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Despite popping up on GameStop and having been rated by Australia's OFLC, the so-called "Dragon Age Origins - Ultimate Edition" still hasn't been officially announced by EA. Now the British Board of Film Classification has gone ahead and listed the supposed contents of the re-release, which is "made up of a number of separate components," including:

• Dragon Age: Origins (original game)
• Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening (standalone expansion)
• "The Darkspawn Chronicles" (DLC)
• "Feastday Combo Pack" (DLC)
• "The Golems of Amgarrak" (DLC)
• "Leliana's Song" (DLC)
• "Return to Ostagar" (DLC)
• "The Stone Prisoner" (lDLC)
• "Warden's Keep" (DLC)
• "Witch Hunt" (DLC)

While the GameStop listing has since been removed, the retailer had posted a $60 price and an October 12 release date for the Ultimate Edition. We'll be sure to note the official details when EA officially announces them.

BBFC: Dragon Age Ultimate Edition to include Awakening and all DLC originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Next week, we'll finally get to find out what became of Morrigan at the conclusion of Dragon Age: Origins. Well, technically that wasn't the conclusion of the story -- this is the end, but you get our point. Sort it all out for yourself past the break, courtesy of a teaser video from GameTrailers.

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Dragon Age 'Witch Hunt' DLC teaser offers a taste of our Warden's final quest originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dragon Age Origins - Ultimate Edition has yet to be officially announced, but it has now been rated by Australia's OFLC. Previously popping up as a GameStop listing with a $60 price and an October 12 release date, the re-release once again prompts us to blankly stare in EA's general direction until it confesses like a mage in the Chantry. We've sent couriers off to EA for official comment.

It's not quite the "Dragon Age Molybdenum" edition, but one can safely speculate that this "Utlimate" package would include all of the Origins DLC, along with the recently announced "Witch Hunt" add-on. With Dragon Age 2 half a year away, it really is time to wrap up Origins in a nice bundle.

'Dragon Age: Origins -- Ultimate Edition' rated by OFLC originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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And you thought they'd save this one for the sequel! BioWare has announced "Witch Hunt," a new Dragon Age: Origins add-on that concludes the storyline and investigates the true motives of Morrigan, the sardonic witch known for delivering sick burns via verbal insult or fireball incantation. This will be of particular interest if you spent time, err, investigating Morrigan during the main quest.

As BioWare puts it dramatically, "Her plans and her whereabouts have remained a mystery... until now."

Well, until September 7, when you'll download Witch Hunt for $7 (or 560 MS/BioWare points) on PC, PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360. The content will allow you to create a new, high-powered character or import your hero from Dragon Age: Origins and the Awakening expansion. "But whether you seek answers, revenge, or reconciliation with your lost love," BioWare warns, "you may find more than you bargained for."

That's always nice when it comes to DLC, isn't it?

Dragon Age: Origins story concluded in 'Witch Hunt' DLC originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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"Dragon Age 2" won't quite make it out for a release date in February 2011, but the good news is that it is now officially expected to launch in North America on March 8 and in Europe on March 11. A new trailer also debuted with the calendar commitment, and you can find it embedded after the jump.

EA broke out their launch date and trailer at a press conference this morning, according to Shacknews. As you can see in the video, the weapons are still big, and the game will contain both blood and fire. Unfortunately, there's no last-minute note about exclusive swords or XP benefits for fully leveled up "Dragon Age: Origins" players, but the combat does look intense.

According the report, EA specifically addressed play control at the press conference, stating that "when you press a button, something awesome happens." If you had control gripes with "Origins" but loved what was going on on the screen, you should be happy to know that.

The clips proclaims that some men battle against destiny and lose, while other embrace destiny and do not show their fear. It's probably safe to assume that the heroic types in this game will fall into the latter category, but you never know. Maybe there's a twist.

In other unsurprising news, the marketing team at work here definitely wants you to associate "Dragon Age 2" with "Lord of the Rings," and they included a narrator and proper imagery in the form of a crown, fire and scary-looking mountains to help get that point across. There's a dragon in the trailer, too, in case you were worried. He just doesn't do too much beyond adding some drama to the logo.

