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by Steve Watts, Mar 20, 2012 8:45am PDTAlthough it's been about a year since the release of Dragon Age 2, BioWare's RPG sequel was apparently set to receive an expansion, entitled "Exalted March." However, executive producer Mark Darrah says it has now been canceled.
Darrah revealed on Twitter that the expansion was abandoned in favor of "other DA opportunities." A sequel seems likely, given BioWare's vague hints.
He further elaborated on the BioWare forums. "You've most certainly heard the rumors floating around, and unfortunately I can't really comment on them," he wrote. "However, what I can say is that we've been thinking a lot about Dragon Age - what it means, and where it could go. This past year, we’ve spent a lot of time both going back to the 'BioWare vault' of games and re-examining them, and looking at some new possibilities that today's industry allows.
While the company prepares for the announcement of whatever comes next for the series, it's inviting feedback on what fans would like to see from the series. Given the outcry over Dragon Age 2, the obvious answer would seem to be "not that."
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Dragon Age 2 executive producer Mark Darrah has revealed that an expansion for the game was canceled in favor of "other DA opportunities."
Dragon Age 2 executive producer Mark Darrah has revealed that an expansion for the game was canceled in favor of "other DA opportunities." : Shacknews
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These guys (Bioware) are gun shy, they want to make a games that please everyone, to maximize profits so as to please EA, rather than make the games we all know and love...the reason they were appealing to EA in the first place.
After Dragon Age 1, they lost direction and vision. Animes? T-shits? CGI's? Changing ending's? working on RTS?
These guys are stretched thin and in most cases they are out of thier league.
As a backer to Brian Fargos Wasteland 2 I'd like to share something Mr. Fargo said during his last update that I found particularly telling, this is a quote of his:
"I have always loved both making and playing games, but the business side of it has been painful at times. In fact, there were a couple times the frustration with publishers was so high I considered stopping. It just seemed like the era of purity was over. Even when Interplay was a large company there was such a positive vibe with everyone pulling in the same direction with a real passion for their job. I frequently run into the folks I worked with in those days, and this same memory of those times remains with them.
One friend of mine who worked with me there said recently he felt that in the beginning of the industry all the nerds were in charge, but then as the industry grew it changed, and now the guys that picked on the nerds got back on top. I think there was some great truth to that. We all hope this movement is bigger than just Tim Schafer or Brian Fargo as we want to get power back into the developers hands again. And the unbelievable Indie scene shows that there is momentum in that direction."
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