The crew from Electronic Arts were at Hever Castle on Tuesday to film a promotional video designed to generate a buzz around the upcoming release of the new Dragon Age™: Inquisition game due out on November 21st.
The third in a gaming saga, Dragon Age: Inquisition is eagerly anticipated by fans and is based around the theme of leadership. With this guiding principle in mind, four teams of gaming enthusiasts took part in a series of quests to determine who would prove triumphant.
Led by figures from the gaming world, including Spamfish (@Spamfish), Nomanis (@EUNomanis), EA Actionman (@EA_ActionMan) and Deb Mensah-Bonsu (@DebMensahBonsu), each team took part in four different quests. One such event involved a test of strength that pitted team members against a very heavy replica wild-boar (see photo).
Brightly coloured team jumpers distinguished each team as follows:
Purple team – Cassandra’s Champions
Blue team – Dorian’s Despots
Green team – Morrigan’s Marauders
Red team – The Iron Bulls
The grounds of Hever Castle provided the perfect setting for these tests of leadership and the top two teams went on to compete to build a trebuchet, with the fastest team to complete the task declared the winner.
Recruited via social media from fans volunteering to take part, all team members will receive a copy of the game as soon as it is released.
The footage from the Dragon Age: Inquisition filming at Hever Castle will be shown on gaming website Twitch, which is the world’s leading video platform and community for gamers and was recently bought by Amazon.
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Hever Castle has played host to many important events and celebrations for over 600 years. In 1903 when William Waldorf Astor set about restoring Hever Castle to its former glory, he added the Astor Wing, to accommodate his family and guests, before creating a lake and the spectacular Italian Garden to house his impressive collection of ancient Greek and Roman statuary.
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