Dragon Age - News Roundup

Here's a wrap of a couple of previews, a video interview and an update at the official site.  First, a bullet-point preview at Kotaku based on a demo from Mike Laidlaw and some hands-on time:

Intuitive Controls: Character portraits are lined up along the left side of the screen and spells along the bottom, World of Warcraft style. You can switch characters on the fly by selecting a portrait. Movement is controlled with the keyboard and you can zoom in and out of the scene with the mouse wheel.

Spell Interaction: One of the cooler features of the game is the ability for spells to interact with one another and form new spells. In the demo I played, once you dumped the right amount of spells in an area you accidentally cast something called Storm of the Century which looked like a whirlwind of deadly magic. Once you discover one of those combo spells it is automatically added to your spellbook for purposeful use down the line.

...GameZone has a short piece from the same demo:

The battle was quite difficult, but did display the game’s combat system quite well. The battle system was very fast-paced and played out in real-time, and the on-screen chaos and intensity made it feel as though the combat had more in common with a World of Warcraft raid than Baldur’s Gate. The interface was also very MMO-like, using the mouse-keyboard combo and having the player select between special spells and attacks using the number keys and then selecting an enemy to start prepping the attack. 

GameSpot has a 4-minute plus video interview with Mike Laidlaw and the Mabari War Dogs page at the official site has some added screens.