Dragon Age III currently rumored to have been delayed till 2014 with the reason due to the decision to make the game only for next gen consoles.
The source of the rumor comes from an update on Linkedin by one of the lead designers for the game which stated plans for the game have been changed as the cause for the new delay.
It also reveals EA will be using their EA Shanghai studio to help out Bioware with the development of the game at least for level design.
Quote:
Dragon Age III
March 2012 to September 2012 Electronic Arts
Team Members: Tao Gu
- Lead Level Designer for EASH team
- In charge of concent and layout design from paper to engine for vertical slice
- Scope of the DAIII has been chaged, which will target next gen platform and will be postpone to 2014.
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The game originally was expected to have a late 2013 release and arrive at least for the Xbox 360 and PS3 in terms of consoles.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-gen-consoles/
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