BioWare

Creating Worlds of Adventure, Conflict, and Companionship that Inspire You to Become the Hero of Your Story. BioWare develops high-quality console, PC, and online role-playing games focused on rich stories, unforgettable characters, and vast worlds to discover. Since 1995, BioWare has created some of the world's most critically acclaimed video games, including Baldur's Gate™ , Neverwinter Nights™ , Star Wars ™: Knights of the Old Republic™ , Jade Empire™ , Mass Effect™ , and Dragon Age™ . In 2008, BioWare was acquired by Electronic Arts , a leading global interactive entertainment publisher. BioWare operates in Edmonton (Alberta, Canada), and Austin (Texas, United States). Currently announced projects at BioWare include Dragon Age™: The Veilguard , the next installment of our epic RPG franchise whose last entry earned Game of the Year accolades in 2014. We are also working on the next Mass Effect™ game, one of the highest rated video game franchises of all time. Deep within a western Canadian province known for big skies, majestic mountains, and golden fields, BioWare was born. A true Canadian success story, BioWare's humble beginnings make its achievements all the more remarkable. The unlikely merging of medicine and computer games as impetus for a start-up company is not as strange as you might think. Drs. Greg Zeschuk, Ray Muzyka, and Augustine Yip may have met in medical school, but it was their shared love of computer games, animation, and comics that cemented their future partnership. Prior to founding BioWare, they estimate that, between the three of them, they played every computer game ever made. Not as easy to do as you would think, considering they had medical school to attend to. BioWare’s first big commercial release was a mech-style game called Shattered Steel (October, 1996), which was developed with a Calgary subcontractor, Pyrotek Game Studios. Using a powerful graphics engine that created a reality not yet seen in video games, its demo garnered the attention of Interplay Productions, a computer game publisher headquartered in Irvine, California. Interplay saw potential in the talented and hardworking group of designers, artists, and programmers, and signed BioWare to a multi-game agreement. Since 1995, BioWare has created some of the world's most critically acclaimed video games, including Baldur's Gate™ , Neverwinter Nights™ , Star Wars ™: Knights of the Old Republic™ , Jade Empire™ , Mass Effect™ and Dragon Age™ . In 2008, BioWare was acquired by Electronic Arts , a leading global interactive entertainment publisher. Currently announced projects at BioWare include Dragon Age: Veilguard™ , the next installment of our epic RPG franchise whose last entry earned Game of the Year accolades in 2014. We are also working on the next Mass Effect™ game, one of the highest-rated video game franchises of all time. Note: BioWare's corporate office is unable to provide service or support for any Electronic Arts title. For account or technical assistance, please visit help.ea.com Click here to see how to request permission to use EA content for marketing materials, educational materials, tournaments, and other purposes.