Dragon Age 2 'Mark of the Assassin' DLC revealed

by Steve Watts, Sep 16, 2011 8:30am PDT

Related Topics – Dragon Age 2, BioWare, EA, Dragon Age Series

After some backlash to Dragon Age 2, BioWare swore to make things right with downloadable content. Now the company has revealed the next piece of DLC, "Mark of the Assassin," with a cinematic trailer. It's rather bloody, and it's due October 11.

The trailer reveals an attempt to steal a precious and well-protected jewel, which is apparently (spoilers) a trap. It resides in a fortress said to be impregnable -- but it must be at least somewhat pregnable, or there would be no game. This is all the bright idea of the new character Tallis, an elven assassin.

If that name sounds familiar, it's because Tallis was featured in a six-episode web series called Dragon Age Redemption, written by and starring Felicia Day. Day lends her voice and semi-likeness to this DLC as well. We don't see any gameplay in this trailer, but BioWare does have a way with well-choreographed cinematic sequences, so that might hold you over for a while. Check out the teaser below.

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Steve Watts posted a new article, Dragon Age 2 'Mark of the Assassin' DLC revealed.

BioWare has released a new trailer for Dragon Age 2's next DLC. It's titled Mark of the Assassin, and stars Felicia Day reprising her character from the Dragon Age Redemption web series. It will release October 11.

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Steve Watts posted a new article, Dragon Age 2 'Mark of the Assassin' DLC revealed.

BioWare has released a new trailer for Dragon Age 2's next DLC. It's titled Mark of the Assassin, and stars Felicia Day reprising her character from the Dragon Age Redemption web series. It will release October 11. : Shacknews
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  Sweet, I know most people trash this game but I like it so far. I think I'm at act 2 and the only real co... : ShXIII
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    The repeated environments were really the only valid complaint. This game got a lot more hate than it des... : f4lln
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      I agree, I could not for the life of me get into DA:O, I tried and put a lot of hours into it but eventually just gave up.
      
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      I agree, I could not for the life of me get into DA:O, I tried and put a lot of hours into it but eventua... : ShXIII
      
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      You realize that's the problem right? DA:O was made for one audience, and DAII was made for another. Sequ... : frenziedbadger
      
      Oh yeah I understand that completely, me personally having tried hard to play the first and wanted to lik... : ShXIII
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      I really enjoyed the character progression / inventory management style of the first. The party campgrou... : netshade
      
      It really annoys me that in the sequel there's pretty much no connection outside of the plot taking place... : singlespace
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      Waves of enemies during a fight (ruining the idea of strategy) Completely different combat mechanics Sm... : Beady
      
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      Not just waves, but waves that spawn from random positions for no apparent reason. : singlespace
      
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      Wait, you mean guys just don't rappel from the sky? : Rice-Rocketeer
      
      Holy shit! It suddenly all makes sense! : singlespace
      
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      I love how one of the loading screen texts tell you to use strategic positioning of your warrior in a cho... : Volatris
      
      Thin air. Wow. : Volatris
      
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      But, like, that's the challenge, man. How many times do you need to reload to map out positions and win?... : Moonbase Commander
      
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      Thankfully the load times are relatively short? : Volatris
      
      No. I will not give you that. DA2 was a chore that I finished out of completeness, not desire. : Moonbase Commander
      
      I mostly gave up on that game because of that nonsense. The fact that I was playing the 360 version play... : Grimp
      
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      Disagree strongly that waves ruin the idea of strategy. The addition of spawning enemy waves to DA2 does... : YamatoTwinkie
      
      Enemies in DA:O didn't spawn in except in very rare circumstances (usually ambushes) so I have no idea wh... : Beady
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      http://www.shacknews.com/chatty?id=26622669#item_26622669 : bipolar
      
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      Oh yeah, forgot the waves of enemies. Christ is DA2 garbage. : bipolar
      
      The worst part to me is after you take out the Big Bad Guy in the combat, waves still come for several mi... : Volatris
      
      Haha, exactly. I like how you build up your choices throughout the game, thinking that they'll lead up t... : Jobos
    - The only valid complaint? I wish. : Ellissd
  - All of the game's shortcomings are highlighted in Act 3. I can honestly recommend that you stop once you ... : Magitek
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    Did you play Dragon Age: Origins? : singlespace
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      Yeah and I could not get into it, I think I spent about 15+ hours trying to enjoy it but I just completel... : ShXIII
      
      It took me like 2 years to get into the game, but it just had so many damn bugs that by the end of the ga... : HL3dsx
      
      I lost interest when the dynamics of the game got flipped on its head. At the end you're forced to throw... : Jobos
  - It's fine for what it is, but as a successor to the BG series it fails. : Fred Garvin
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  Has the Dragon Age Redemption web series actually come out yet? The last paragraph makes it sound like it... : EricZBA
  - Not yet, no. Felicia said she was not sure when it would come out but was thinking early fall in this in... : xsikal
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  Some backlash? I thought sales of DA2 showed just how horrible it performed in the market versus DAO: ... : Rooster Cockburn
  - The fact they threw in a free copy of ME2 with it 3 weeks after launch, and it dropped to half price 6 we... : bipolar
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