SAN DIEGO, CA, JULY 9 - Dark Horse Comics is pleased to announce the brand-new Dark Horse-BioWare™Store as part of their booth feature for Comic-Con International 2012!

Filled with exclusive products and books tied to the ongoing publishing partnership between the premier independent comics publisher and the video game giant, the Dark Horse-BioWare Store will include the entire Mass Effect™ product line to date, including all trades, patches, playing cards and art books.

The Dark Horse-BioWare Store will also feature a selection of Dragon Age™ products including the brand new Dragon Age hardcover graphic novel, as well as patches, playing cards and statues.

Available only at SDCC, Dark Horse is offering fans three, exclusive limited-edition lithograph prints, signed or unsigned by the creative teams. BioWare staff will be in attendance at the booth to answer questions for fans young and old.

Fans have collected the Dark Horse SR-2 Alliance Normandy, the Cerberus Normandy, and now, at San Diego Comic-Con only, they have the opportunity to purchase the very limited edition Bronze Variant. Only 200 ships have been produced for this convention. Unlike the other two versions, the bronze variant has a sculpted “planetary surface” base and is packed in a limited edition box.  Also, fans will have a chance to see the debut of the Mass Effect SX3 Alliance Fighter!

Make sure to stop by booth #2615 to check out all the awesome exclusives, only available at San Diego Comic-Con 2012!

About Dark Horse

Founded in1986 by Mike Richardson, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant. The company is known for the progressive and creator-friendly atmosphere it provides for writers and artists. In addition to publishing comics from top talent such as Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, Neil Gaiman, Brian Wood, Gerard Way, Felicia Day, Guillermo Del Toro and comics legends such as Will Eisner, Neal Adams, and Jim Steranko, Dark Horse has developed its own successful properties such as The Mask, Ghost, Timecop, and SpyBoy. Its successful line of comics and products based on popular properties includes Star Wars, Mass Effect, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan, Emily the Strange, Tim Burton’s Tragic Toys for Girls and Boys, Serenity, and Domo. Today Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic book publisher in the US and is recognized as one of the world’s leading publishers of both creator-owned content and licensed comics material.

About BioWare

The BioWare Label is a division of EA which crafts high quality multiplatform role-playing, MMO, social, play-for-free and strategy games, focused on emotionally engaging, rich stories with unforgettable characters and vast worlds to discover. Since 1995, BioWare has created some of the world’s most critically acclaimed titles and franchises, including Baldur’s Gate™, Neverwinter Nights™, Star Wars®: Knights of the Old Republic™, Jade Empire™, Mass Effect™ and Dragon Age™.  BioWare currently operates in eight locations across the world, including Edmonton (Alberta, Canada), Montreal (Quebec, Canada), Austin (Texas), Fairfax (Virginia), San Francisco (California), Los Angeles (California), Sacramento (California) and Galway (Ireland).

In 2008, BioWare was acquired by Electronic Arts, a leading global interactive entertainment publisher. In 2011 EA created the BioWare Label, alongside EA Games, EA SPORTS™ and Maxis.  For more information on BioWare, visit www.bioware.com, or follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/bioware.  To join the millions of fans already registered with the BioWare community, go to http://social.bioware.com.