EA and Bioware have officially announced Dragon Age III: Inquisition for release late 2013.
"The Dragon Age team has been working on Dragon Age 3: Inquisition for almost two years now," said Aaryn Flynn, General Manager of BioWare Edmonton and BioWare Montreal. "We've been poring over player feedback from past games and connecting directly with our fans. They haven't held back, so we're not either. With Dragon Age 3: Inquisition, we want to give fans what they're asking for - a great story with choices that matter, a massive world to explore, deep customization and combat that is both tactical and visceral."
"At the same time, we know we need new technology to truly make this vision become fully realized. And we've been working with DICE to make Frostbite 2 the foundation for the engine that is going to power Dragon Age 3."
There is very little information at this point, really there is only the title, the technology and the fact that it's coming out late 2013.
Executive producer Mark Darrah wrote an open letter on the official Dragon Age website where he confirmed four bullet points about Dragon Age III: Inquisition:
- The next game will be called Dragon Age III: Inquisition.
- We won't be talking about the story of the game today. Though you can make some guesses from the title.
- This game is being made by a lot of the same team that has been working on Dragon Age since Dragon Age: Origins. It's composed of both experienced BioWare veterans and talented new developers.
- We are working on a new engine which we believe will allow us to deliver a more expansive world, better visuals, more reactivity to player choices, and more customization. At PAX East, we talked about armor and followers... Yeah, that kind of customization. We've started with Frostbite 2 from DICE as a foundation to accomplish this.
Obviously the lack of platform information lends itself to speculation that Dragon Age III: Inquisition will appear on the next versions of Playstation and Xbox.