Dragon Age III: Inquisition Announced!

EA and Bioware have been hard at work, pumping out enough Dragon Age to keep fans satisfied for the past few years with Dragon Age: Origins, it's sequel and a host of DLC for both titles. It's not that big a surprise then that EA has just announced Dragon Age III: Inquisition.'

Created by EA and Bioware, the third installment into the series is currently scarce on details but promises to pay more attention to the cry of the fans with 'a great story with choices that matter, a massive world to explore, deep customization and combat that is both tactical and visceral'. Sounds good to me!

Dragon Age III has been in production at Bioware Edmonton and Bioware Montreal for the past two years and will be working with DICE to make Frostbite 2 the muscle behind the engine that will power the game.

The full press release:

EDMONTON, Alberta–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BioWare, a Label of Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA), today announced Dragon Age™ 3: Inquisition, the next chapter in the award-winning role-playing game (RPG) franchise, is in development at BioWare Edmonton and BioWare Montreal. Coming in late 2013, Dragon Age 3: Inquisition combines the storytelling legacy BioWare is known for, with deep RPG gameplay, all on a brand new RPG game engine underpinned by EA's critically-acclaimed Frostbite™ 2 technology.

"The Dragon Age team has been working on Dragon Age 3: Inquisition for almost two years now," said Aaryn Flynn, General Manager of BioWare Edmonton and BioWare Montreal. "We've been poring over player feedback from past games and connecting directly with our fans. They haven't held back, so we're not either. With Dragon Age 3: Inquisition, we want to give fans what they're asking for – a great story with choices that matter, a massive world to explore, deep customization and combat that is both tactical and visceral."

Added Flynn, "At the same time, we know we need new technology to truly make this vision become fully realized. And we've been working with DICE to make Frostbite 2 the foundation for the engine that is going to power Dragon Age 3."

The Dragon Age franchise has received over 80 awards from critics around the world, and has sold over 8 million copies to date*. Created by BioWare, the property has spawned many novels, an animated film, comic books, collectibles and more since Dragon Age: Origins launched in 2009.

For more information about Dragon Age 3: Inquisition, including updates from the development team and a letter to the fans from Executive Producer Mark Darrah, please visit the game's official web site at http://dragonage.com. Dragon Age fans can also receive updates on Twitter® at http://twitter.com/dragonage, or on Facebook at http://facebook.com/dragonage.

So, what do you think? Are you looking forward to Dragon Age III or has it's poorly received predecessor scarred you from the series? We'll be sure to keep you informed as soon as any new details from Dragon Age III: Inquisition emerge.

Source: EA PR