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New Syndicate Trailer Shows Series Origins

Video game publisher Electronic Arts has launched a new trailer for its Syndicate first person shooter which introduces modern gamers to the history of the series and shows off some comparisons between the classic games and the modern remake.Syndicate was long been rumored to be remade by Electronic Arts and the offi...

18 October 2011
08:51 GMT

Electronic Arts Prepares EA Sports Brick and Mortar Stores

In a reverse of the trend towards more digital distribution, video game publisher Electronic Arts has announced that it is developing a new retail chain that will be dedicated to selling the sports simulations launched by the EA Sports division of the company.It seems that the first shop in the chain is already being...

15 June 2011
16:31 GMT

Dragon Age 2 Diary – This Game Needs a Name Change

The first Dragon Age was called Origins, mainly because of the six different possibilities that a gamer had when creating the background of his character, but the name was also fitting because it was the first game to use Thedas as a universe, with developer BioWare saying that it planned many more experiences that u...

25 March 2011
19:21 GMT

Dragon Age 2 Diary – A Good Entry Point for the Franchise

Dragon Age 2 is, in many ways, most of them detailed better in the Softpedia review of the game, a more simplified experience than Dragon Age: Origins, the more traditional role-playing game that opened the series.And, in my opinion, it makes Dragon Age 2 the sort of game which is better at introducing the series tha...

23 March 2011
19:31 GMT

Dragon Age 2 Eliminates Classic Role-Playing Game Weak Spots

BioWare has stated that it has purposely aimed to lower the barrier of entry for players who are interested in Dragon Age 2, in order to make sure that even those gamers who could not learn the mechanics of the first in the series could play and enjoy it.Speaking to Destructoid after the demo for Dragon Age 2 was rel...

25 February 2011
06:36 GMT

Rumor Mill: Ubisoft Is Preparing Rayman 3D

A posting on the official site of the online classification systems belonging to the Australian government suggests that publisher Ubisoft is working on a new Rayman video game that will be delivered using the new 3D gaming technologies that have been introduced to home console and will arrive on portables. The ga...

29 December 2010
15:01 GMT

Dragon Age: Origins Was Too Difficult, Says Developer

Just as the developers of Dragon Age 2 deliver one reassuring video in order to show fans of the first game in the series that BioWare is still serious about making combat in the game important and option filled they also offer statements that seem to indicate that they are dropping the overall difficulty level to ma...

28 December 2010
04:29 GMT

Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate Edition Confirmed by EA

Publisher Electronic Arts has announced that it will be publishing an Ultimate Edition box of Dragon Age: Origins, the role playing game created by BioWare, containing the initial game in the series, the Awakening expansion pack and all the downloadable content packs that have been delivered to the title.The bundle w...

1 October 2010
15:01 GMT

Red Faction: Armageddon Delayed to May 2011

Publisher THQ has announced that its shooter Red Faction: Armageddon would be delayed from its current launched date of March 2011 to May of the same year, taking it out of its current fiscal year in a move which is predicted to see net sales fall from 825 to about 800 million dollars when March 31, 2011 rolls around...

14 September 2010
05:47 GMT

New Red Faction Game Can Be Armageddon or Origins

It seems that publisher THQ is ready to announce something interesting related to Red Faction, its action franchise that managed quite good reviews and sales with the launch of the third game, Guerrilla. The company has registered two online addresses linked with Red Faction, Origins and Armageddon, making sure to ge...

4 May 2010
07:57 GMT

Dragon Age Sequel Potential Is Infinite

How fast can BioWare create and launch videogames? In November 2009, the company released Dragon Age: Origins, an old school role playing experience set in a new fantasy world. In February 2010, the outfit put out Mass Effect 2, a more action-oriented space-based role playing game.In March, it launched The Awakening,...

23 March 2010
15:21 GMT

Fans Prompted The Awakening Expansion Release

Today, almost all videogame releases get a pack or two of downloadable content after the release and it’s rarer to see a full-fledged disk-based expansion as in the old days. Even GTA IV, which received quite hefty episodes, got them first through Xbox Live and only then via a disk.BioWare and Electronic Arts a...

8 March 2010
14:41 GMT

BioWare Has Great Interest in Making a Mass Effect Movie

BioWare has always focused a lot on the story side of its games, with previous title series like Neverwinter Nights and Knights of the Old Republic, but it has lately begun to take things to another level. It started out small, with the dynamics, character interactions and in-game cinematic storytelling in Mass Effec...

