For launch, the game is 100% single player. Laidlaw told us that it was simply their philosophy that if they cannot do something amazingly well, they don't even try. Rather than divide their focus to really polish co-op or persistent world support, they wanted to make a great core experience that every purchaser of the game will enjoy.
While he was careful to promise nothing, he didn't rule out the possibility that in a future update or expansion they'll introduce a robust online system. They know how popular those worlds were for the Neverwinter Nights community and don't take that lightly. Time will tell what, if anything, comes on that front.
It was a great change of pace to check out a game that isn't an MMO, but still has many lessons it could teach the genre and has clearly learned a thing or two from it. Does this game belong on our game list? Of course not, but it was one of those rare times when we had a chance to see something that, while not at all an MMO, should be of great interest to a huge number of our readers.
Dragon Age will be released for the PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 on November 3rd. The PC version will come with the Dragon Age editor for players to create their own adventures.
