Dragon Age is a fantasy media franchise created by Canadian writer David Gaider [1] and video game developer BioWare, and owned and published by Electronic Arts. Central to the Dragon Age franchise are the main series of multi-platform role-playing video games: Dragon Age: Origins , Dragon Age II , and Dragon Age: Inquisition . Each game features a different protagonist and plot, but is linked by a common setting, the fictional world of Thedas, as well as several recurring elements and supporting characters. A fourth main series game was announced by BioWare in December 2018, [2] and is currently under development as of 2020. The Dragon Age franchise also includes spin-off games, each with a different gameplay style: two flash games developed by EA2D; a mobile collectible card game developed by EA Capital Games; and a resource management browser game developed by Failbetter Games.
The Dragon Age video games have been influential and successful; the release of the first main series game in 2009 was credited for contributing towards a resurgence in popularity for western role-playing video games and inspiring imitators, [3] [4] while Inquisition won multiple Game of The Year awards and is the most successful video game launch in BioWare history based on units sold. [5] Besides video games, this list covers associated media produced or endorsed by BioWare, or the intellectual property owner Electronic Arts, which includes novelizations, comics, tabletop role playing adaptation source material, an anime film, soundtrack albums, and other media.
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Original release date(s): | Release years by system: 2009 – Microsoft Windows, [6] Xbox 360, [6] PlayStation 3 [6] Mac OS X [8] |
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Original release date(s): | Release years by system: 2011 – Microsoft Windows, [21] Xbox 360, [22] PlayStation 3, [20] Mac OS X [21] |
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Original release date(s): | Release years by system: 2014 – Microsoft Windows, [27] PlayStation 3, [27] PlayStation 4, [27] Xbox 360, [27] Xbox One [27] |
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Dragon Age Journeys Original release date(s):
| Release years by system: 2009 – Web browser [32] |
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Original release date(s):
| Release years by system: 2011 – Facebook and Google+ [33] [34] |
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| Release years by system: 2013 – Android, iOS [37] |
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Dragon Age: The Last Court Original release date(s):
| Release years by system: 2014 – Web browser [39] |
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Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne | March 3, 2009 [40] March 1, 2010 (UK) [40] September 25, 2018 (deluxe edition) [40] | 978-0-7653-2408-5 | Novelization | [40] |
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Dragon Age: The Calling | October 13, 2009 (NA) [41] March 1, 2010 (UK) December 16, 2018 (deluxe edition) [41] | 978-0-7653-2409-2 | Novelization | [41] |
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Dragon Age: Asunder | December 20, 2011 (NA) [42] December 23, 2011 (UK) [42] March 19, 2019 (deluxe edition) [42] | 978-0-85768-647-3 | Novelization | [42] |
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Dragon Age: The World of Thedas Volume I | April 30, 2013 | 978-1-61655-115-5 | Concept art and guidebook | [43] |
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Dragon Age: The Masked Empire | April 8, 2014 (NA) [44] April 11, 2014 (UK) [44] June 18, 2019 (deluxe edition) [44] | 978-0-7653-3118-2 | Tie-in book to Dragon Age: Inquisition | [44] |
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Dragon Age: Last Flight | September 16, 2014 [45] September 17, 2019 (deluxe edition) [45] | 978-0-7653-3721-4 | Novelization | [45] |
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The Art of Dragon Age: Inquisition | November 18, 2014 | 978-1-61655-186-5 | Art book | [46] |
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Dragon Age: The World of Thedas Volume II | May 12, 2015 | 978-1-61655-501-6 | Concept art and guidebook | [47] |
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Dragon Age: The Poster Collection | September 28, 2016 | 978-1-5067-0117-2 | Concept art | [48] |
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Dragon Age Adult Coloring Book | February 8, 2017 | 978-1-5067-0283-4 | Coloring book | [49] |
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Dragon Age: Hard in Hightown | July 31, 2018 | 978-1-5067-0404-3 | Novelization | [50] |
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Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights | March 10, 2020 | 978-0-7653-3722-1 | Anthology | [51] |
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Dragon Age Origins | September — October 2009 | Webcomic | [52] |
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Dragon Age Origins Awakening | February — March 2010 | Webcomic | [53] |
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Dragon Age: The Revelation | March 1, 2010 | Webcomic | [54] |
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Dragon Age | March 31, 2010 — December 8, 2010 | Comic book series | [55] |
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Dragon Age 2 | March 2011 | Webcomic | [56] [57] |
Hindsight | March 9, 2011 | Webcomic | [58] [59] |
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Dragon Age: The Silent Grove | February 22, 2012 — May 2, 2012 | Comic book series | [60] |
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Dragon Age: Those Who Speak | August 22, 2012—November 14, 2012 | Comic book series | [61] |
