BioWare Finally Provides a Release Window for Dragon Age

When I heard that BioWare was making an RPG I was pretty excited because a very cool game developer was creating a game for my favorite genre. Why wouldn’t I be excited? In case you have not heard of this, here is a small rundown pulled from the Dragon Age site:

Your adventures will take you across the kingdom of Ferelden. Explore blood-soaked battlefields, ancient forests and intriguing urban settings. Resist the corrupting power of magic as you discover the abandoned wizard’s tower; then descend into the halls of a dwarven kingdom. But beware! Dwarven politics may prove as deadly as their blades. This is a world as real as our own, but where the dark allure of magic ultimately shapes every facet of society. It is a world where willpower and cunning can claim a kingdom!

Explore Dragon Age through a deep, cinematic storyline. Choose how you interact with the other inhabitants of the world: your interactions will influence how this immersive world changes in reaction to larger-than-life world events. Build a party of unforgettable companions you can befriend, romance, or simply exploit. Engage in tactically challenging, party-based combat against a cast of diverse opponents. In Dragon Age you will uncover hidden magic, battle horrific creatures, and challenge power-hungry nobles.

BioWare has stated that Dragon Age is the game that RPG fans “have been waiting for”, and according to BioWare’s Senior PR manager Matt Atwood, the game will be out before April 2009.

“When you make a statement like ‘this is the RPG that people have been waiting for’, then you better back it up and you better spend a hell of a lot of time on it. I think we’re going to be extremely proud and our fans are going to be extremely excited. And you’ll hear more about it pretty quick.”

Dragon Age has been in development since 2004 for the PC, with a few breaks taken here and there, and the possibility of the title coming to consoles is not being ruled out. Atwood was speaking about Dragon Age and Mass Effect 2 in a recent interview with Eurogamer, and you can expect the full transcript to pop on their site soon.

Here’s hoping that when Atwood says “you’ll hear more about it pretty quickly” he means tomorrow. Most RPG fans, myself included, are in need of a fun and gritty gaming experience that we have not had in what seems like eons, and even though we have a year or more to wait – the possibility of something not only worthy or our time is just too good to be true.

Thanks: Eurogamer