It comprises the RPG / MMO Group within Electronic Arts, with Muzyka, EA Senior VP and the Group General Manager and Zeschuk EA VP and Group Creative Officer of the BioWare Group ; co-founder Doctor Yip left in early 1997 to return to medicine.

The growth of the RPG / MMO Group as part of Electronic Arts in 2008 + has resulted in three additional studios being added to the BioWare Group outside BioWare's original home base in Edmonton.

In 2009 Mythic Entertainment, based in Fairfax, Virginia, became part of the RPG / MMO Group, later being renamed BioWare Mythic in early 2010.

In the aftermath of the controversy, Forbes contributor Erik Kain wrote that it " may end up being a healthy one for the industry, opening a new chapter in gamer / developer / publisher relations ", calling BioWare and EA's decision to act on the fans ' complaints a " remarkable " choice that made gamers realize " that they are entitled, and that it isn't a bad thing, to quality games ".

On June 24, 2009, it was announced that as part of EA's restructuring plan Mythic Entertainment and BioWare would come together under a new RPG / MMO division headed by BioWare General Manager Dr. Ray Muzyka.

When Interplay financed " exploratory development ", BioWare presented the publishers with a demo called Battleground: Infinity.

Neverwinter Nights was originally to be published by Interplay, but the company lost the license of the game to Atari and part of their Dungeons & Dragons license, to BioWare.

The most successful subsequent Interplay franchise was probably Baldur's Gate, a Dungeons & Dragons game that was developed by BioWare, and which spawned a successful expansion, sequel and spin-off series.

Initially BioWare was contracted for Shattered Steel for Interplay.

Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast is a role-playing video game in a high fantasy setting, developed by BioWare and published by Interplay in April 1999.

On June 24, 2010, Interplay announced that it was planning to release MDK2 to the Wii platform through its WiiWare service to be developed by Beamdog, which was founded by ex-members of BioWare and is also an online gaming distribution site, much like Steam.

Developed by BioWare and published by Interplay Entertainment.

Later, EA announced that BioWare would be merged with Mythic Entertainment, another division of EA, so that they could have all of their RPG development in one business unit.

Electronic Arts announced on June 24, 2009, that they are restructuring their RPG and MMO games development into a new group that includes both Mythic Entertainment and BioWare.

** BioWare Mythic ( formerly Mythic Entertainment )

It was developed by Mythic Entertainment ( currently known as BioWare Mythic ) and was simultaneously released in North and South Americas, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand on September 18, 2008.

BioWare Mythic ( formerly Mythic Entertainment, EA Mythic, Inc. and Interworld Productions ) is a video game developer in Fairfax, Virginia which is most widely recognized for developing the 2001 massively multiplayer online role-playing game Dark Age of Camelot.

Jacobs left EA in June 2009 after the company decided to merge BioWare with Mythic Entertainment.

Gaming fans have also recently made a big impact on content developers, namely BioWare Corp.

BioWare is currently working on Dragon Age III, along with an additional project about which no details have yet been revealed.

Buckling under the pressure of this heated demand, BioWare released a DLC ( downloadable content ) packet on June 26, 2012 in hopes of reconciling the game's endings and soothing the fandom's aggression.

MDK 2 was released on PC, Dreamcast, and eventually PlayStation 2, offering BioWare their first taste of developing games for consoles.

In 2007, BioWare released the science fiction RPG Mass Effect.

The following year, BioWare released Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood on the Nintendo DS, its first title for a handheld game console.

Near the end of 2009, BioWare released the fantasy RPG Dragon Age: Origins, and in January 2010, Mass Effect 2.

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Computer games released by BioWare.

One year later, the last game in the Jedi Knight series, Jedi Academy, was released, as well as Knights of the Old Republic, a BioWare RPG that debuted on the Microsoft Xbox and PC.

Another MMORPG titled Star Wars: The Old Republic was developed by BioWare, which released globally on December 20, 2011.

The engine was first used by BioWare to produce the critically acclaimed Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic released on November 19, 2003.

BioWare has included female same-sex scenes in Mass Effect and allowed sexual interaction between any gender group in Dragon Age: Origins.

" The team would go on to release such critically acclaimed games as Fallout 2, Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale and produce the critically acclaimed Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn in conjunction with BioWare.

Jeffery's main accomplishment during his tenure at LucasArts was forging new relations with external developers to fully develop the Star Wars gaming IP, such as Pandemic Studios, Planet Moon Studios, The Collective, Raven Software and BioWare.

On June 24, 2009, EA announced it will merge two of its development studios, BioWare and Mythic into one single role-playing video game and MMO development powerhouse.

Also includes BioWare Victory which was integrated into BioWare in December 2011.

In early 2010, Mythic was moved completely into the BioWare RPG group within EA, changing its name to BioWare Mythic.

Gernsback's importance to science fiction was acknowledged by video game developer BioWare, who named a vessel after him in the game Mass Effect 2.

While the Bhaalspawn Saga was originally developed exclusively by BioWare for the Personal Computer, in 2012 Atari revealed that Beamdog and Overhaul Games would remake the games in HD.

BioWare is a Canadian video game developer founded in February 1995 by newly graduated medical doctors Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk, and Augustine Yip.

BioWare is currently owned by American company Electronic Arts.

BioWare specializes in role-playing video games, and became famous for launching highly praised and successful licensed franchises, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.

In 2011, BioWare launched their first MMORPG, Star Wars: The Old Republic.

BioWare was established in February 1995 by Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk, and Augustine Yip, who had graduated together from medical school at the University of Alberta.

At this point, BioWare decided to return to the action genre.

MDK 2 drew the same level of praise as its predecessor but, despite the success, BioWare returned to the Baldur's Gate series for their next project.

Following Interplay's bankruptcy, BioWare began to work with Infogrames, which was later renamed to Atari.

After selling their D & D license to Atari, BioWare developed Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Jade Empire.

In November 2005, it was announced that BioWare and Pandemic Studios ( itself founded by former Activision employees ) would be joining forces, with private equity fund Elevation Partners investing in the partnership.

BioWare therefore became a unit of EA, but retained its own branding.

BioWare completed three major games between 2011 and 2012.

The MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic is based on BioWare's previous contribution to the Star Wars franchise, and was announced on October 21, 2008, although BioWare had first mentioned an unspecified new collaboration with LucasArts in October the previous year.