PC | MAG delayed to ‘10, Dragon Age CE’d – Retail Radar
GameStop and GameFly now listing Zipper Interactive 256-person team shooter as arriving next January; BioWare’s fantasy RPG gets extra-packed $75/$65 collector’s edition with Mass Effect 2 in-game bonus.
One of the centerpieces of Sony’s press briefing at the Electronic Entertainment Expo was the first live demo of MAG. (See video below.) The first-party military shooter was shown being simultaneously played by 256 employees of its developer, Zipper Interactive, from a variety of points of view. Commanders will see a top-down video of the battlefield from which they can direct lower-level soldiers, who will see a grunt’s-eye view.
Playable on the show floor, the PlayStation 3-exclusive MAG made an impression on many E3 attendees, who were eager to pick it up later this year. Now, though, it appears the wait may be a bit longer. Though Sony said at E3 that the game would ship in the fall, both GameStop and GameFly are now listing it as arriving in January 2010. Conversely, Best Buy is still listing the game as arriving in October, while Amazon is not offering up a ship date at all. Sony had not responded to requests for clarification on MAG’s launch window as of press time.
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Electronic Arts is being far less recalcitrant about its release plans for Dragon Age: Origins, the role-playing game from BioWare due out on October 20. Besides the previously announced no-frills edition ($49.99 PC, $59.99 consoles), the game will come in a collector’s edition that will retail for $64.99 on the PC and $74.99 on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
The collector’s edition will feature a tin case, a cloth map, and an extra-laden bonus DVD that includes a soundtrack, a strategy guide, concept art footage, wallpapers, and a “making-of” documentary. It will also feature several virtual goods, including the “Stone Prisoner” bonus quest and an unlockable character called Shale. The disc will feature three other pieces of in-game content whose types were unspecified:”Bergens Honor,” “Grimoire of the Frozen Wastes,” and “Final Reason.” Those who preorder the game from GameStop will get two other in-game items that increase health regeneration and experience accrual.
Finally, also included in the Dragon Age: Origins collector’s edition is an unnamed in-game item to be used in another BioWare game, Mass Effect 2, due out in spring 2010.
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