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  The 7 Worst Video Game Mothers

  Mother’s Day is here again, and to better cherish our own, we’ve assembled some of the worst maternal figures video games have ever produced.

  by Andrew Dyce | May 12, 20134 Comments

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  ‘Mass Effect’ Voice Actor Robin Sachs Passes Away

  Voice actor Robin Sachs, perhaps best known for his role as Zaeed in BioWare’s ‘Mass Effect’ series, has passed away

  by Anthony Taormina | Feb 6, 20132 Comments

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  Skyrim, Dragon Age 2, Mass Effect 3: Are RPGs Evolving or Dying?

  With the biggest RPG franchises getting more and more ‘streamlined’ and user-friendly, we have to wonder – does the genre have any hope of surviving?

  by Andrew Dyce | Mar 21, 201167 Comments

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  Dragon Age 2 Review

  ‘Dragon Age 2′ is the long-awaited sequel to ‘Dragon Age: Origins.’ Has BioWare delivered another winner in the fantasy RPG genre? Read our review to find out.

  by Trung Bui | Mar 20, 201119 Comments

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  ‘Dragon Age 2′ Demo Impressions

  The large ‘Dragon Age 2′ demo is out. Read our impressions of the game to see what improvements have been made since ‘Dragon Age: Origins’

  by Trung Bui | Feb 23, 201140 Comments

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  EA DLC Discounted by Fifty Percent on Xbox Live

  Fan of EA games? For a limited time, EA DLC will be available at 50% discount on Xbox Live. Click here to see what’s available.

  by Jason Weissman | Jan 20, 20113 Comments

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  BioWare Founders to be Inducted into AIAS Hall of Fame

  Drs. Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, founders of BioWare, will be inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences’ Hall of Fame in February.

  by Robert Bratcher | Dec 19, 20103 Comments

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  New ‘Dragon Age 2′ Character Revealed: Aveline Vallen

  Yet another character has been revealed for BioWare’s upcoming RPG, and the early artwork and details suggest that she may give the game’s protagonist Hawke a run for his money.

  by Andrew Dyce | Nov 28, 20102 Comments

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  ‘Dragon Age 2′ Gameplay Video Arrives from Moscow

  Over five minutes of video footage showing gameplay from ‘Dragon Age 2′ has hit the internet. Here’s your chance to see some of the proposed changes to the series in action.

  by Andrew Dyce | Nov 7, 20101 Comment

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  BioWare Says the World of ‘Dragon Age II’ is Bigger than One Game

  The founders of BioWare reveal that instead of following a single storyline with ‘Origins’ the ‘Dragon Age’ series will follow different events throughout the world’s history.

  by Andrew Dyce | Nov 6, 20105 Comments

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  ‘Dragon Age: Origins’ Ultimate Edition Bundles the Original, the Expansion and DLC

  As was suspected after details on the bundle appeared from the British Rating Board, EA has officially announced the Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate Edition — and it’s quite the deal.

  by John Jacques | Oct 1, 20106 Comments

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  PAX Prime 2010: Dragon Age 2 Hands-On Preview

  Game Rant’s hands-on impressions of the next game in BioWare’s high fantasy action RPG franchise, Dragon Age 2. The game will no doubt be sought by original fans and newcomers alike.

  by Trung Bui | Sep 9, 20108 Comments

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  Dragon Age: Origins ‘Witch Hunt’ Review

  Witch Hunt is two hours of BioWare giving up on Dragon Age: Origins. It’s BioWare taking the last loose end of the story that players deeply cared about and turning it into an advertisement.

  by Rory Young | Sep 9, 201017 Comments

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  Network Scorecard: Week of September 6 – 12, 2010

  Network Scorecard: This is where we pit XBL and PSN head-to-head in a gritty network grudge match. Check inside to see who’s on top this week.

  by Jeff Silvey | Sep 8, 20102 Comments

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  ‘Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate Edition’ Outed By British Ratings Board

  If you’ve been seriously thinking about picking up a copy of Dragon Age: Origins then you may want to hold off just a little bit longer for the Dragon Age Origins Ultimate Edition!

  by Riley Little | Sep 5, 20102 Comments

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  Morrigan Returns in the Latest Dragon Age DLC ‘Witch Hunt’

