BWare's First Gay Male Party Member Debuts In Dragon Age Inquisn

Contents:

• HOW I REALIZED MY DRAGON AGE: INQUISN CHARACTER IS GAY
• DRAGON AGE: INQUISN HAS STRAIGHT, BISEXUAL, AND GAY ROMANC BEE THEY TELL DIFFERENT STORI, BWARE SAYS
• MEET BWARE'S FIRST 'FULLY GAY' MALE PARTY MEMBER DRAGON AGE: INQUISN
• DRAGON AGE: INQUISN TO CLU BWARE'S FIRST "FULLY GAY" MALE PARTY MEMBER
• DRAGON AGE: INQUISN TO FEATURE BWARE'S FIRST 'FULLY GAY' MALE
• BWARE'S FIRST GAY MALE PARTY MEMBER DEBUTS IN DRAGON AGE INQUISN
• BWARE ANNOUNC THE FIRST EXCLIVELY GAY CHARACTER ‘DRAGON AGE’
• HOW I REALISED MY DRAGON AGE: INQUISN CHARACTER IS GAY

HOW I REALIZED MY DRAGON AGE: INQUISN CHARACTER IS GAY

I didn't sign my character to be gay, but then 's never really a choice, and when I realized this I actually felt as if he'd e out to me, his creator. As I ntue tryg to save the world the latt (and possibly greatt) Dragon Age game, liverg people's letters and chasg Dorian's well-mtached tail, I'm not steppg to the game world self, but to the sho of a gay man who already liv there. Dragon Age: Inquisn will have straight, bisexual, and gay character romanc bee they each tell different stori, BWare has wrer for the Dragon Age seri David Gair ma the ments durg BWare’s GaymerX2 panel last week tled Buildg a Better Romance.

“So we are gog to have straight romanc, alongsi bisexual romanc, alongsi gay romanc.

I also highly remend BWare’s other GaymerX2 panel, Freakg out the Neighbors, about how and why gam should be more Age Inquisn lnch October 7 for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStatn 3, PlayStatn 4, and PC. The Dragon Age seri is gettg s first exclively gay male character, which will also be the first fully gay male party member for BWare as a whole, seri wrer David Gair revealed a post on the official Dragon Age Inquisn webse. "Dorian is gay — he is, fact, the first fully gay character I've had the opportuny to wre, " wrote Gair.

DRAGON AGE: INQUISN HAS STRAIGHT, BISEXUAL, AND GAY ROMANC BEE THEY TELL DIFFERENT STORI, BWARE SAYS

While the pany is known for s progrsive stance on sexualy gam, BWare has prevly only ever troduced one exclively gay male non-party member — Mass Effect 3's Steve Cortez.

MEET BWARE'S FIRST 'FULLY GAY' MALE PARTY MEMBER DRAGON AGE: INQUISN

BWare's early Star Wars enavor, Knights of the Old Republic, clud one gay female party member, Juhani; However, her relatnship wh female players was mimal. In a recent profile by Bware's David Gair, the stud troduced Dorian, their first "fully gay" male party member and the first gay character the lead wrer has wrten.

"Dorian is gay—he is, fact, the first fully gay character I've had the opportuny to wre, " Gair told the official Dragon Age blog. "The awkward phrasg of "fully gay" (which Gair has sce clarified) asi, 's another step Bware's long history of offerg a diverse st of characters. Bware's first gay party member, Juhani, appeared Knights of the Old Republic back 2003.

Mass Effect 3's Samantha Traynor and Steve Cortez were also exclively gay, romanceable characters, and prev Mass Effect and Dragon Age gam have featured quasi-bisexual characters—attracted to both male or female isn't mentned Dorian's troductn post, the Dragon Age: Inquisn Facebook page nfirms that he will be romanceable.

DRAGON AGE: INQUISN TO CLU BWARE'S FIRST "FULLY GAY" MALE PARTY MEMBER

Dragon Age: Inquisn's latt party member has been revealed as Dorian, a mage who is veloper BWare's first "fully gay" male party member ever. "Dorian is gay—he is, fact, the first fully gay character I've had the opportuny to wre, " Gair explaed. "Though gay and bisexual characters have appeared BWare gam before, Dorian is set to take the stage as the first gay male party member.

Though Mass Effect 3 feature both Samantha Traynor and Steve Cortez as gay characters, neher was playable, while Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic's Juhani was a lbian (though a dg bug ially ma her bisexual). Earlier this year Gair took the opportuny to talk about gay protagonists gam, explag that spe ristance om some parti wasn't much to clu, and was surely worth so those who feel alone and don't see anyone like them reprented gam n feel we recently dissected why we need more gay characters gam, one of the key pots we brought up was that while we see more lbians, gay mal rema absent om many vio gam for a multu of reasons. Dorian is gay—he is, fact, the first fully gay character I've had the opportuny to wre.

DRAGON AGE: INQUISN TO FEATURE BWARE'S FIRST 'FULLY GAY' MALE

Dorian's refal to play along wh that faça is seen as stubborn and potls by his fay, which has ntributed to his stat as a a Twter nversatn yterday, Gair clarified that the phrase "fully gay" was not meant as a ment on bisexualy. David Gair, the lead wrer on the anchise at veloper BWare, has shared that the newt game the seri, Dragon Age: Inquisn, will feature the anchise’s first gay character. Dorian, troduced on the Dragon Age: Inquisn webse on Friday, is wrten as a gay character and will be a romance optn exclively for male protagonists.

In Dragon Age: Origs, released 2009, players uld make the ma character gay, straight, or bisexual by virtue of which non-player character or pann the player chose to romance. My character had taken on a life of his own, and turns out he’s gay. I knew the send I saw him, even though took me by surprise: that person is Dorian and my Herald of Andraste is gay.

I didn’t sign my character to be gay, but then ’s never really a choice, and when I realised this I actually felt as if he’d e out to me, his creator. As I ntue tryg to save the world the latt (and possibly greatt) Dragon Age game, liverg people’s letters and chasg Dorian’s well-motached tail, I’m not steppg to the game world self, but to the sho of a gay man who already liv there.

BWARE'S FIRST GAY MALE PARTY MEMBER DEBUTS IN DRAGON AGE INQUISN

Dorian is the first purely gay male pann the Dragon Age seri, and he's so terrific that he's been very well received.

BWARE ANNOUNC THE FIRST EXCLIVELY GAY CHARACTER ‘DRAGON AGE’

HOW I REALISED MY DRAGON AGE: INQUISN CHARACTER IS GAY