Bioware Including Creation/Customization Toolset
One of the best features of Bioware’s classic PC RPG Neverwinter Nights was the incredible array of customization tools that came with the title. They allowed users to customize everything from armor, weapons and NPCs to scripts, quests and monsters. Over the years following the release of the game, enthusiastic fans and avid modellers more than doubled the content of the title, adding everything from oriental weapons to cloaks and horses.
Bioware has announced that they’ll be including similar customization tools with their upcoming RPG Dragon Age Origins (not surprising given that in its earliest incarnation the title was going to be based on the NWN engine). As with Neverwinter Nights they’ll be creating and supporting a modding community website that’ll allow those with a creative bent to disseminate their works to the public. They’re also planning on releasing more and more tools as time goes on, which will likely keep people playing the game and more likely to buy expansion packs.