What do you want to see in "Dragon Age 2"? Do you have high hopes? Let us know in the comment section or on Twitter! You can also follow me, MTV Multiplayer writer Brian Warmoth, on Twitter!

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"Dragon Age 2" won't quite make it out for a release date in February 2011, but the good news is that it is now officially expected to launch in North America on March 8 and in Europe on March 11. A new trailer also debuted with the calendar commitment, and you can find it embedded after the jump.

EA broke out their launch date and trailer at a press conference this morning, according to Shacknews. As you can see in the video, the weapons are still big, and the game will contain both blood and fire. Unfortunately, there's no last-minute note about exclusive swords or XP benefits for fully leveled up "Dragon Age: Origins" players, but the combat does look intense.

According the report, EA specifically addressed play control at the press conference, stating that "when you press a button, something awesome happens." If you had control gripes with "Origins" but loved what was going on on the screen, you should be happy to know that.

The clips proclaims that some men battle against destiny and lose, while other embrace destiny and do not show their fear. It's probably safe to assume that the heroic types in this game will fall into the latter category, but you never know. Maybe there's a twist.

In other unsurprising news, the marketing team at work here definitely wants you to associate "Dragon Age 2" with "Lord of the Rings," and they included a narrator and proper imagery in the form of a crown, fire and scary-looking mountains to help get that point across. There's a dragon in the trailer, too, in case you were worried. He just doesn't do too much beyond adding some drama to the logo.

What do you want to see in "Dragon Age 2"? Do you have high hopes? Let us know in the comment section or on Twitter! You can also follow me, MTV Multiplayer writer Brian Warmoth, on Twitter!

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If you just can't wait for official details on Dragon Age Origins: Ultimate Edition (or if you already have the game), this XBL Deal of the Week is for you. It's all Origins content this week, with the highlight being Awakening. Gold members can snag it for 1600 MSP ($20), down from 2400 MSP ($30).

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XBLM Deal of the Week: Dragon Age DLC originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you've held off on purchasing Dragon Age: Origins until now ... keep holding off. GameStop listings have appeared for something called "Dragon Age Origins: Ultimate Edition" on PS3, Xbox 360, and PC, supposedly due for release on October 12 for $59.99.

The listings have no information at all about what's included in the package -- and neither EA nor BioWare have officially announced this thing, though we've asked for a comment regardless -- so it's anyone's guess as to what's included. If it were truly "Ultimate" it would include the Awakenings expansion and all the DLC. Now that word's out about this thing's existence, we expect an announcement soon, at which point we'll learn the precise level of ultimateness contained within.

[Thanks, No Name]

GameStop lists 'Dragon Age Origins: Ultimate Edition' for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You know that Dragon Age: Origins DLC, "Golems of Amgarrak," we just played at Comic-Con? You'll be playing it soon yourself -- on Tuesday, August 10, to be exact, for PS3, 360 and PC. (Unless, that is, you don't like Dragon Age, in which case we can't be friends anymore. Kidding!)

BioWare's, er, bio on its new 'ware -- which is meant for seasoned adventurers -- tells of a backstory involving a "missing dwarven expedition" and "ancient secrets for creating monstrous constructs." How this is all that different from most normal people's days escapes us, but at least we can look forward to fighting an "all-new terrifying creature!" (Spoiler alert: it's probably a golem.)

Dragon Age to be rocked by 'Golems of Amgarrak' DLC on Aug. 10 originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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"We just brought it down," the marketing guy from BioWare told me while waiting in line. The company was already bringing a bunch of computers to Comic-Con to let visiting fans preview Dragon Age 2, so they figured why not bring some PCs down all loaded up with unreleased DLC to play, too? Other companies hold secret sneak previews and require pages of NDA agreements to see their unreleased games for the first time, but BioWare just brings them to Comic-Con.

So yes, alongside the public, I got a chance to see the upcoming DLC. And the first thing I heard about it is that it's hard. Really hard. Dragon Age: Origins is already a game that requires some thinking, but BioWare has apparently turned up the difficulty on this one -- there's lots of big enemies, I was told, that will provide a challenge even on the easiest setting.

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