GameStop sued over Dragon Age DLC

GameStop in the US have been accused of “deceptively misleading” a customer into believing that a pre-owned copy of Dragon Age: Origins came with all the DLC extras advertised on the box, and are now feeling the wrath of the shoppers solicitor.

The lawsuit against GameStop reads as follows; “GameStop, who makes more than 20 per cent of its revenue and nearly $2bn from the sale of used video games, is aware of this issue, and continues to fail to alert customers that this content is not available on used games.

As a result, GameStop tricks consumers into paying more for a used game than they would if they purchased the same game and content new.”

We’ll keep you informed as to the outcome of the legal battle.

[via MCV]

European Game Releases – 16/11 – 20/11

A bit later then usual, but better now on release then never.

Still other then The Saboteur (R.I.P Pandemic), these are the last blockbusters of this year, but we go out with AAA games, not ass quailty games. Speaking of “ass”, the main game for this week is, of course, Assassin’s Creed II.

We’ve been covering it from the beginning of the year, before it was announced, up until now. Look for review on it shortly, but we’re properly pumped for it, lets just say.

Also out this week is Left 4 Dead 2 for the Xbox 360. This is another one which you should be getting asap by the looks of it. Dave has been writing up his review for a bit now, so expect it hopefully by early next week.

Catch the full list after the jump.

European Game Releases [2/11 – 6/11]

This week’s EGR is headed up by the release of Dragon Age: Origins for the Xbox 360. No PS3 version until the end of the month, we’re affraid.

As well as DAO, you also get Band Hero for PS3, 360 and Wii, Singstar: Take That for the PS3, Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time for the PS3 and the 360/Wii release of Ghostbusters, after the release of the PS3 version in June.

Full list is after the jump.

Dragon Age To Get Long-Term DLC Support

Upcoming RPG Dragon Age: Origins is set to receive varying amounts of DLC. Speaking to TheGameReviews, Mark Darrah (producer on Dragon Age: Origins) confirmed that “[they] have plans that stretch out for basically two years. And it’s going to be everything from really small stuff like item packs up to larger quests that might last an hour or two up to even fully fledged expansion packs.”

The content is confirmed to be coming to both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 minus the modding tools which will remain PC only.

Dragon Age: Origins Collectors Edition Avaiale To Pre-Order At GAME

So get your bows and arrows.

GAME UK are now taking in pre-orders for the Collectors Edition of Dragon Age: Origins, the orcs-and-elves RPG from EA.

Here’s what you’ll be getting, after the jump:

BioWare’s Muzyka: DAO on Consoles to Be “same deep experience” as PC

One of the good BioWare Dr’s, CEO and president of EA’s newly found RPGMMO division, Ray Muzyka has said that Dragon Age: Origins will be the “same deep experience” on consoles as it is on the PC version, speaking to GameTrailers.

It’s the same deep rich experience on both systems [PS3/360 and PC], we’re not compromising anything on PC or on console. The fans are gonna get a great game either way.

Muzyka also said that the controls have been “customised” and “handcrafted” for all 3 SKUs.

One of the things we’re doing is we’re really focusing on making sure the controls on console and PC are customised, handcrafted and really feel really appropriate for the kinds of players that want to play different versions of the game.

Earlier, Muzyka seemed to have confirmed a October 23rd date for the game on PS3 and 360 in Europe. As the time of writing this, we’ve asked EA to confirm it. Catch the interview after the jump.

Dragon Age: Origins Dated October 23rd in Europe

Hello, what do we have here? According to BioWare CEO Ray Muzyka, in an interview with GameTrailers, Dragon Age: Origins has been dated for October 23rd in Europe.

We know there was a date given for the US, October 20th, but as far as we know, there was no date given for Europe. We were doing another story on the same interview when we picked it up (more on that here). Anyways, according to Muzyka, they are planning a “simultaneous release” for the game, thats where date slip happened.

One of the things we do at the end of a development cycle is we polish and tune the controls, so they’re just right, and we’re doing that right now on 360, PS3 and PC as well. It’s turning out great, we’re planning for a simultaneous release launch, October 20th in North America and October 23rd in Europe for 360, PS3 and PC, and all the versions are playing extremely well.

We’ve checked in with EA to confirm this.

BioWare ”totally behind” the PLAYSTATION 3

PS3 ownersm your wait for a game from BioWare is coming to an end soon with the release of Dragon Age: Origins this Autumn, and BioWare couldnt be more excited to develop for the console.

Dr. Greg Zeschuk, co-founder of BioWare and Vice-President of EA, has said to Videogamer that it’s ”exciting” to finally be developing for the console.

“It’s new. Because we already had experience on 360, that kind of got ahead a little bit, but now we pretty much caught up. Actually it was very exciting. People on the team were really pumped to work on it. They were like, wow. We have a lot of people that like doing new stuff and trying new things, and they were like, wow another platform, can’t wait! It’s been good.”

He also says in the interview that the PS3 is now something they’re ”totally behind”.

“It’s going to be exciting having a PS3 game out finally. We only did one PS2 game – MDK2 on PS2. It’s not like we have anything against Sony by any stretch. It’s just that from a publishing perspective we worked with Microsoft for five years – that made it so easy to focus on Xbox and we didn’t have to worry about the PlayStation platforms. But now, since being part of EA, it just makes complete sense. It’s something we’re totally behind.”

This may add more wood to the fire that BioWare are looking at possibilly bringing over the Mass Effect trillogy, or to an extent at least Mass Effect 2, to Sony’s console after it emerged last night the ME IP was owned by EA, and not Microsoft Games Studios. But it may not happen just yet, according to BioWare.

It’s out this Autumn for PS3 & 360.

Mass Effect 2 Will Be at GamesCom

BioWare’s announced that it’ll be showing Mass Effect 2 at GamesCOM, the replacement for Game Convention, in Cologne this August alongside Dragon Age: Origins. As well as GC, ME2 will also be at ComicCon this coming summer.

BioWare will be showing DAO also at CG as well as PAX, Gen-Con and Fan Expo in Canada. Get more info through here.

It’s out early next year for Xbox 360. Dragon Age: Origins is out this October for PS3 and 360.