  Travel into the forests of Ferelden in search of Morrigan in Dragon Age’s upcoming DLC ‘Witch Hunt’. Her last words to you were, “Never follow me,” but can you leave things as they stood at the end of Origins?

  by Rory Young | Aug 25, 20109 Comments

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  Network Scorecard: Week of August 9 – 16, 2010

  Network Scorecard: this is where we pit XBL and PSN head-to-head in a gritty network grudge match. Check inside to see who’s on top this week.

  by Jeff Silvey | Aug 11, 20104 Comments

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  Dragon Age 2 Explores Beauty In Characters

  Bioware upgrades their artwork for Dragon Age 2, giving each race a much more distinctive look. It looks a lot more prettier than the somewhat generic artwork for Dragon Age: Origins.

  by Trung Bui | Aug 8, 201017 Comments

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  Dragon Age Adds ‘Golems of Amgarrak’ on August 10

  BioWare will be releasing another DLC expansion to Dragon Age: Origins on August 10th, titled Golems of Amgarrak.

  by Trung Bui | Aug 1, 20105 Comments

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  See Hawke in Action with these First Dragon Age II Screens

  The first screen shots for Dragon Age 2, the sequel to the acclaimed 2009 RPG, have been released and they’re looking great.

  by Trung Bui | Jul 12, 20104 Comments

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  Square Enix: Americans Don’t Like Turn Based Games

  Dragon Quest series creator, Yuji Horii weighs in on the debate between real-time and turn-based combat for role playing games.

  by Trung Bui | Jul 12, 201010 Comments

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  Game Rant Contest, World Cup Edition [Update: Less than 24 hours left!]

  Since we’re so excited about the World Cup here at Game Rant, we’re throwing a contest to win a copy of Dragon Age, Mass Effect 2, Jade Empire or Mass Effect! Check out the rules after the jump.

  by Rory Young | Jul 11, 20109 Comments

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  Review: Dragon Age: Origins The Darkspawn Chronicles

  More than anything, The Darkspawn Chronicles is plain and simply fun. There’s none of the dialogue, the decisions, the weight of destiny hanging over top…

  by Rory Young | May 26, 20102 Comments

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  The Moral Ambiguity of Video Games

  “The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but…

  by Sid Williams | May 18, 201016 Comments

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  Dragon Age: Origins Darkspawn Chronicles Revealed

  I called it! BioWare revealed the new DLC for Dragon Age: Origins today, and just like I had prophesied you will be playing as a…

  by Rory Young | May 5, 20102 Comments

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  Amazon Golden Box has Crazy Xbox 360 Sales Today

  Today is going going to be a good day – especially if you’re a 360 user. Amazon’s Golden Box Deal theme today is 360 games,…

  by John Jacques | Apr 27, 20101 Comment

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  Uncharted 2 Grabs 10 AIAS Awards

  Naughty Dog’s Uncharted 2: Among Thieves stole the show at yesterday’s Interactive Achievement Awards, bagging Game of the Year and nine other awards.  Have a…

  by Jeff Schille | Feb 19, 20103 Comments

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  BioWare Reveals Kal’Hirol, The Hidden Dwarven Fortress

  Dragon Age: Origins: Awakenings is setting up to be quite the expansion on the already large world of Dragon Age: Origins and that’s definitely not…

  by Trung Bui | Feb 17, 20101 Comment

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  EA Report: Crysis 2 on Consoles, Dead Space 2, New Dragon Age & More.

  In a financial report released today by EA, details emerged about release windows for several upcoming games, as well as some interesting facts and finds. …

  by Will Delaney | Feb 8, 20103 Comments

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  BioWare Responds to Censorship Claims & Text Complaints

  Apparently the interwebs are up in arms about BioWare’s deliberate “self-censorship.” Mass Effect 1 made some controversial headlines when it was first released, especially with…

  by Sid Williams | Feb 8, 20107 Comments

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  Dragon Age: Origins Action Figures This September

  This September you get to, wait for it, play with Morrigan – the action figure. Uh huh. Exactly. DC Direct is launching a first run…

  by Matthew Talbot | Feb 3, 20102 Comments

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  Spoilers: Are They Part of Game Company Marketing?

