Dragon Age: Inquisition

Dragon Age III, currently in development by BioWare, is an upcoming sequel to Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age II It was first (informally) announced on Twitter, the evening of May 19, 2011, by BioWare's Creative Lead Alistair McNally.

Development
BioWare is planning on fusing elements of both earlier games in the series, Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age II, into the creation of Dragon Age III.

Combat is also expected to differ somewhat from its predecessors and focus more on a player's ability to prepare, position and form a cohesive team with his or her party members, requiring fewer repetitive finger strikes but better thinking.

Ray Muzyka, BioWare's CEO, said in an interview with Wired.com that Dragon Age III would be influenced by more open world games, such as The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which BioWare is "checking out aggressively."

A BioWare insider mentioned that there are rumors of multiplayer being added to Dragon Age III. Not only would warriors face each other in combat, but apparently, dragons would be playable as well. The multiplayer is being developed on DICE's Frostbite 2, the same game engine used for Battlefield 3. The multiplayer is supposedly an arena-based affair and features player versus environment elements as well as player versus player, as well as humans fighting dragons.

For singleplayer, the game engine for Dragon Age III is expected to use Dragon Age II's Lycium Engine, yet it will be refined.

Plot
Dragon Age III will be set in Thedas. The game will cover more geographic territory than its predecessors, with one map being described as four to five times the size of Ferelden, the setting of the first game in the series.

BioWare mentioned that the main plot will be "saving the world from itself". The plot will involve an all out war between mages and templars, the foundations of which comprise the main plot of Dragon Age II. Along with the larger world, the player will be able to travel to around to places as far as Orlais and Tevinter to calm or encourage the fighting.

According to Dragon Age writer David Gaider, the story of the Warden "is over" and Hawke's will continue through future Dragon Age II downloadable content. Therefore, Dragon Age III will most likely showcase a new protagonist. However, in a Twitter post, BioWare employee Mike Laidlaw mentioned that playing as a different character "does not mean your old character may never appear in future games", which could indicate that the new protagonist will be able to meet Hawke and the Warden (provided that he/she survived the events of Dragon Age: Origins).

Laidlaw also confirmed the ability for players to import their save files from the first two games into Dragon Age III to "shore up world consistency".

Returning characters
Morrigan is rumored to make a return, and only a piece of concept art could indicate this. However, since BioWare is still in the "thinking" stage, it has not been confirmed whether Morrigan will be a character in Dragon Age III or not.