Highly Anticipated Action RPG from BioWare Begins Hitting Retailers
This Week; "Exiled Prince" DLC Launches on Xbox LIVE Marketplace,
PlayStation Network, PC and Mac
EDMONTON, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Leading video game developer BioWare™, a division of Electronic Arts
Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS), announced today that Dragon Age™ II is now
available at retail stores in North America and will be available in
Europe on March 11. Featuring a gripping new storyline, stunning visuals
and what PC Gamer magazine has proclaimed to be "the best RPG
combat ever," Dragon Age II has already been hailed as a success
by critics around the world. The game has received a 94 percent from PC
Gamer magazine (US and UK), a 9/10 from Official Xbox Magazine
and a 9/10 from PlayStation: The Official Magazine, which also
said, "Fueled by its brains, a likeable cast, and a sprawling storyline, Dragon
Age II delivers."
"I am very proud of the bold, ambitious direction our team took with Dragon
Age II, which I think is some of the best work yet from BioWare,"
said Dr. Ray Muzyka, co-founder and Group General Manager of BioWare and
Senior Vice President of Electronic Arts. "The Dragon Age team
built on their success with Dragon Age: Origins and also focused
on innovation for our players, delivering better combat, creating an
incredible new art style and introducing a dynamic storytelling
technique to really raise the bar for both the franchise and the genre."
Dragon Age II allows gamers to experience the rise to power of
Hawke, a refugee who survives the destruction of his homeland, to become
the Champion of Kirkwall. Hawke's rise to power is shrouded in myth and
rumor, with these mysteries being the driving force behind a story that
spans an entire decade. Players will experience how the legend unfolds
by gathering the deadliest of allies, making tough moral choices, and
amassing fame and fortune as they seal their place in history and change
the face of the Dragon Age universe forever.
Also available today is "The Exiled Prince," the first downloadable
content pack for Dragon Age II. "The Exiled Prince" introduces
the noble archer, Sebastian Vael, with players joining him in the middle
of his quest to avenge the horrific murder of his family. Sworn to the
priesthood as a boy, Sebastian is forced to re-enter the viper's nest of
princely politics when his family is brutally murdered, leaving him as
the sole-surviving heir. Banding together with Sebastian and his
unshakable loyalty and excellent aim, players will choose to either
avenge Sebastian's murdered family to reclaim his title or direct his
holy vengeance on their own enemies in Kirkwall. In addition to this
action-packed storyline, players will also be able to enlist Sebastian
as a follower throughout a majority of Dragon Age II. "The Exiled
Prince" will be available for purchase separately for $6.99 or 560
Microsoft Points.
Dragon Age II is available for the PlayStation®3 computer
entertainment system, the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system,
the PC and Mac®. The game is rated ‘M' for Mature by the ESRB and ‘18+'
by PEGI. For more information on Dragon Age II, please visit http://dragonage.bioware.com/,
follow the game at http://twitter.com/dragonage
and "like" the game on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/dragonage.
About BioWare
BioWare develops high quality console, PC and online role-playing games,
focused on rich stories, unforgettable characters and vast worlds to
discover. Since 1995, BioWare has created some of the world's most
critically acclaimed titles, including Baldur's Gate™, Neverwinter
Nights™, Star Wars®: Knights of the Old Republic™, Jade
Empire™, Mass Effect™ and Dragon Age™. BioWare
operates in Edmonton (Alberta, Canada), Montreal (Quebec), Austin
(Texas), Fairfax (Virginia) and Galway (Ireland). Currently announced
projects at BioWare include Mass Effect 3, Dragon Age II,
and the story-driven massively multiplayer online game, Star Wars®: The
Old Republic™. In 2008, BioWare was acquired by Electronic Arts,
a leading global interactive entertainment publisher. For more
information on BioWare, visit www.bioware.com,
or follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/biofeed.
To join the millions of fans already registered on our community, go to http://social.bioware.com.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is
a leading global interactive entertainment software company. Founded in
1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive
software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, wireless
devices and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under
four brand names: EA SPORTS™, EA™, EA Mobile™ and POGO™. In fiscal 2010,
EA posted GAAP net revenue of $3.7 billion and had 27 titles that sold
more than one million units. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com.
More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can
be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.
BioWare, Mass Effect, Dragon Age and Jade Empire are trademarks of EA
International (Studio and Publishing) Ltd. EA, EA SPORTS, EA Mobile and
POGO are trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. Xbox and Xbox 360 are
trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. PlayStation is a
registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Mac is a
trademark of Apple Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
Electronic Arts
Cindy Lum, 650-628-3835
Sr. Publicist
clum@ea.com
Andrew
Wong, 650-628-2781
Sr. PR Manager
awong@ea.com
or
fortyseven
communications for Electronic Arts
Teresa Tyndorf, 323-658-1200
bioware@fortyseven.com
Source: Electronic Arts Inc.
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