BioWare

BioWare History

• BioWare is an electronic entertainment company specializing in creating computer, handheld and console video games.
• BioWare's vision is to deliver the best story-driven games in the world.
• Founded in 1995, BioWare recently celebrated its 12th anniversary. BioWare has studios in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and Austin, Texas.
• Dr. Ray Muzyka and Dr. Greg Zeschuk are also the Co-Executive Producers of BioWare's games.
• BioWare currently employs close to 400 people at both its Edmonton and Austin studios combined.
• BioWare's online community has over 3.8 million registered users at www.bioware.com as of January, 2008.
• In 2008, BioWare/Pandemic Studios was acquired by Electronic Arts Inc., the world's leading interactive entertainment software company.
• In November 2007, BioWare released Mass Effect™, a science fiction action RPG for Xbox 360. Mass Effect has received overwhelming critical acclaim and is based on another new, BioWare-owned IP.
• In February 2007, BioWare released Jade Empire: Special Edition for the PC, published by 2K Games.
• In September 2006, BioWare announced the formation of a new handheld game development group to begin work on Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood in partnership with SEGA for the Nintendo DS™.
• BioWare Austin opened in March 2006 and is currently developing a new Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game.
• In 2005 BioWare participated in a US$300 million merger with Pandemic Studios to form one of the strongest independent game development companies in the games industry.
• BioWare/Pandemic Studios was a partnership facilitated by private equity firm, Elevation Partners.
• In April 2005, BioWare released Jade Empire™, a martial arts action role-playing game based on a new BioWare-owned intellectual property (IP). Jade Empire was published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox video game system.
• In late 2004, BioWare launched the BioWare Online Store at store.bioware.com, an Internet-based marketplace where consumers can purchase both digital and physical BioWare-related products.
• In May 2004, BioWare announced Dragon Age™, a fantasy role-playing game based on a new BioWare-owned IP.
• Over the past decade BioWare's games and engines have sold over 20 million copies.
• BioWare licenses its game engine technology: the BioWare Infinity Engine™, which has powered a number of critically acclaimed role-playing games like Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale, Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter, and Icewind Dale II; the BioWare Aurora Engine™, which powered Neverwinter Nights 2 from Obsidian Entertainment and Atari; and the BioWare Odyssey Engine™, which was used in the development of Star Wars®: Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords from Obsidian Entertainment and LucasArts.