25 January 2010
03:02 GMT

Dragon Age: Origins Gets Mainstream Accessibility Award

AbleGamers, a videogaming site that aims to cater to those gamers who are playing with a disability, has awarded its Mainstream Accessibility Award for 2009 to the PC version of Dragon Age: Origins, the role playing experience developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts, released late in the year.Dragon Age...

6 January 2010
14:51 GMT

Mass Effect 2 Will Be a Pinnacle of BioWare Experience

BioWare always likes to go big with its games, and they've done it flawlessly so far. There hasn't been one BioWare game that was mediocre or substandard, and everything that it ever created was an amazing title that became part of gaming history. So, when the developers themselves announce that one of thei...

5 January 2010
08:49 GMT

Dragon Age's Return to Ostagar Gets Delayed

Coming in hard on the home stretch, Dragon Age: Origins proved what we already knew: that when BioWare enters the RPG contest, few can stand in its way. Its role-playing game turned to be a memorable experience but one issue the game did come across was a moral one in its day-one DLC policy, as well as all the rest o...

5 January 2010
04:52 GMT

EndWeekGame: December 23, Christmas Edition

Florian Totu: It's not Christmas just yet, and it's not the weekend either, but everyone's going on holiday leave and this pretty much counts as the same thing. Free time away from work is just that, and it must be spent in gaming fashion. While it's true that the holiday spirit is meant to bring ...

23 December 2009
16:01 GMT

Dragon Age Gets Orson Scott Card to Write Its Comic Book

Dragon Age: Origins is about to get some additional content, but the addition is coming to expand the franchise, and not the actual game content. The new Dragon Age that's coming our way is not another DLC, but a comic that takes place in the same universe as the game. The comic has some pretty big names tied to...

23 December 2009
06:48 GMT

EndWeekGame: December 4

Andrei Dumitrescu: After several weekends that were dominated by Dragon Age: Origins, I tend to think that I need to take on some other genre. I'm not putting the BioWare role-playing game away for good, but only reducing the play time I devote to it. In the coming two days, I will return to Hearts of Iron 3, ...

4 December 2009
16:01 GMT

Vampires: The Origins and History

There is no question that vampires are one of the hottest topics today. They can be seen everywhere, in the make-up teenagers wear, on the T-shirts they have, in bookstores, movie theaters, posters, notebooks and so on. They have always remained hidden somewhere in the public mind, but from time to time, they spring ...

1 December 2009
03:08 GMT

BioWare Will Start Paying More Attention to the PS3

BioWare is known not just for releasing great games, but also for being one of the few developers that promote PC gaming in what seems to be its darkest hour. The consoles are starting to become a main focus for developers and publishers, as they seem to be bringing in more money. But now, after having one of its fir...

30 November 2009
03:25 GMT

A Gamer's Week: November 27

This Sunday, you'll get the chance to check out the review for Dragon Age: Origins, a truly outstanding RPG that hasn't been seen since the last one released by BioWare. If that isn't enough for you, you can continue to read this week's daily journals of the game or continue into the Weekend Readi...

29 November 2009
05:01 GMT

Dragon Age: Origins

BioWare has yet to let us down. The developer is focused on role-playing games, but, as most would agree, it's more accurate to say that the company focuses on epic RPGs. Every game that came out from under its development proved to be a jewel, stunning in beauty on every facade, but with a story and gameplay th...

29 November 2009
01:01 GMT

Dragon Age: Origins, From Sword and Shield to Arcane Mastery

A lot of games have ended up on the desks around here and all of them look good enough to receive a review. At the frantic work pace that has been imposed by them, some things had to be taken down from the responsibilities board, while others got reassigned. As such, it seems like BioWare's Dragon age: Origins h...

17 November 2009
14:31 GMT

EndWeekGame: 6 November

Andrei Dumitrescu: This weekend can have only one game dominating it: Dragon Age: Origins. The BioWare epic has been downloading for the better part of today and, after messing around with the Character Creator and finishing Dragon Age: Journeys twice, I feel that I am ready to sink about 20 to 30 hours in the coming...

