Dragon Age III: Inquisition Announced by BioWare

Dragon Age III: Inquisition Announced by BioWare

You knew it was coming, now it's official

Written by osubluejacket on 17 September 12 at 15:33

One of the worst kept secrets at BioWare was made official today. In a blog post by BioWare's Mark Darrah, Dragon Age III: Inquisition was officially announced.

The blog post is light on details (and long on humor), but here is what Darrah is willing to confirm right now:

Recently, I said that we didn’t want to talk about Dragon Age III unless we had something to show. I’m trying to stick to that plan and won’t be revealing much today. That said, a lot of information and rumors have surfaced recently and we don’t want to hide from them. There are a BUNCH of things that I really want to share with you but I want to do this right, and doing it right requires some more time.

So here’s what I can confirm for now:

* The next game will be called Dragon Age III: Inquisition.

* We won’t be talking about the story of the game today. Though you can make some guesses from the title.

* This game is being made by a lot of the same team that has been working on Dragon Age since Dragon Age: Origins. It’s composed of both experienced BioWare veterans and talented new developers.

* We are working on a new engine which we believe will allow us to deliver a more expansive world, better visuals, more reactivity to player choices, and more customization. At PAX East, we talked about armor and followers… Yeah, that kind of customization. We’ve started with Frostbite 2 from DICE as a foundation to accomplish this.Darrah went on to mention that a team has been working on DA3:I in some way for about two years with the bulk of the work ramping up over the past 18 months.

Darrah also wanted to make it clear that BioWare has been listening to fan feedback from Dragon Age: Origins and http://www.trueachievements.com/Dragon-Age-II/achieveme....htm with the goal of making DA3:I the best entry yet.

As you can expect, details and media assets are currently light at the moment, but stay tuned to TA, as we'll keep you apprised as information becomes available!

Related items: Dragon Age: Origins | Dragon Age II

Related story: BioWare Shows Off Dragon Age III Concept Art

External link: A Blog from Mark Darrah – Dragon Age III Inquisition | BioWare Blog

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I am glad to see DA3 finally be offically annouced i loved the first one, so lets hope it more like the first and less like the 2nd
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Really excited about this! Preferred the first one over the second but they were both great games! Must. Have. Now clap
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AAAAAHHHHHHH, TOOO MUCH EXCITEMENT! GOING. TO. EXPL.. BOOM!
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Guess I should give t he first two a try huh lol
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YES! YES! YES! Obj I wanna hug you for delivering this news.
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sweet the title doesn't really tickle my fancy but hey if the gameplay is good and its better than DA2 Then it can grow on me lol.
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At first I said oh no..... not after DA2. But the new things they are trying to improve... maybe!!
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I will get this used... Bioware has lost my business forever after Mass Effect 3 (and no it's not because of the ending)
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No one expects the Dragon Inquisition!
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Ha this appeared like 5 mins after I suggested it lol

Looking forward to this, hopefully they take the best bits of the 2 games and throw them into an epic finale
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enchantment?
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The second one was better IMO. Hopefully this is even better.
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I'm a huge Bioware fan. They won me over a long time ago with Baldur's Gate and especially Planescape: Torment (I know it was Black Isle Studios, but the engine was the same!). I played the shit out of them all, Icewind Dale and it's expansions (Black Isle Studios again), Tales of the Sword Coast, Shadows' of Amn, Neverwinter Nights, and even Jade Empire. I was super pissed off when EA bought them and Pandemic Studios but bit the bullet and bought Mass Effect anyway. I wasn't disappointed. I even bought Mass Effect 2, which is totally against everything I believe in because I'm giving some of my money to EA, which rubs me the wrong way in a very bad way. However, I love the games Bioware has put out and that alone allows me to swallow this giant lump in my throat. So eventually, I'll do Mass Effect 3, just to finish the trilogy. When Dragon Age: Origins came out, I was super excited and bought it almost right away. A $60 price tag was another giant pill to swallow, but I did it because it's Bioware. However, the game was a giant fucking chore to finish. It took me almost two years to complete it, it was that boring. I thought the gameplay was pretty bad. The wheel system was horrible IMO and the graphics were subpar, even (way back) in 2010. The storyline as well I found lacking. I decided that I wouldn't buy the 2nd one until the price went down and then, with all the reviews out there pointing to it being worse than the 1st, I decided not to even buy it. It's going to take one hell of a game to turn around my opinion of what Bioware has become.
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