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    Dragon Age: Origins

    Game » consists of 20 releases. Released Nov 03, 2009

    Dragon Age: Origins is an epic fantasy role-playing game featuring a rich story, personality-driven characters, and tactical, bloody combat. It is considered a spiritual successor to the Baldur's Gate series.

    Triple Platinum ftw

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    #1  Edited By FLStyle

      Not bad at all, looking forward to what 2011's release has in store. Long live Dragon Age.

    EDMONTON, Canada, Feb 08, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Leading video game developer BioWare(TM), a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), announced today that Dragon Age(TM): Origins has sold-in over 3.2 million* units worldwide. The "RPG of the Year" as named by Game Informer, G4, SpikeTV, AOL.com, and PC Gamer, Dragon Age: Origins has been hailed by Seth Schiesel of The New York Times as, "...perhaps the best electronic game made yet."

    Dragon Age: Origins has won over 30 "Best of 2009" awards and has an average review score of 91**. This staggering critical and commercial success makes Dragon Age: Origins the sixth consecutive blockbuster from BioWare, alongside Baldur's Gate(TM), Neverwinter Nights(TM), Star Wars(R): Knights of the Old Republic(TM), Jade Empire(TM) and Mass Effect(TM).

    Since the release of Dragon Age: Origins in fall 2009, the studio has continued to enchant gamers with additional content packs including Warden's Keep and Return to Ostagar. The upcoming expansion pack, Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening is set to launch on March 16, 2010.

    "This is a tremendous start for the Dragon Age franchise and we are extremely pleased with the great reception the game has already received from critics and fans worldwide," said Dr. Ray Muzyka, co-founder, BioWare and Group General Manager of the RPG/MMO Group of EA. "Our team is dedicated to crafting high quality, engaging new adventures and stories in the world of Ferelden for our fans!"

    Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening, BioWare's next installment in the Dragon Age lore, occurs following the events of Dragon Age: Origins. Players assume the role of a Grey Warden Commander entrusted with rebuilding the order of Grey Wardens and tasked to uncover the mystery of how the darkspawn survive after the slaying of the Archdemon. How players choose to rebuild their order, resolve the conflict with the mysterious "Architect," and determine the fate of the darkspawn are just some of the many intriguing moral choices that will shape each player's heroic journey.

    Players will be able to import their character from Dragon Age: Origins or start out as a new Grey Warden from the neighboring land of Orlais.

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    #2  Edited By xyzygy

    "...the best electronic game made yet."...??????????? 
     
    WTF!! It's a good game but man... where has this guy been. 
     
    I'm curious to see the sales of the game for each platform though. Last time I heard, the 360 had aroun 800,000, PS3 at 450,000 and the PC wasn't included for some reason. That was way back at launch though. 
     
    Do you think Mass Effect 2 will sell more? It already sold 2 million in about a week, and that was before it was even released in other regions.

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    #3  Edited By EvilTwin
    @xyzygy said:
    "Do you think Mass Effect 2 will sell more?"
    Easily.  Established franchise and much more mass market appeal. 
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    #4  Edited By FLStyle
    @xyzygy: Oh yeah, that's almost a certainty, it's probably past DA:O's sales already. Hopefully DA:O's sequel will have similar success.
     
    The New York Times seem to be a bit behind as far as gaming awareness goes, ha!
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    #5  Edited By Milkman

    Wow, that is insane. Think about what Dragon Age is. There is no way that Dragon Age would ever sell 3.2 million copies. A game like that shouldn't even break a million. That's fantastic. Great job, BioWare. Well deserved.

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    #6  Edited By LiquidPrince

    Deserved.

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    #7  Edited By ArbitraryWater

    That's pretty crazy, considering that it's a deliberate throwback to stuff like Baldur's Gate, which in and of themselves were fairly niche as far as games went. Well deserved though.

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    #8  Edited By jaxxduece

    Kudos Bioware. I loved both DA: O and ME2, and will probably buy whatever else they develop for as long as they exist, which is hopefully a very long time.

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