Dragon Age II is available for download today! If you’re American, anyway. If you’re in Europe, a magical temporal vortex of data-sucking horror slap-bang in the middle of the Atlantic is delaying the several gigabytes that comprise the digital version from reaching these shores. I mean, I presume it’s that. There’s simply no other rational explanation for introducing a gap of three days between regional releases in an age where information can travel between continents within moments. There’s no way it could be a near-sighted retail decision that will inevitably result in additional piracy from frustrated fans. No way it could be that.

Anyway, if you have it already you might be interested in the official texture pack, which is something I’ve often wished more developers can do. Pissed off that you’ve got blurry textures on your mega-graphics card because the game’s been skewed towards optimisation for lower-end PCs and consoles? Here’s the solution. (more…)