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An annoying issue for some Dragon Age Origins PC players has supposedly been resolved. A post on the game's official message boards states that an online issue that kept players from playing the DLC content for the fantasy RPG "should now be fixed."

The issue started on April 9 and has angered a number of the game's players who have felt that BioWare's DRM set-up is to blame for this latest issue in the 2009 released RPG. An editorial at Ars Technica sums up the argument: "The fact that DA:O has to reauthorize my DLC every time I log into the Bioware server is just nuts, and it sets users up for all sorts of problems."

[Via Blue's News]

Accessing downloadable content for Dragon Age Origins have caused problems for at least some players of BioWare's first game in its fantasy RPG series. Over the weekend players of the game encountered issues while trying to login and play the DLC packs for the game.

BioWare's Rob Bartel finally posted up word on the game's official message boards on Monday that BioWare was aware of the DLC issues, saying that the online servers "experienced an as yet unidentified failure" that cause some players to see a message "indicating that the DLC was unauthorized." BioWare says it is now looking into the problems and "working to resolve the issue on our end."

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving but already folks are starting to buy their holiday gifts (or at the very least thinking about creating their lists really hard). There have been a lot of PC games to choose from in the past 12 months and today Big Download wants to offer a few suggestions for the person who has a PC gamer on his or her list.

The games listed below are what we feel are good gift choices that should please any hardcore or even casual PC gamer that you have to buy for this year. We have even thrown in some indie titles and some games that are priced a bit cheaper than the norm for those of you on a budget. Check out our 2010 holiday list after the jump:

Editor's Note: Steven Wong contributed to this article

The launch of Call of Duty Black Ops hasn't stopped some sites from offering up some nice sales deals on other PC games today. If you can keep away from shooting up Cold War enemies you might want to check out these deals:

• Steam has cut the price of its WWII multiplayer shooter Day of Defeat Source to just $2.50 from now until Thursday.
• Direct2Drive will cut 15 percent off the cost of all its adventure games from now until Friday when you put in the code "wildd2d" at checkout.
  
• EA's online store is offering 25 percent off four BioWare games (Mass Effect 1 and 2, Dragon Age Origins and Dragon Age Origins Awakening) if you buy 800 in BioWare points which can be used to download future DLC from the developer. There's also a 50 percent price cut for those same games if you purchase 1600 BioWare points.
  

Halloween is a time for people to indulge their inner dark side and play the role of the villain instead of the hero. In celebration of this year, we take a special look at the real power behind the masterminds looking to gain global dominance. No leader is complete without an army of minions to boss around, but which ones are best suited to planetary conquest? We take a careful look at video gaming's most popular fodder to help determine what forces work best for a plot to take over the world. Continue reading after the jump to find out which minions will do your bidding best!

Bioware's upcoming RPG sequel Dragon Age 2 isn't due for release for a few more months but today it was announced that that the developer is teaming up with the Penny Arcade web comic strip team to offer a special in-game item for the game.

That item is called Hindsight and is a special belt that the Penny Arcade team not only designed but also created a special comic strip that describes its powers and history. Bioware has gone even further, turning the strip into a full motion comic with narration and sound effects.You can get the code for the new item by subscribing to the Dragon Age 2 newsletter.

In addition to the all new games and expansions coming out next week, PC gamers can pick up three new complilations of games with previously released material in stores next week: Dragon Age Origins: Ultimate Edition, Borderlands Game of the Year Edition and Painkiller Pandemonium.

Medal of Honor - Electronic Arts goes after the Call of Duty game audience with this new revamp of its military shooter series. The game, which takes place in a fictional version of the modern day Afghanistan conflict, features a single player campaign from EA developer Danger Close with the addition of multiplayer modes devised by the team at Digital Illusions.

So some of you may have yet to buy BioWare's terrific fantasy RPG Dragon Age: Origins. That means you also haven't gotten any of the game's post-release content.Today it was officially announced that soon you will be able to get all of that stuff on one disk.

The Dragon Age Origins Ultimate Edition comes out on October 26 for the PC and other platforms. For $59.99 players get the original game, the commercial Awakening expansion and all nine paid downloadable mini-expansions (The Stone Prisoner, Warden's Keep, Return to Ostagar, Feastday Gifts, The Darkspawn Chronicles, Feastday Prank's Leliana's Song, The Golems of Amgarrak and Witch Hunt). That should keep people busy until next year's release of Dragon Age 2.

[Via email press release]

Earlier this month, developer BioWare released Witch Hunt, the final DLC for its fantasy RPG Dragon Age: Origins. At the time we noted in our review of the DLC that there was a continuity bug that kept some players from using a post-game save and completing a conversation correctly with Morrigan.

Nearly two weeks after the DLC was released, BioWare has finally fixed that continuity issue in a new patch for the Witch Hunt DLC. You can download the patch via BioWare's Entitlements page on the Dragon Age social site. BioWare states in the patch notes that it plans to release a stand alone updater that can update the DLC from Windows without the use of the DAUpdater.exe file.

It's a big week for the ladies of Bioware's hit role-playing games, and bringing closure to some outstanding storylines. On the same day a DLC campaign for Mass Effect 2 released, a similar one came out for Dragon Age: Origins. This is definitely the time to follow-up on lost romances, and since Leliana got her own DLC campaign, it's only fair that Witch Hunt focuses on another prospective love interest, Morrigan. After disappearing at the end of the main campaign, this is the last chance players have to track her down and confront her. However, despite the huge setup and anticipation, this is one of the most disappointing expansions to release for the game so far.

Warning: Review contains Dragon Age: Origins spoilers

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