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Dragon Age: Until We Sleep | March 27, 2013 — May 29, 2013 | Comic book series | [62] |
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Dragon Age Library Edition Volume 1 | June 4, 2014 | Anthology | [63] |
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Dragon Age: Magekiller | December 16, 2015 — April 20, 2016 | Comic book series | [65] |
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Dragon Age: Knight Errant | May 10, 2017 — September 13, 2017 | Mini-comic | [66] |
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Dragon Age Library Edition Volume 2 | October 16, 2018 | Anthology | [67] |
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Dragon Age: Deception | October 17, 2018 — December 12, 2018 | Mini-comic | [68] |
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Dragon Age: Blue Wraith | January 15, 2020 — March 18, 2020 | Comic book series | [69] |
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Dragon Age: The First Five Graphic Novels | October 27, 2020 | Anthology | [71] [72] |
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Dragon Age: Dark Fortress | March 31, 2021 — May 26, 2021 | Comic book series | [73] [74] |
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Dragon Age: Wraiths of Tevinter | August 24, 2022 | Anthology | [75] |
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Dragon Age: The Missing | January 25, 2023 — May 10, 2023 | Comic book series | [76] |
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Dragon Age RPG, Set 1 | January 25, 2010 | 978-1-934547-30-4 | Box Set | [77] |
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Dragon Age RPG, Set 2 | September 20, 2011 | 978-1-934547-44-1 | Box Set | [78] |
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Dragon Age RPG, Set 3 | January 30, 2012 | 978-1-934547-48-9 | Box Set | [79] |
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Dragon Age RPG Core Rulebook | June 20, 2017 | 978-1-934547-62-5 | Book of rules | [80] |
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Faces of Thedas: A Dragon Age RPG Sourcebook | April 9, 2019 | 978-1-934547-83-0 | Book of rules | [81] |
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Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker | February 11, 2012 | Anime film | [82] [83] |
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Dragon Age: Absolution | December 2022 | Animated streaming series | [84] |
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Dragon Age: Origins Official Soundtrack | November 3, 2009 | Album | [85] |
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Dragon Age: Origins Collector's Edition Soundtrack Album | November 3, 2009 | Album | [86] |
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Dragon Age: Origins - Leliana's Song (Original Video Game Score) | October 25, 2010 | Album (digital only) | [87] |
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Dragon Age II | March 8, 2011 | Album | [88] |
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Dragon Age II - Bioware Signature Edition | March 8, 2011 | Album | [89] |
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Dragon Age II: The Darker Side | April 6, 2010 | Album | [90] |
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Dragon Age II: Epic Times | June 7, 2010 | Album | [91] |
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Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker (Music Inspired By the Film) | May 20, 2012 | Mini-album (digital only) | [92] |
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Dragon Age: Inquisition (Original Game Soundtrack) | November 17, 2014 | Album | [93] |
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Dragon Age Inquisition: The Bard Songs | February 17, 2015 | Album (digital only) | [94] |
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Dragon Age Inquisition: The Descent / Trespasser | November 13, 2015 | Album | [95] |
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Dragon Age Inquisition: Songs of the Exalted Council | January 8, 2016 | Mini-album (digital only) | [96] |
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Dragon Age: Warden's Fall | May 22, 2010 [97] | Web series |
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Dragon Age: Redemption | October 10, 2011 [98] | Web series |
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Dragon Age Keep | October 29, 2014 [99] | Application |
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Paper & Steel | April 30, 2015 [100] | Short story |
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Paying the Ferryman | June 2, 2015 [101] | Short story |
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The Riddle of Truth | September 17, 2015 [102] | Short story |
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BioWare is a Canadian video game developer based in Edmonton, Alberta. It was founded in 1995 by newly graduated medical doctors Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk and Augustine Yip. Since 2007, the company has been owned by American publisher Electronic Arts.
Dragon Age: Origins is a 2009 role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts. It is the first game in the Dragon Age franchise. Set in the fictional kingdom of Ferelden during a period of civil strife, the game puts the player in the role of a warrior, mage, or rogue coming from an elven, human, or dwarven background. The player character is recruited into the Grey Wardens, an ancient order that stands against monstrous forces known as "Darkspawn", and is tasked with defeating the Archdemon that commands them and ending their invasion. The game is played from a third-person perspective that can be shifted to a top-down perspective. Throughout the game, players encounter various companions, who play major roles in the game's plot and gameplay.
