The Dragon's Den star revealed the news on Twitter and it was later confirmed by the retailer.
Although, the star of the Irish version of "Dragon's Den" has been open about his past membership of Fianna Fail he has tried to play it down during this campaign, emphasising his independent position.
While the vast majority of these worlds are centered around a videogame (kill the dragon, blow up the Death Star, shoot the Nazis), people are doing far more than just "playing" in them.
The most disappointed man in Dublin after the votes were counted was independent candidate Sean Gallagher, a former star of the Irish version of the TV show Dragon's Den.
The two former doctors founded Bioware in 1995, and developed iconic titles like Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and most recently, Star Wars: The Old Republic (an MMO).
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She will star as Lisbeth Salander in the studio's upcoming version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the first of a planned trilogy based on Stieg Larsson's bestselling novels.
On Twitter, tributes came from the likes of England footballers Jack Wilshere and Rio Ferdinand, Dragon's Den entrepreneurs Peter Jones, Duncan Bannatyne and Deborah Meaden, snooker star Jimmy White, former prime minister's wife Sarah Brown, television presenter Ben Shephard and teenage diving star Tom Daley, whose father died of a brain tumour earlier this year.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon actress Zhang Ziyi ranked No. 2 in the overall list, and international film star Gong Li was No. 5.
But I suspect that the single-player experience of Dragon Age will remain more appealing to me than any multi-player romp through the Star Wars universe, no matter how badly the promise of the mythical MMO still appeals to me even as the experience continues to let me down.
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