Dragon Age III
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Dragon Age III, currently in development by BioWare
, is an upcoming sequel to Dragon Age: Origins
and Dragon Age II
It was first (informally) announced on Twitter
, the evening of May 19, 2011, by BioWare
's Creative Lead Alistair McNally.
and Dragon Age II
, into the creation of Dragon Age III.
Combat is also expected to differ somewhat from its predecessors and focus more on a player's ability to prepare, position and form a cohesive team with his or her party members, requiring fewer repetitive finger strikes but better thinking.
The plot will involve a war between mages and templars, the foundations of which form the main plot of Dragon Age II.
As in Dragon Age I and II, Dragon Age III is planned to showcase a new protagonist hero.
BioWare
BioWare is a Canadian video game developer founded in February 1995 by newly graduated medical doctors Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk, and Augustine Yip. BioWare is currently owned by American company Electronic Arts...
, is an upcoming sequel to Dragon Age: Origins
Dragon Age: Origins
Dragon Age: Origins is a single-player role-playing video game developed by BioWare's Edmonton studio and published by Electronic Arts. It is the first game in the Dragon Age franchise...
and Dragon Age II
Dragon Age II
Dragon Age II is a role-playing video game developed by BioWare's Edmonton studios, and published by Electronic Arts. It is the second major game in BioWare's Dragon Age franchise...
It was first (informally) announced on Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
, the evening of May 19, 2011, by BioWare
BioWare
BioWare is a Canadian video game developer founded in February 1995 by newly graduated medical doctors Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk, and Augustine Yip. BioWare is currently owned by American company Electronic Arts...
's Creative Lead Alistair McNally.
Development
BioWare is planning on fusing elements of both earlier games in the series, Dragon Age: OriginsDragon Age: Origins
Dragon Age: Origins is a single-player role-playing video game developed by BioWare's Edmonton studio and published by Electronic Arts. It is the first game in the Dragon Age franchise...
and Dragon Age II
Dragon Age II
Dragon Age II is a role-playing video game developed by BioWare's Edmonton studios, and published by Electronic Arts. It is the second major game in BioWare's Dragon Age franchise...
, into the creation of Dragon Age III.
Combat is also expected to differ somewhat from its predecessors and focus more on a player's ability to prepare, position and form a cohesive team with his or her party members, requiring fewer repetitive finger strikes but better thinking.
Plot
Dragon Age III will be set in Thedas, the fantasy world in which the two previous games are set. The game will cover more geographic territory than its predecessors, with one map being described as four to five times the size of Ferelden, the setting of the first game in the series.The plot will involve a war between mages and templars, the foundations of which form the main plot of Dragon Age II.
As in Dragon Age I and II, Dragon Age III is planned to showcase a new protagonist hero.