A new patch is now available for Dragon Age: Origins to update BioWare's RPG to version 1.03. The patch is available on the BioWare Social Network and mirrored on ActionTrip and WorthPlaying, and the patch will be applied for owners of the Steam version next time they login. The change list follows, including word on support for the Awakening expansion and fixes for long load times.

• Various changes have been made to code and resources to support the Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening expansion pack. Most of these changes do not affect Origins itself
• Some players were experiencing increasingly long load times. A major cause of this problem has been fixed
• At higher levels, non-player characters now receive a bonus to armor penetration. This mitigates an unintentional imbalance with well-armored high-level characters, since armor penetration previously did not scale as aggressively as armor itself did
• Elite-rank enemies (lieutenants) can no longer be shattered. This preserves the intended tactical design of many combat encounters
• Portraits for summoned creatures (like a ranger's wolf) were displaying improperly while in the party camp. This no longer occurs