PC Preview - 'Dragon Age: Origins'
by Rainier on Jan. 1, 2006 @ 1:30 a.m. PST | Filed under E3 - Post - E3 2008
Genre: Role-Playing
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: BioWare
Release Date: Q1 2009
I first remember hearing about Dragon Age back around the time when Jade Empire came out. It was what Bioware was pointedly not discussing at E3 2006; it was first an MMORPG, then it was not, and then it was again. Every project they were involved with was, for a time, either thought to be Dragon Age or initially viewed with irritation because it obviously wasn't.
It's odd to live in a world where the game actually exists. It feels like a dream or a trap or
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