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Joystiq Presents: Dragon Age, Dark Souls and dominatrixes
Anthony John Agnello (@ajohnagnello) chats with BioWare Creative Director Mike Laidlaw about Dragon Age: Inquisition. They discuss the influence that From Software's Dark Souls series had on Laidlaw when crafting the developer's latest RPG. Liste...
BioWare teases Dragon Age artwork, says improvements must be made in future installments
In a recent post on the official BioWare forums, Dragon Age 2 lead designer Mike Laidlaw addressed some of fans' concerns with the Kirkwall-stuck sequel. After naming some of these issues -- such as "level re-use, the implementation of wave combat...
Dragon Age 3 pushed back to fall 2014, is open-world [updates: trailer, platforms!]
Update: Series Creative Director Mike Laidlaw revealed Dragon Age 3 is coming to Xbox One, PS4, PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. We've also buffed this post with today's trailer, which Laidlaw said was running in-engine. EA revealed Dragon Age: Inquisiti...
GDC08: The eight best stories in gaming
Tuesday afternoon four well-known games industry writers and designers got together to discuss the best storytelling gaming has to offer in a panel entitled "Stories Best Played: Deconstructing the Best Interactive Storytelling." Each of the author...
Dragon Age: Inquisition delay brings back multiple playable races
Dragon Age: Inquisition will see the return of playable races. "Because we moved the [release] date, we were able to bring it back," Executive Producer Mark Darrah told Game Informer, pointing to the game's delay to fall 2014 as an opportunity to br...
DA: Inquisition meets up with old friends, gives them orders in 13 minutes of gameplay
Dragon Age: Inquisition Creative Director Mike Laidlaw is back with more gameplay footage of BioWare's upcoming fantasy epic, and this time the eye candy is story-flavored. Mmm. While Laidlaw's last walkthrough in the lands of Thedas was focuse...
Dragon Age: Inquisition has Kinect voice commands a la Mass Effect 3
BioWare is building Dragon Age: Inquisition with voice controls via Kinect on Xbox 360 and Xbox One, similar to the voice commands in Mass Effect 3, Creative Director Mike Laidlaw told Xbox The Official Magazine. "We're expecting that Xbox 360 an...
The Observer watches as novelists and journalists jump to game writing
"Who writes this stuff?" It's something considerate game players and critics often ask aloud -- and they're barely heard over the sound of a laser chainsaw going into some monster's maw. The New York Observer has published an interesting piece on...
Gallery: Dragon Age 2 (5/30/11)
BioWare would 'love' to revisit Jade Empire (so would we)
Speaking to Stragety Informer, BioWare's Mike Laidlaw had some simultaneously pleasing and disappointing news for Jade Empire fans. When asked directly when we would see a sequel to the Asian fantasy RPG, Laidlaw opted for the always handy -- and al...
Dragon Age 2 will import 'the world' from Dragon Age: Origins save
You can still import an older save file into BioWare's upcoming fantasy RPG, Dragon Age 2, like you could with Mass Effect 2 -- but since you don't have a persistent character this time (whoever your Warden was in the first game is replaced by "Hawke...
Jade Empire still 'near and dear' to BioWare
BioWare is busy, but it hasn't forgotten about its diamond in the rough, 2005's Jade Empire -- the company is "just looking for the right way to deploy it," co-founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk said at Eurogamer Expo 2011. Muzyka said BioWare i...
Dragon Age 2 preview: A shot of adrenaline
"What we wanted to do, fundamentally, is take Dragon Age: Origins and give the franchise a shot of adrenaline." Lead designer Mike Laidlaw's statement shouldn't come as much of a shock -- all of the marketing materials and crunchy riffs have said as...
Enjoy 16 minutes of Dragon Age: Inquisition gameplay
Dragon Age: Inquisition Creative Director Mike Laidlaw takes us through 16 minutes of the game's E3 demo, wherein one super-cool dude with horns and a magic staff walks through some beautiful scenery, an aerobic lady with a bow and arrow takes o...
Morrigan has 'significant role' in Dragon Age: Inquisition, but not a playable one
Morrigan is back in town, but don't bother inviting her to your Dragon Age: Inquisition party. As creative director Mike Laidlaw told Game Informer, the Witch of the Wilds has an important part in the third Dragon Age chapter, but it won't be as a p...
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Off the Grid: The Witcher Adventure Game and Star Wars Imperial Assault
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