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BioWare is a Canadian video game developer based in Edmonton, Alberta.It was founded in 1995 by newly graduated medical doctors Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk and Augustine Yip. . Since 2007, the company has been owned by American publisher Electronic
Archetype Entertainment is an American video game development studio established as a division of game publisher Wizards of the Coast, itself a subsidiary of Hasbro.The Austin, Texas-based studio was created by Wizards in April 2019 to develop new intellectual property outside of Wizards' existing Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering franchises.
BioWare is a Canadian video game developer based in Edmonton, Alberta. [1] It was founded in 1994 by Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk, and Augustine Yip. [2] They signed a partnership with American publisher Interplay Productions to get investment and development resources for their first game Shattered Steel, [2] a mech simulation action game released in 1996. [3]
Mike Laidlaw joined BioWare in 2003. [6] Working on the action role-playing game Jade Empire , he was promoted to co-lead writer after one year due to his ability to organize other writers. [ 5 ] He was ultimately credited as the lead story developer and designer when it was released in 2005 . [ 6 ]
Star Wars: The Old Republic is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) based in the Star Wars universe. [5] [6] Developed by BioWare Austin and a supplemental team at BioWare Edmonton, the game was announced on October 21, 2008. [7]
He continued to work as the lead designer on BioWare's Dungeons and Dragons titles including Baldur's Gate 2 and Neverwinter Nights. He later led up the design on Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Dragon Age: Origins. [3] In 2006 James Ohlen moved to Austin, Texas to set up a new studio for BioWare alongside Gordon Walton and Rich Vogel.
Beamdog was founded in 2009 by Trent Oster and Cameron Tofer. It has employees in locations throughout the United States and Australia, Russia, and the UK. [2] Beamdog initially operated as a third party digital distribution storefront for PC games by independent developers.
Gregory Zeschuk CM (born 1969) [4] is a Canadian businessman who was a VP at Electronic Arts and General Manager at BioWare Austin until 2012. He co-founded video game developer BioWare in Edmonton in 1995 with Ray Muzyka and Augustine Yip, after all three earned their medical degrees from the University of Alberta. [5]