Dragon Age is a media franchise centered on a series of fantasy role-playing video games created and developed by BioWare, which have seen releases on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The franchise takes place on the fictional continent Thedas, and follows the experiences of its various inhabitants.
David Gaider is a Canadian narrative designer and writer. He was the lead writer and creator of the setting for the role-playing video game series Dragon Age.
Dragon Age: Inquisition is a 2014 action role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts. The third major game in the Dragon Age franchise, Inquisition is the sequel to Dragon Age II (2011). The story follows a player character known as the Inquisitor on a journey to settle the civil unrest in the continent of Thedas and close a mysterious tear in the sky called the "Breach", which is unleashing dangerous demons upon the world. Dragon Age: Inquisition's gameplay is similar to its predecessors, although it consists of several semi-open worlds for players to explore. Players control the Inquisitor or their companions mainly from a third-person perspective, although a traditional role-playing game top-down camera angle is also available.
Alistair is a fictional character in Dragon Age, a role-playing video game series created by Canadian video game developer BioWare. He is introduced as one of many companions that can join the party of the player character in Dragon Age: Origins. Alistair is a Grey Warden who fought alongside The Warden against the Darkspawn to end the Fifth Blight. Alistair is eventually revealed to be the illegitimate child of King Maric, making him an heir to the throne of Ferelden. Depending on the player character's choices during the events of Dragon Age: Origins, Alistair may be installed as king of Ferelden, remain as a Grey Warden, become a wandering drunk, or be executed by Queen Anora.
Dragon Age: Inquisition, the third main video game in BioWare's Dragon Age series, is the most successful video game launch in BioWare history based on units sold. The game features a large number of characters who are members or potential allies of the organization known as the Inquisition; its formation was sanctioned by Divine Justinia V of the Andrastrian Chantry, the dominant religious organization in the Dragon Age series, prior to the events of Inquisition. The organization's primary purpose is to restore order to the continent of Thedas, the setting of Inquisition, where civil unrest and civil wars have already plunged entire nations and societies across the known world into chaos. A supernatural calamity in the beginning of Inquisition led to the deaths of the Divine and the majority of the Chantry leadership, and the subsequent opening of a mysterious metaphysical tear in the sky called the "Breach", which is unleashing dangerous demons upon the world and sends Thedas deeper into crisis.
Dragon Age is a role-playing game published by Green Ronin Publishing in 2010. It is based on the Dragon Age video game series by BioWare, and uses the video game series' setting.
Leliana is a fictional character from BioWare's Dragon Age media franchise, first appearing as a party member in the 2009 role-playing game Dragon Age: Origins. A bard who is originally from the nation of Orlais, she came to Ferelden prior to the events of the Dragon Age series. Following the events of Leliana's Song, a DLC pack which serves as a prequel to the base game, she encounters the surviving Grey Wardens of Ferelden in the town of Lothering, and accompanies them to stop the monstrous Darkspawn from overrunning the world of Thedas. Leliana has appeared as a supporting character in subsequent video game sequels to Origins as well as other expanded media. She is voiced by French actress Corinne Kempa.
The Darkspawn are a fictional collective of humanoid monsters who serve as recurring antagonists of the Dragon Age video game media franchise, developed by BioWare and owned by Electronic Arts. Within the series, they mostly dwell in the subterranean realms beneath the world of Thedas, the setting of the Dragon Age series. The Darkspawn are depicted as malevolent and ugly creatures who are capable of infecting other beings with a supernatural disease known as the "Taint", which twist its victims into monstrous creatures. The supposed origins of the Darkspawn is presented in Dragon Age: Origins as a religious creation myth by the Chantry, the dominant religious organization of Thedas. The Darkspawn are portrayed as an overarching threat to the world of Thedas, as they periodically rise to the surface as a unified force led by an Archdemon, the corrupted form of ancient draconic beings once worshipped as deities by human civilizations in antiquity, killing indiscriminately and corrupting anything they encounter. The Darkspawn hordes are primarily opposed by the dwarven civilization of Thedas as well as the Grey Wardens, a sworn brotherhood of warriors formed to stop the rampaging hordes of monsters from overrunning the surface world by any necessary means.
Morrigan is a fictional character from BioWare's Dragon Age franchise, first appearing as a party member in Dragon Age: Origins. She is a shapeshifting Witch of the Wilds, one of several sorceresses whose legends originate in the Korcari Wilds region of the kingdom of Ferelden, the setting of Origins. Morrigan leaves her home to accompany the protagonist of Origins, the would-be Hero of Ferelden, at the request of her mother Flemeth to stop the monstrous Darkspawn from overrunning the world of Thedas. Morrigan also appears in Dragon Age: Inquisition as a supporting character. She is voiced by Claudia Black.
