So we’re three days into the largest Games Conference in Europe, and I still haven’t made it onto the show floor. Today was the day, and after a few hours of frantically writing and sorting out photos, it was time to brave the chaos of the main halls. However there was a twist; Dan decided [...]
Mon, August 23 2010 » Articles » 3 Comments
In this week’s edition of Speaking With… Tom Wallis interviews Mike Laidlaw, Lead Designer on the forthcoming Dragon Age 2, the sequel to the massively popular Role Playing Game, Dragon Age: Origins. Developed by Bioware, the makers of Mass Effect and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, the game takes place in a dark [...]
Sat, August 21 2010 » Interviews » 2 Comments
Just to recap, EA have brought me out to Gamescom in Cologne to cover some of their highest profile titles. Some of you will probably think that this is a free holiday and that writing for a few games, a few EA games no less, is a walk in the park. I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t easier because I’m doing something that I love, but this is no cakewalk…
Fri, August 20 2010 » Articles » 4 Comments
Game: Dragon Age: Origins Format: PC Developer: Bioware Publisher: Electronic Arts Traditional RPGs seem to have fallen out of favour of late. Whilst turn based games have almost certainly seen their demise on main stream consoles and PCs; replaced with their action-RPG counterparts, there seem to have been even fewer Baldur’s Gate style hardcore RPGs [...]
Thu, November 5 2009 » PC/Mac, PS3, Reviews, Xbox 360 » 2 Comments
Last week tom01255 was lucky enough to have been selected to represent the UK for an epic 24-hour team marathon playing Dragon Age: Origins. Ten teams from around the world flocked to London’s County Hall to battle it out for a prize of $50,000… and a big shiny engraved shield thing. Having just got back from the big event; he’s sat down at the first keyboard he can find to give you the inside scoop from Team UK.
Mon, November 2 2009 » Articles » 7 Comments
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