Dragon Age 2

[Insanecyclone]

http://dragonage.bioware.com/da2/gamestopdemo

This early demo access is being granted to Gamestop employees only. Any form of distribution, recording, posting of any elements of the Dragon Age 2 demo and any of its files is strictly prohibited until February 23, 2011 when the demo is made available to all consumers. Download Instructions: Please enter download code and click the download button to start your download.

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http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/67345

Dragon Age 2 PC DRM Detailed

BioWare has once again broached the eternally contentious issue of DRM with a forum post by community coordinator Chris Priestly revealing the particulars of the system it'll be using for the PC edition of its fantasy RPG Dragon Age 2.

The Steam edition will use only Steam for DRM. However, as EA did not start selling Dragon Age 2 through Steam until after it had stopped offering a free upgrade to the bonus-packed 'BioWare Signature Edition,' even Steam aficionados might have gone for a retail copy.

DRM on the retail edition is a different affair, with a combination of two different systems. 'Release Control' will be used to ensure that should you receive a copy before the game officially launches in your territory, you won't be allowed to play it until the powers that be say so. Release Control will remove itself once the game has launched.

The other, more persistent layer of DRM on retail copies has no disc check and does not limit the number of PCs you can install the game on. After verifying ownership by logging into your EA account when installing, you'll be able to play the game on five different PCs within any given 24-hour period. While you can play offline, it'll periodically require you be online for a login check, at yet-undecided intervals.

Dragon Age 2 launches for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on March 8.

[Insanecyclone]

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/03/dr...weapon-for-fu/

Dragon Age 2 demo available Feb. 22, includes free weapon for full game

You might have heard about a Dragon Age 2 demo somehow. BioWare officially announced the existence of said demo for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, with a launch date starting February 22. Specific dates for specific platforms weren't mentioned, but we can assume that it'll hit PSN on that date, because it's a Tuesday.

Players will get the opportunity to choose one of three character classes and explore the new location of Kirkwall for the first time, where they will meet Isabela, one of the new love interests for Hawke. They'll also get to meet Hayder's Razor, a dwarven blade that boosts health, mana and "combat abilities." This blade is the demo's parting gift to you, usable in the full game.

[Atreides]

FREE THINGS

[Insanecyclone]

http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/to.../index/5941462

Watch Live Gameplay of Dragon Age 2 February 11th

On Friday, February 11th at 11am PST, we'll have the Lead Designer of Dragon Age 2, Mike Laidlaw, showing live gameplay and taking questions. Now is your chance to be heard before the game releases March 8th on Xbox 360, Playstation 2, and PC. And you may even win some prizes.

Dragon Age 2 is the epic sequel to the 2009 Game of the Year from the critically acclaimed makers of Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect 2. You are one of the few who escaped the destruction of your home. Now, forced to fight for survival in an ever-changing world, you must gather the deadliest of allies, amass fame and fortune, and seal your place in history.

Learn more about Dragon Age 2 at the Official Website.

[Kyo]

Article says PS2, lol.

[Insanecyclone]

Didn't even notice that, lol. Time to play some low polycount DA2 then!

[BadKarma]

I lalalalalalaalalalove Bioware. I hope we get some epic DLC for DA2 like we did Dragon Age.

[Kyo]

Was playing through some of the origins the other day and god damn did I feel bad for the dwarven noble and noble humans.

[Insanecyclone]

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/07/dragon-age-2-anders/

With Dragon Age 2 a mere month away, BioWare has highlighted another member of the RPG sequel's multi-talented cast. The illicit and easily irritable mage, Anders, returns from a brief stint as Grey Warden in Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening, and finagles his way into Dragon Age 2's plot and the quest of its new protagonist, Hawke.

According to Game Informer, you'll encounter Anders in the slums of Kirkwall, where he's traded pithiness for pity long enough to heal injured Blight refugees. Anders' motivations are unclear, but his mastery of magic should make him a valuable party member -- especially after you trade him in to the chantry for a healthy reward, we imagine.

I didn't buy Awakening but was this guy any significance in it?

[Souj]

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/07/dragon-age-2-anders/

I didn't buy Awakening but was this guy any significance in it?

He was a recruitable character.

Spoiler: show

He isn't with the Circle/hates the Circle. He takes the grey warden joining thing and survives. At the end he ends up leaving the Grey Wardensand is labeled as an Apostate by the chantry.

Isn't DA2 supposed to be a few hundred years in the future?
Guess he had some immortality thing going on.
also;

Spoiler: show

wasn't the darkspawn blood supposed to make grey wardens go crazy and then begin to change into full darkspawn after a long enough time?

[Insanecyclone]

DA2 spans 10 years time so you will likely meet him at Kirkwall sometime early.

[Souj]

not sure why I was thinking it takes place in the future

[Odesseiron]

I wasn't a huge fan of Awakening, but he was definitely one of my favorite things in it. Glad to see he's back.

[Tonko]

Darkspawn blood doesn't change grey wardens into darkspawn eventually, it just kills them. They can sense their death coming, and head into the Deep Roads to fight until they die.

[Uzor]

Anders isn't a grey warden either, he just joins the grey warden.

[Souj]

pretty sure there was a decision to be made somewhere that he either do the joining ritual or be arrested.

DA wikia says that's the case as well.

[Odesseiron]

He is a grey warden. In fact all of the party members in Awakening are if they join your party, from what I remember. He actually ends up enjoying his decision as he can actually do something to stop the evil. Well, him and his cat. Ser Pounce-a-lot.

[Vagrant]

Anders was awesome and he does join the Grey Wardens unless you made the choice not to do the joining with him. After the final battle he leaves the wardens but eventually returns and remains with them it was said. So you probably meet him during his time away I would guess.

[Kaelan?]

I didn't buy Awakening but was this guy any significance in it?

[Uzor]

well, I haven't played Awakening yet, so I didn't know they forced you to do the Ritual in that one tbh. I've yet to complete DA1, I've been playing through it in preparation for DA2 <.<;