BioWare Offers In-Game Items For 1M Dragon Age 2 Demo Downloads

BioWare launches its multiplatform Dragon Age II demo on February 22, and hoping to encourage downloads, the developer's offering two special items as incentives should the demo hit 1 million downloads before March 1. If the demo reaches that download milestone on the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 combined by the deadline, the entire community will receive in-game items that give bonuses to characters' money and experience stats. There's a small caveat: gamers will have actually to log into their EA accounts in order to be counted. The reward items are represented as books: "The Far Cliffs of Kirkwall" provides the extra money, and "Lothering's Lament" offers the XP boost. 2009's Dragon Age: Origins was widely critically-acclaimed, shipping over 3 million units during the season of its initial launch. Several DLC packs have been released for the game since then, and the sequel is considered highly-anticipated. The demo takes players through the prologue of the game, wherein they choose from among three character classes and are introduced to Kirkwall, a new location within the franchise's world. They will also meet Isabela, a smuggler who is one of the game's romantic prospects. Completing the demo unlocks a dwarven blade called Hayder's Razor, which will provide boosts to various abilities in the full release of the game.