The Dragon Age website offers downloads of the promised playable demo for Dragon Age II, BioWare's RPG sequel. In the demo, players will venture through the game's prologue, choosing from three different character classes.

They'll also learn more about Hawke and hone their skills and abilities that will make them the ultimate hero. After finishing the prologue, players will enter a key new location in the world of Dragon Age, Kirkwall, befriending Isabela, a romantic interest in the game who is also a deadly smuggler.

Upon completion of the demo, players will unlock a special weapon, Hayder's Razor, an ancient dwarven blade which increases health, mana, and combat abilities, in the full release of Dragon Age 2. If the PC, PlayStation and Xbox 360 demos reach a total of 1 million downloads, BioWare will also unlock two other items in the full game. The items are two books, The Far Cliffs of Kirkwall, which gives money when read, and Lothering's Lament, which gives an XP boost when read. All you need to do in order to ensure you get these unlocks is log into your EA account when playing the demo for the game. The full game ships on March 8, 2011 in the U.S. and March 11, 2011 in Europe. The demo is 1.98GB