6 November 2009
16:31 GMT

The Dragon Age: Origins Limit Storage Issue Is Explained

Like every new idea that is born, downloadable content is something that was received with mixed reviews. Some people like the idea of prolonging a game's life by steadily adding new features, while others complain that it's just a money-steal, and the features present in the DLC could have been implemented...

6 November 2009
05:06 GMT

A First Look at Dragon Age: Origins

Dragon Age: Origins is officially out and on its feet and I've already managed to get about four hours of gameplay. The level of excitement I have for the game surpasses the one I had for Borderlands, mainly because I'm a lot more attracted to the “fantasy-sword-clashing” genre than to the first...

4 November 2009
07:40 GMT

EndWeekGame: 30 October

Andrei Dumitrescu: This weekend I have my birthday party so gaming is going to take a back seat to talking to all friends and enjoying a various amount of alcoholic beverages. But I really cannot go on for two full days without turning on the computer and engaging in some videogaming and I will likely download the 1....

30 October 2009
16:51 GMT

Dragon Age Journeys, a Taste of Things to Come

I'm really glad I'm so excited about Dragon Age: Origins, because, if I hadn't been, I probably would have missed Journeys. I haven't really gotten into the whole browser-game cultural movement, mainly because every time I found myself in front of a computer I had a lot better games to go to. I ha...

27 October 2009
15:01 GMT

Dragon Age: Origins PS3's Date Is Once Again November 3

When Dragon Age:Origins got its first delay, from October 20 to November 3, PlayStation 3 owners got a crippling blow. The game's version for Sony's console received an unspecified launch date, and was left simply marked as to be ready "later in November." A reason, or any details regarding this decision we...

26 October 2009
10:31 GMT

Dragon Age: Origins and Army of Two Will Become Comic Books

Electronic Arts may be a game publisher, but when a company becomes as big as it has, money is never enough. So EA expands its line of products with comic additions. Forming a partnership with IDW Publishing, the company plans to create two comic books inspired from video games. The Army of Two and Dragon Age franchi...

7 October 2009
14:31 GMT

Dragon Age: Origins Gets Character Creator and Beta Test

Before Spore came out on the market, the gaming community got a taste of what the little bundles of wonder would look like through the Spore Creature Creator. The side application got almost more hype than the game itself, with the bizarre and downright ridiculous creations shocking the world times over. BioWare seem...

5 October 2009
05:10 GMT

Dragon Age Gets The Calling

Electronic Arts is announcing that BioWare, one of the most important development studios that it owns, has partnered up with Tor Books, one of the biggest publishers of fantasy titles on the market, in order to publish a novel set in the Dragon Age universe, called The Calling. David Gaider, who has a long pedigree ...

17 September 2009
13:21 GMT

Dragon Age Closer to Baldur's Gate 2 than Mass Effect

One of the most eagerly awaited titles of the fall is BioWare's new role playing game Dragon Age: Origins, the first foray that the company made into a fantasy setting since it released the Neverwinter Nights series.Now, BioWare is no longer using the Faerun setting, and has decided to create its own world and t...

10 June 2009
08:15 GMT

Dragon Age Toolset Seeks Interested Testers

BioWare is announcing that all those interested in getting their hands a bit dirty with a little videogame design work can now get the toolset Dragon Age: Origins. The only thing that people need to do is to go to the official forums, register an account and offer themselves for the beta stage, while answering some q...

14 April 2009
04:14 GMT

Dragon Age: Origins Delayed, No New Release Date Offered

Electronic Arts and BioWare have announced that the PC version of Dragon Age: Origins, the role playing game supposed to be the “spiritual successor” to Baldur's Gate, has been delayed to the second half of 2009. The reason delivered by the publisher and the developer is that the PC version of the ti...

4 February 2009
14:11 GMT

More Details on X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Activision, as publisher, and Raven Studios and Amaze Entertainment, as developers, have announced new details related to their title X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which is due to arrive in May 2009. The game is being readied to accompany the launch of the movie bearing the same name, created by Twentieth Century Fox. Wo...

10 December 2008
12:21 GMT

Silent Hill: Origins Hints (PSP)

The renowned Silent Hill survival horror series makes its handheld gaming debut with a brand  new adventure that reveals many of its most hallowed secrets. Assuming the role of a lone truck driver trapped in Silent Hill while making a routine delivery, players must escape the city's horrific inhabitants and...

25 September 2008
09:23 GMT


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