Dragon Age: Origins

With the Dragon Age: Origins Toolset, users can create custom adventures for Dragon Age. The toolset can only be installed on a machine that has the full Dragon Age: Origins game installed. The EclipseRay Lightmapper Source Code is an optional add-on.

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This minor patch fixes a few minor issues found in Dragon Age: Origins. Patch notes are shown after the jump.

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While BioWare's just released RPG Dragon Age: Origins is getting great reviews on its own, the same cannot be said of how the game has handled its promised downloadable content. People who bought the game were promised three bits of DLC for the game's release; a new quest, a new character for your party and a new suit of armor. But the process of obtaining said downloads has proven frustrating for at least some owners of the game.

The main issue is that players have to have an account for BioWare's new social networking web site and a separate account for the game's publisher Electronic Arts. Many owners of the game have reported via various message boards that they have encountered issues getting their DLC download codes to work with these accounts with some even having issues signing in with the accounts themselves. A message board post on BioWare's social site has some unofficial workarounds and troubleshooting solutions for these issues. However it's pretty clear that BioWare and EA are making lots of people upset with the number of hoops they need to go through to get the downloadable content they paid for.

This trailer for Dragon Age: Origins doesn't have any new footage when compared to what's already been released, but the song is performed by 30 Seconds to Mars, which completely ups the level of awesome. The game releases today for the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

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BioWare is celebrating Halloween today with special holiday themed wallpapers for both of their upcoming games: the fantasy RPG Dragon Age: Origins and their sci-fi RPG Mass Effect 2. The Dragon Age: Origins wallpapers are pretty blatant but the one for Mass Effect 2 is a little bit more subtle.

Meanwhile the Warden's Quest tournament for Dragon Age: Origins that was held in London earlier this week is long over. The four man team from Hungary emerged as the winner of the tournament as they beat a four man team gathered from the BioWare community. The team from the US came in ninth out of 10 teams. Bummer.

In a high stone fortress tower, the magi study and practice their magical abilities but under a careful eye in case any of them should give in to corruption.

The TV commercial trailer can be seen after the jump. Dragon Age: Origins releases on November 3rd.

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By now, the Dragon Age: Origin's Warden's Quest is well underway, as teams from across Europe and North America converge in London, England to compete for a $50,000 grand prize in a 24-hour contest. Without having any previous hands-on time with the game, each team will try to battle against the terrors found in Dragon Age: Origins, seeking to kill the most creatures, deliver the most damage and keep from getting knocked out of the standings. Fans are invited to keep up with the event through the official website.

Dragon Age: Origins will release next week on November 3rd.

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The Dragon Age: Origins Warden's Quest is a 24-hour competition between ten gamer teams gathered from North America and Europe held in London, England. Teams will be competing against each other the grand prize of $50,000. It all kicks off tomorrow at 10am GMT (3am PST), and fans will be able to follow the whole thing online through the Warden's Quest Website.

Dragon Age: Origins will release next week on November 3rd.

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Even though Dragon Age: Origins is a single player game, developer BioWare and publisher EA have devised a way to create a special pre-release tournament for the upcoming fantasy RPG title. Dragon Age: Origins: Warden's Quest is scheduled to be held for 24 hours at the Debating Chamber at County Hall in London beginning on Wednesday at 10 am local time (that's 5 am ET).

10 teams of four players from all over the world have already been selected to participate in the event (presumably each team member will play their build of the game for a few hours). Stats will be collected through the day and at the end of the event the winning team that has the most experience and kills will receive $12,500 for each player. Not a bad way to spend a day.

This behind-the-scenes video for Dragon Age: Origins goes in-depth on the process behind designing creatures that gives players the best possible challenge and experience.

Dragon Age: Origins releases on November 3rd. Players can prepare by creating their characters ahead of time using the character creator, which can be imported into the full game.

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In a bit of a shocker, Gearbox Software's first person shooter Borderlands has taken the top stop in this week's list of the top 10 best selling PC games (based on revenue) on Steam. Left 4 Dead 2, Valve's own zombie shooter sequel, goes down to the number two position after spending the last few weeks in the number one slot.

BioWare's fantasy RPG Dragon Age Origins takes on the third spot this week (for the digital deluxe edition) as well as the fourth spot (for the regular edition). Despite tons of controversy surrounding the PC version in the past week, Modern Warfare 2 managed to debut on the list this week in the number five spot.

1. Borderlands - Gearbox Software/2K Games
2. Left 4 Dead 2 - Valve
3. Dragon Age Origins Digital Deluxe Edition - BioWare/EA
4. Dragon Age Origins - BioWare/EA
5. Modern Warfare 2 - Infinity Ward/Activision
6. ArmA II - Bohemia Interactive
7. Aion - NCsoft
8. Tropico 3 - Kalypso Media
9. Assassin's Creed - Ubisoft
10. Killing Floor - Tripwire Interactive

BioWare famously included a very powerful set of mod tools in Neverwinter Nights, making for an unprecedented degree of control over creating custom content for the game. It looks like that trend will continue with Dragon Age: Origins. Mod makers will have access to every aspect of the game, including voice overs and visual effects. The community will be able to put its creative skills to work when the game releases on November 3rd.

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The team at BioWare must be a happy bunch of folks right now. Over five years after the game was first announced by the Canadian developer, Dragon Age: Origins has finally "gone gold", meaning that the core game is complete and is now being duplicated on disks. As previously announced the single player fantasy RPG will ship to stores on November 3.

Some people may forget that the game, first known simply as Dragon Age, was announced and even shown to the press at BioWare's booth at E3 in 2004. After that showing little info on the game was announced. However it was reintroduced at E3 in July 2008 under the new title of Dragon Age: Origins. Even though the core game is complete BioWare has said players can expect to see downloadable content for the game for some time and PC players will be able to make their own content through BioWare's editing tools. Oh, and the novels. And the Flash browser game. And the upcoming comic book. Don't forget the pen-and-paper RPG. And . . .

"Oghren, of House Kondrat, was once a promising member of the Warrior Caste who had earned great prestige in the dwarves' gladiatorial proving grounds. When a Smith Caste family with plenty of money but few political connections offered their daughter in marriage, his family accepted the match. And then everything changed. His wife, Branka, invented a process that revolutionized the smelting process and was declared a Paragon-the first in a generation, forever ensuring an honored place among the ancestors. Oghren gladly joined his wife's new noble house, but when Branka took her followers and vanished into the Deep Roads, she left him behind. He remains determined to find Branka again and learn what obsession keeps her hidden away from the rest of her kind."

Dragon Age: Origins is scheduled to release on November 3rd.

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You know you have a hot product when you have a hot chicks pictorical on Maxim to promote it. In the case of BioWare's upcoming RPG Dragon Age: Origins, Maxim has a brief photo gallery on their web site that shows off two of the real life female models behind two of the game's characters.

One features the mage Morrigan (seen in the screenshot above) and Maxim shows the character alongside the human model played by Victoria Johnson. Another character in the game, Leliana, was given visual life by another model that's apparently known as "Alleykatze" (a quick Google search discovered her real name Alex Stein). While we doubt Maxim will help BioWare sell any extra copies of the game, perhaps this will lead to seeing more features of models who are visual guides for games. Left 4 Dead, we are looking at you.