and migrating information below: A new version…

Dragon Age: Origins Reviews

BioWare’s Dragon Age: Origins continues to spawn favorable reviews, with two more appearing over the weekend. GameCritics gives us a second opinion, which arrives at a perfect score of 10/10: It’s very easy to write off Dragon Age as yet another…

VGA Award Winners Announced, Dragon Age: Origins Does Well

Spike TV announced the winners of their 2009 Video Game Awards last night, with BioWare’s Dragon Age: Origins taking home “Best RPG” and “Best PC Game”.  Unfortunately, that’s the only RPG that earned any recognition: Spike TV Announces 2009 ‘Video Game…

Dragon Age: Origins Reviews

Yet another pair of enthusiastic Dragon Age: Origins reviews are online and ready to be scrutinized. Loading Reality starts us off with a 4.5/5: More important than the gameplay in Origins is its openness in story and morality. Better than the (karma) systems…