the game was named 2009's "Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year", as well as being nominated for 2009's "Game of the Year". At the 2009 Spike Video Game Awards, Dragon Age: Origins received the Best PC Game and Best RPG awards. It was chosen as the PC Game of the Year, Best Xbox 360 RPG of the Year, Best Story of the Year, and Best PC Role-Playing Game of the Year by IGN. The game also received Giant Bomb's Best PC Game of 2009 award and Game of the Year 2009 and RPG of the Year awards from U.S. PC Gamer. In 2010, the game was included as one of the titles in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die. Legacy Although the name "Origins" hinted that the game would be a beginning of a new franchise, the team did not expect the game to become successful and had never planned for sequels. Nonetheless, Origins spawned a franchise consisting of video games, comics, and novels. The game's sequel, Dragon Age II, which features a new protagonist and is set in the city of Kirkwall, was released in 2011. Players are able to transfer save data from Origins into the sequel; decisions that the player made during the course of Origins may impact the narrative of Dragon Age II. The third installment of the series, Dragon Age: Inquisition, was released in November 2014. Decisions made in Origins are also referenced in Inquisition; players may revisit the plot points from Origins by selecting their choices on the Tapestry feature on the online application Dragon Age Keep. According to Eurogamers Richard Cobbett, Origins marked the point at which western RPGs properly moved into the spotlight. He stated that the success of Origins proved that "a hardcore, older-fashioned game could still find a devoted audience", and that it "established a new baseline for the genre in much the same way as the original Baldur's Gate back in 1998". References Further reading External links 2009 video games Action role-playing video games BioWare games Dark fantasy role-playing video games Dragon Age Electronic Arts games Fantasy video games LGBT-related video games MacOS games PlayStation 3 games Video games about demons Video games developed in Canada Video games featuring protagonists of selectable gender Video games scored by Inon Zur Video games with alternate endings Video games with expansion packs Video games with user-generated gameplay