BioWare to Develop Games for DS

VonSnouty writes "The revered RPG specialist Bioware is setting up a special handheld division in Edmonton, and it's revealed their first creation will be for the Nintendo DS. Neverwinter Nights? Mass Effect? Erm, Jade Empire? Place yer bets!" It's also possible this could tie in to their as-yet-untitled MMOG. From the article: "The new handheld group will be led by project director, Dan Tudge, former president and founder of indie studio Exile Interactive, who has previously worked for major publishers such as Nintendo, Microsoft, THQ, and Sega." Hey, I liked Jade Empire.

Dragon Age

[Enderandrew]

It is Dragon Age, without a doubt. Microsoft isn't going to let Mass Effect or Jade Empire appear on Nintendo. Bioware said they were done with Atari and other people's IP. That is why they turned down KOTOR:2 and NWN:2. So it won't be NWN. They have said they've developed the Dragon Age setting for multiple games.

I bet Dragon Age will be the setting for the MMO as well. The big-wigs at Bioware have put years and years into creating this world. They will showcase it.

Re:Neverwinter nights on handheld would rock

[abandonment]

nintendo has about a 3 month backlog for printing DS cartridges. games that weren't done a month or so ago have pretty much zero chance of being on the shelves by christmas, so this is not likely, unless bioware have created a time machine division along with this new handheld division.