  An interesting article came up on Kotaku this week regarding game companies and spoilers in their marketing strategies and it brought about a very interesting…

  by Trung Bui | Jan 29, 20105 Comments

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  Dragon Age: Origins ‘Ostagar’ DLC Out Next Week

  BioWare General Manager, Ray Muzyka, has revealed that the troubled piece of Dragon Age: Origins DLC – ‘Return to Ostagar’ will finally be available for all platforms next week

  by Tom Copeland | Jan 28, 2010No Comments

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  Uncharted 2: Among Nominees

  Nathan Drake might pick up a bit more treasure next month. Naughty Dog’s Uncharted 2: Among Thieves leads the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences…

  by Matthew Talbot | Jan 24, 2010No Comments

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  Uncharted 2 & Flower Lead GDC Award Nominees

  Looks like the nominees are in for the 10th annual Game Developers Conference Awards and…they really aren’t all that surprising. Come on in and check out the 2010 nominees.

  by Paul | Jan 20, 20103 Comments

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  NPD: Digital Download Purchases Continue to Grow

  Despite an industry push toward digital download, ninety percent of all console video game sales in Q3 2009 were in physical format, as reported by…

  by Eric Taylor | Jan 15, 20105 Comments

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  Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening Officially Announced

  Yesterday there were unconfirmed reports that BioWare was working on an expansion for Dragon Age: Origins and today those reports have been confirmed. According to…

  by Sebastian Gaweda | Jan 5, 20104 Comments

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  New Dragon Age: Origins DLC Available Next Week

  Bioware is doing a much better job releasing new content for its epic fantasy role-playing game, Dragon Age: Origins, than it did for Mass Effect….

  by Jason Weissman | Dec 29, 20096 Comments

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  Video Games: The Cinematic Experience

  With the 2009 coming to its end, I’ve been incredibly impressed with how the games released this year presented cinematic experiences that feel so organic,…

  by Trung Bui | Dec 23, 200914 Comments

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  The 2009 Spike VGA Winners

  The 2009 Spike Video Game Awards are over with, and we’ve been covering a lot of announcement and trailer information coming out of the show,…

  by Ben Kendrick | Dec 14, 200911 Comments

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  November Surprises in Videogame NPDs

  After all of the talk about which system was dominating Black Friday sales, and which system was about to become ancient history, NPD’s release of…

  by Jason Weissman | Dec 10, 200912 Comments

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  Game Rant Christmas Pick: Wal-Mart Wii Deal

  Given the economy, it’s hard for some gamers to get what they want – and with the prices of most games, who can blame them?…

  by John Jacques | Dec 2, 20093 Comments

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  Dragon Age: Origins – Return to Ostagar DLC

  BioWare announced today that the Return to Ostagar downloadable content (DLC) for Dragon Age™: Origins will be available for all platforms this Holiday season in…

  by Thomas Sceifers | Nov 19, 20095 Comments

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  Halo: Reach Premiering at Spike’s VGAs, Nominees Revealed

  Spike announced today on the VGA 2009 website, the nominees for this year’s program. Voting is now open so be sure to stop by and…

  by Riley Little | Nov 18, 20098 Comments

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  Dragon Age: Origins Review

  Game Rant reviews Dragon Age: Origins Do you like swords? Do you like to fight Dragons and Demons?  Do you like to hear people talk…

  by Thomas Sceifers | Nov 11, 20098 Comments

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  Do Anything You Want With The Dragon Age: Origins Toolset

  One of the best parts of PC games and one thing that the consoles may never be able to fully utilize is complete customization and…

  by Rob Keyes | Oct 29, 2009No Comments

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  Dragon Age: Origins Character Creator Now Live!

  For PC gamers out there looking forward to the next Bioware RPG epic, Dragon Age: Origins, we have way for you to ease your impatience….

  by Rob Keyes | Oct 20, 2009No Comments

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  Dragon Age: Origins Leliana Character Trailer & Game Info

  Dragon Age: Origins, the latest Role Playing Game developed by Bioware and published by Electronic Arts is coming fast and we have a few goodies…

  by Rob Keyes | Oct 11, 20092 Comments