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Dragon Age: Inquisition delay brings back multiple playable races
Dragon Age: Inquisition will see the return of playable races. "Because we moved the [release] date, we were able to bring it back," Executive Producer Mark Darrah told Game Informer, pointing to the game's delay to fall 2014 as an opportunity to bring race selection back to the series. In October 2012, Creative Director Mike Laidlaw said that humans would be the only playable race in the game in, but that has since changed. "The race decision was made well before E3, but why didn't we bring it up? Because again we wanted to make sure it was locked down," Laidlaw said. "We wanted to make sure we'd done the work and our homework was done so that we could commit to it. So that people could, with absolute enthusiasm, get ready for elf, or dwarf or whatever."
BioWare working to resolve 'continuity bug' in Dragon Age's Witch Hunt DLC
BioWare's Witch Hunt DLC for Dragon Age: Origins has been affected by a few unfortunate bugs during its launch, executive producer Mark Darrah admitted on the company's forums. "Unfortunately, there is a continuity bug that is causing issues with a subset of our player base. While this issue is not affecting the majority of people, it is still a significant issue that we will address," Darrah said last night. Furthermore, an issue with saved games not reflecting the DLC's completion is currently being looked into -- our own reviewer even ran into this particular glitch -- which could be troublesome for those hoping to import the DLC's outcome into next year's Dragon Age 2. Darrah also added, "We apologize for any inconvenience this may be causing anyone," and said his team is "doing everything we can to fix this in a timely manner so those who are affected can go back to enjoying Witch Hunt as soon as possible."
BioWare 'looking into' PSP
First Crytek, and now BioWare? The esteemed RPG developer is known for games like Mass Effect (360/PC), and is currently working on the Sonic RPG for the DS. When BioWare's Mark Darrah spoke with Gamasutra, he had this to say: "Yeah, we're looking into Wii and PSP as a company, as well, but nothing's been decided, and nothing's been announced."Hopefully, the avid PSP community will convince BioWare that our platform is one to support. Funny how the Wii is giving PSP added opportunities for potential ports, as well.[Thanks, Joe!]
