With Black Friday just around the corner, retail shops are slowly jumping on the discount bandwagon. On top of the heap is Sears Corp., who will be offering the PS3 and Xbox 360 Dragon Age: Origins (also on PC) under US$ 40.

BioWare and Electronic Arts has announced that Dragon Age: Origins (PS3, PC, Xbox 360) has officially gone gold and is now currently in manufacturing ready for the November 3 launch date across North America.

BioWare has some long-term plans for Dragon Age: Origins (PS3, PC, Xbox 360). Apart from the launch day DLC that they've announced, Origins producer Mark Darrah says that they already have a two-year road map for the game's DLC releases.

Electronic Arts has detailed the launch DLC line up for BioWare's Dragon Age: Origins. Similar to what Microsoft and Turn 10 are doing for Forza Motorsport 3, this seems like a plan to trip up used game sales. Details after the jump.

There has been a lot of talk about sexual content in video video games lately. There's the nudity in The Witcher, BioWare's take on sex scenes, and Obsidian's defense of the Alpha Protocol sex scenes. The latest sexytime news comes out of a synopsis posted by the ESRB as they reviewed the sexual content found in yet another BioWare title, Dragon Age: Origins (PS3, PC, Xbox 360). Article may not be suited for minors.

Check out this Mage gameplay trailer for BioWare's Dragon Age: Origins (PC, Xbox 360). You might pick up a thing or two on casting damaging spell attacks, if that's your trip. It's right over at the full article.

Wanna be in on the action in BioWare's Dragon Age: Origins (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)? Word on the street has it that the developer is on the lookout for toolset testers. Do you have what they're looking for?

Dan Trudge is the Executive Producer and Project Director for Bioware's upcoming RPG, Dragon Age: Origins. He also just put up his first dev blog post in IGN. First order of business: A history lesson on the Grey Wardens.

BioWare has stated before that Dragon Age Origins will eventually see a console release, and today lead designer Brent Knowles finally gave a release window: after the PC version. Yeah, it's really vague, especially when you consider that the PC version of Dragon Age Origins is still only scheduled for release sometime in early 2009. Still, it's something for fans who are worrying if their gaming rigs can handle the PC version. More from Knowles after the jump.