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Dragon Age: Origins Awakening just dropped this week. Mass Effect 2 is still shy of two months old. That said, many fans are already wondering what's next for Bioware. UGO's Tracey John caught up with vice president Dr. Greg Zeschuk and CEO Dr. Ray Muzyka at GDC last week and picked their brains about the future of Bioware's role-playing franchises. "We're planning for 17 games," joked Dr. Ray when asked how many Dragon Age sequel[...]

This mod by DAO community member Kigen allows items obtained from the Dragon Age: Origins DLC expansions to be imported into Awakening.

The first expansion for Dragon Age is almost here.

Lead designer Ferret Baudoin explains Awakening's new skills, items, and story. Last year's Dragon Age: Origins told an epic fantasy tale of a world torn apart by both a monstrous invasion and a traitor's civil war. As a Grey Warden, your character defeated the threat of the evil darkspawn--the ugly monsters from the depths of Earth that threatened to overrun the kingdom--and reunited the shattered country. However, in Awakening, you find that the darkspawn threat hasn't ended--there are rumors of a darksp[...]

Here's your introduction to the mysterious "Architect" from Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening, the first official expansion to BioWare's dark fantasy RPG. The Architect is the first darkspawn to develop a will of his own--an unusual outcast who seems not to be subject to the call of the Old Gods, nor to the other darkspawn compulsions. But although he is highly intelligent, the Architect has little understanding of humanity. Treating him as anything other than what he is–a darkspawn–would be folly.