Yesterday Ray Muzyka revealed in an exclusive interview with us that the troubled Dragon Age DLC pack Return to Ostagar would be released on all platforms next week.
"We have a big investment planned for Dragon Age with more DLC coming in the next week or so."
When asked the reason behind the controversial pulling of the DLC and its subsequent delay, BioWare's co-founder had this to say:
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For our latest Dragon Age coverage, click here to download PCGZine Issue 40 for free."We ran into an issue with a title update simultaneously hitting with Return to Ostagar and there was a timing issue with both of those. I don't know if it was a communication error with our distribution partners or what happened there. If they were released in order it would have been fine but it created a bug which prevented progression and obviously that wasn't acceptable so we pulled it down."
It wouldn't be the first time there's been errors with distribution of DLC and with BioWare ramping up their commitment, it probably won't be the last. That said, these are all growing pains associated with digital content and as each distribution channel gets used to such methods these mistakes should become less frequent.
Fans have been clamouring to know when the Return to Ostagar DLC will go live again and thankfully Ray was happy to offer an update, "It's almost through certification and it will go back up very soon."
So there you have it boys and girls, expect the long awaited new episode in the Dragon Age universe to go up shortly.
We'll have more from Ray over the coming days when we be publish our entire interview with the likeable doctor. Topics on the agenda included celebrity voice talent in games, Star Wars: Old Republic, Dragon Age: Awakening and the possibility of a Mass Effect MMO.
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