Dragon Age 2 trailer released!

Dragon Age Origins Blog midweek4 Midweek News Roundup No. 4

This week brought the kickoff of gamescom in Cologne, Germany, and with it came the new Dragon Age 2 trailer Destiny and a more expansive demo. The two-minute video gave tons of quick looks at a variety of scenes, opening doors to new speculation on what will be thrown at Hawke throughout his story. Also happening last week, our thorough Golems of Amgarrak walkthrough, a look at being a mage in Dragon Age 2 and an analysis of sidequesting.

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IGN and 1Up deliver new details, impressions of DA2

Dragon Age Origins Blog gamescon gamescom: Dragon Age 2 Demo Recap

Gamescom is in full swing in Cologne, Germany and Dragon Age 2 is on display. BioWare unveiled its sharp-looking Destiny trailer yesterday during EA’s press conference, but another big part of the show is another Dragon Age 2 demo for show-goers. IGN got a good hands on with the demo and 1Up.com weighed in on DA2 in articles that revealed more information about the early story as well as took another look at some familiar features.

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What we can learn from Hawke’s Destiny

Dragon Age Origins Blog impressions Impressions: Dragon Age 2 Trailer

At today’s Gamescom BioWare released a stunning new trailer for Dragon Age 2, giving fans a taste of what’s to come as Hawke rises to power. Join us as we take a deeper look at Hawke’s “Destiny” trailer.

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Developer comments and video analysis

Dragon Age Origins Blog destiny UPDATED: Destiny: Breaking Down the Dragon Age 2 Trailer

Today we were treated to the official teaser trailer for Dragon Age 2, “Destiny,” as BioWare debuted it during EA’s press conference at Gamescon in Cologne, Germany. Lead designer Mike Laidlaw spoke a bit about the new title with some familiar information before unleashing the CGI trailer. Although the video was similar in style to Dragon Age: Origins’ “Sacred Ashes” trailer, “Destiny” gives a couple more clues as to what we can expect to see from the new game when it releases March 8.

UPDATE: Multiple screencaps have been added to the article.

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Check back this evening for analysis

Dragon Age Origins Blog image111 UPDATED: Dragon Age 2 Trailer Available!

The long-awaited Dragon Age 2 trailer is set to release today. The video is expected to release around 10 a.m. EST. We don’t know what we’re going to see in the video clip, but whatever we do see we’ll make sure to break down as best we can. Check back here at greywardens.com later tonight for our analysis.

UPDATE: BioWare unveiled the new Dragon Age 2 trailer “Destiny” during the EA press conference at Gamescon in Cologne, Germany. Check out the trailer embedded in this post and check back later for analysis.

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Side-questers Anonymous

Dragon Age Origins Blog sidequest How Dragon Age 2 Can Improve Sidequesting

Hi, my name is Steve and I’m a sidequester. Sure, there’s a Blight to be stopped out there, but will it really hurt anyone if I walk from Orzammar to the Circle Tower and back to try to see if a dwarf girl can study with the magi? So as I ran around not fighting the Blight and thinking about Dragon Age 2 I had a couple thoughts about the quality of sidequests and how the game’s new format may help improve them.

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