Solas is a character in BioWare's Dragon Age franchise. He first appears in the 2014 video game Dragon Age: Inquisition, where he serves as a party member. He presents himself as an elven outlaw mage who operates outside of the edicts of the Chantry, the dominant religious organization in Thedas, the world setting of Dragon Age. Solas joins the Inquisition and serves as an expert on the Fade, a metaphysical realm that is tied to Thedas which is normally accessible only through dreaming, and its denizens. His knowledge and expertise prove instrumental in aiding the Inquisition's struggle to close the Breach, a massive dimensional tear in the sky that allows multitudes of demonic spirits to pass through into the physical world through dimensional rifts. A post-credit scene of Inquisition reveals his true identity as Fen'Harel. Trespasser, the final DLC pack released for Inquisition, provides further insight into his backstory and motives, as well as his involvement in the current world state of Thedas.
Dragon Age: Inquisition – Jaws of Hakkon is a downloadable content (DLC) pack developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts for the 2014 action role-playing video game Dragon Age: Inquisition. It was initially released for Xbox One and Microsoft Windows through Electronic Arts' digital distribution platform Origin, on March 24, 2015, and for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and Xbox 360 on May 26, 2015. The pack follows the Inquisition's exploration of the Frostback Basin, an overgrown wilderness area populated by Avvar barbarian tribes and the site of an ancient Tevinter fortress, to determine the fate of the last Inquisitor and the powerful dragon he hunted.
Dragon Age: Magekiller is a five-issue dark fantasy comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics set in the Dragon Age universe, and released between December 2015 and April 2016. The series was written by Greg Rucka, with artwork by Carmen Carnero and Terry Pallot. The timeline of the series run concurrently with the events of Dragon Age: Inquisition and tells the story, in several arcs, of the "mage-killer" Marius and his loquacious handler Tessa Forsythia. The series also tells the origin story and rise of the Venatori faction, and features appearances by several secondary characters from the Dragon Age series.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is an upcoming action role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts. The fourth major game in the Dragon Age franchise, The Veilguard will be the sequel to Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014). Set ten years after Inquisition, the game will feature new locations in the fictional world of Thedas for the player to explore. The game is scheduled to be released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on October 31, 2024.
Dragon Age: Inquisition – The Descent is a downloadable content (DLC) pack developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts for the 2014 action role-playing video game Dragon Age: Inquisition. It was initially released for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Microsoft Windows through Electronic Arts' digital distribution platform Origin on August 11, 2015. The pack follows the Inquisition's exploration of the Deep Roads, a subterranean network of underground pathways and tunnels built by dwarven civilizations of yore, to investigate the occurrence of strange earthquakes which is disrupting international trade of the precious material lyrium.
Dragon Age: Inquisition – Trespasser is a downloadable content (DLC) pack developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts for the 2014 action role-playing video game Dragon Age: Inquisition. It was released for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Microsoft Windows through Electronic Arts' digital distribution platform Origin, on September 8, 2015. The pack follows members of the Inquisition as they uncover a conspiracy to invade southern Thedas, while at the same time being confronted over their relevancy as an organization two years after a cataclysmic series of events which unfolded in Inquisition. As the Inquisition works to undermine a secret invasion by the Qunari, its leadership will eventually have to decide whether the organization itself should continue to exist.
Dragon Age: Origins – Return to Ostagar is a downloadable content (DLC) pack for the 2009 fantasy role-playing video game Dragon Age: Origins developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts. It was digitally released for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Microsoft Windows between January and March 2010. The pack follows the surviving members of the Grey Warden branch in the kingdom of Ferelden in Thedas, the setting of the Dragon Age franchise. The Wardens return to the ruined fortress of Ostagar in the aftermath of a great battle between its defenders and an invading force of monstrous Darkspawn which takes place during an early sequence in Origins, which resulted in the deaths of Ferelden's king as well as the entirety of the Grey Warden leadership.
Dragon Age: The Silent Grove is a six-issue heroic fantasy comic book limited series set in the Dragon Age universe. The first in a series of Dragon Age visual media to be published by Dark Horse Comics, it was originally an exclusive digital release between February and May 2012. The series was primarily written by David Gaider, with Alexander Freed as scriptwriter and artwork by Chad Hardin.