It's Bioware. They have to make a new game each year.

lololololo.... y do bioware have to make a new game each year? company policy?

Nah, its EA's policy.

As a subsidiary company to EA, their hands are tied.

[Citation needed]

There are plenty of EA subsidiaries that don't produce on a (bi)yearly basis like Criterion, DICE, Maxis, etc. So its hardly a standard policy made by EA.

Actually, AFAIK, only their Sports division has this policy (For obvious reasons) and it usually only applies to game series, not developers. Plus, only Activision made it a real policy, I don't remember EA ever saying anything of the sort.

This post has been edited by H@H@: Aug 12 2010, 12:50 PM

The Debut trailer is out.
http://kotaku.com/5614842/dragon-age-2-deb...ck-pre+rendered

Looks damn awesome.

great trailer.what kind of power he used to kill the qunari? its look like a bloodmage.

Dragon Age 2 to be released March 8, 2011 in US
Posted Aug 17th 2010 11:45AM by John Callaham
Filed under: RPG, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2


It's going to be another busy first quarter of the year in 2011. There's already a ton of major game releases slated for that period and today it got another AAA title. VG247.com reports that Electronic Arts has just announced from its Gamescom press conference that Dragon Age 2, the fantasy RPG sequel from BioWare, is getting a March 8, 2011 release date here in the US. Europeans will be getting the game, as usual, a few days later on March 11, 2011.

Other major games already slated for a first quarter 2011 release include Crysis 2, Portal 2, Homefront, Bulletstorm, Deus Ex Human Revolution, Brink and many more.

Sorry for not explaining.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioWare#Games

Their schedule is voluntary, but it's been pretty regular. I believe this is a trend of sorts following in the footsteps of Insomniac Games.

Hmmm the narrator sounds like Flemeth. Well the trailer looks okay.

Narrator definitely Flemeth in my opinion yar.

I can't really get excited by the trailer though.

Random "bad guy with stupidly huge claymore and spiky hair" hero, check
Half assed hard rock as music, check
Demon-looking enemy with horns, check (actually people are saying it's the new look of Qunaries...)
"When I get angry, my eyes get red!", check
etc.

It's an ok trailer for a teenager audience, with the rock and all, but really does not make me excited about the game itself, or remind me of the DAO universe

Half reminded me about Witcher intro though, not as cool and well done though.

Yes the devs themselves have said he is not the son of....... Also the timeline of the game means that the baby would have to grow up alarmingly fast since this is around the same time of the first game, just a different place in the world.

Theres a spear/polearm in the trailer.
Lets hope that the spear/polearm appears in the game coz I am a spear/polearm and mace lover in rpgs

Hum, true, I thought it was supposed to happen "later" like maybe 20 years or something, which would have still been ok since the dude does not look very old.
Or I wouldnt have put past the child mother or grandmother to have Haxxored him to grow faster really...

Never mind then, would have been cool if it was though, would have also explained why they removed the ability to play something else than a Human.

Edit: didnt look like he was holding it like it was a spear or a polearm though, my first impression was of a huge unrealistic claymore (that is also super thin obviously), will watch again though.

This post has been edited by Gormaz: Aug 18 2010, 03:13 PM

It's more of a polearm I'd say, since the blade is one sided.

Here are the things that we know fo'sho. From the Dragon age wiki
http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Age_2

Key Features
You play as the human character 'Hawke' who may be male or female.
The game takes place across a decade and shapes itself around decisions made.
New combat mechanics designed to put the player in the heart of battle whether they are a mage, rogue, or warrior.
A new cinematic experience.
Updated graphics and a new visual style.
There will be opportunities for romance.

There's not even a hint of the timeline except for the fact that you're apparently a survivor of the Blight.

"Dragon Age 2 thrusts players into the role of Hawke, a penniless refugee who rises to power to become the single most important character in the world of Dragon Age. Known to be a survivor of the Blight and the Champion of Kirkwall,"

It needs more Marilyn Manson.

OMFG. This trailer is so full of fail. I am thinking Bioware is so damn excited about a jumping slash attack they forgot it is a POLEARM.

Bioware, really??

Huh?

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screenshot reminds me of witcher