Dragon Age News Thread

Was there anything juicy of note in this?

Like I've said in another post:

They gave Alexis Kennedy some king of Dragon Age Bible to read. But he can't talk what is the project he was hired to as a guest writer.

Steven Crowe @crowecomics
only 14 characters of the characters of 42 left. These have been a blast. Can't wait to see what characters you'll have next!



Mike Laidlaw ‏@mike_Laidlaw
Epic! And I'm feeling like @feliciaday would enjoy this particular set!

Christopher Vari ‏@csvari
I know this is an old thread, but has Bioware worked out a default canon for DA:Inquisition?

Mark Darrah ‏@biomarkdarrah
... yes @mike_Laidlaw ?

Mike Laidlaw @mike_Laidlaw
As in "what would a theoretical next game use as a default if you didn't import?"

Christopher Vari ‏@csvari
Yes, and/or what would be treated as canon for future DA books/comics.

Mike Laidlaw ‏@mike_Laidlaw
Some of it, for the comics and such, yes.

Mike Laidlaw ‏@mike_Laidlaw
It's important to have that consistency for all the lore stuff so at least there's a through line.

Christopher Vari ‏@csvari
Makes sense. If you can say, what is Inquisition's default lore going forward?

Mike Laidlaw @mike_Laidlaw
Nope! We don't lock it down until needed or released by a product.

Da1AnOnlyCrazy @da1anonlycrazy
What is the possibility of an announcement for a Remastered DA:O and DA2 at E3?

Mark Darrah ‏@biomarkdarrah
If I said "there is a possibility" wouldn't I effectively be announcing it? Then an E3 announcement wouldn't be one!
PARADOX!
No plans ATM

It's more of a console thing, I think. A lot of people trade their old consoles, or just retire them in the closet. And these people want to play it again, or have never played before. Or just want a new excuse to play it again.

But I don't think a remaster should take anything away from the development of new games, as it's easy to outsource remakes, nowadays. 

Personally, I like remasters of those games I love or those I always wanted to play and never had the chance. But I can live without them, of course. I'm mostly a console gamer, but my PS3 is still there next to my PS4 (and my low-end PC is around there as well. ) 

On the PC side, if the option's there, I'll mod up an older game with updated graphics, etc.. DAO, ME, Skyrim, and so on. So having to look for an actual remaster is rare. Actually, I can only think of one that I've got, a remastered version of Half-Life. Updated graphics can breathe a bit of new life into an older game (especially a really old game), so I do that whenever I can.

And I'm all for BioWare doing remasters... as long as they can farm out that work to another studio. I want BioWare to focus on making new games, not revisiting old ones.

Yo, dude... -40 degree weather is pretty ideal for staying inside and developing video games, I'm just sayin'.

Haven't seen this here yet, and since it's getting a bit of a minor blow-up on Mark Darrah's feed:


Emily Oshita @satsumi_o
@biomarkdarrah I would pay extravagant amounts of money for DAO with the DAI engine. Just saying.

Mark Darrah ‏@biomarkdarrah Mark Darrah
What's your budget? Maybe we can get this done!

seb hanlon 🔵 🗣 ‏@hanlsp 
@biomarkdarrah I'm here for this



Shepherd Commander ‏@civilwarbore
@hanlsp @biomarkdarrah We can Kickstart $50 or $60 million no problem, right???

Tori ‏@toricarlini
@biomarkdarrah I have a dollar!

Da1AnOnlyCrazy ‏@da1anonlycrazy
@biomarkdarrah ill put 1,000$ down for that kickstarter

... and about 10 more replies in the same vein.

Lord, do I love a 2x2 matrix model! Let the intellectual brawling begin!

Shay Pomeroy ‏@shaypomeroy
Whenever I go out on the weekend. #FridayFeeling

Patrick Weekes ‏@patrickweekes
/sends email to design team volunteering to buy Legos "for work"