BioWare Corp.

BioWare Corp. is an electronic entertainment company that develops computer and console games. Our published projects include: Shattered Steel, the genre-defining Baldur’s Gate role playing game series, MDK2 for Dreamcast and PC, and MDK2: Armageddon for Playstation2. Recently, BioWare released Baldur’s Gate: Throne of Bhaal, the massive expansion pack to Baldur’s Gate II Shadows of Amn. BioWare’s developers are currently hard at work on two titles to be released this year; Neverwinter Nights™ - a fantasy role playing game for single and multiplayer, and Star Wars® Knights of the Old Republic (to be published by LucasArts). As well, development is under way on a new, unannounced, third project.

Website:: http://www.bioware.com
Categories:: Software Services
Address:: 302, 10508 82 Ave
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6E 6H2

Blog Posts About BioWare Corp.

Videogame industry celebrates creativity with second-annual Canadian Videogame Awards

Electronic Arts and Bioware's Mass Effect 2 led the Canadian Videogame Awards, taking home four awards, while Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed won two. Celebrating Canadian creativity, the 2011... [more]

BioWare to expand Montreal operations for Mass Effect 3

Montreal is further establishing itself as Canada’s “second city” when it comes to video games, and further hiring by role-playing game giant BioWare isn’t hurting.... [more]

What kind of company can you build outside of the Valley?

I often get asked by investors and entrepreneurs alike how building a startup outside of Silicon Valley is possible and I always answer that it depends on what kind of company you are trying to... [more]

The state of the Canadian gaming industry

In the wake of the Canadian Video Game Awards, as covered by Warren Frey last week, many are probably wondering: just where does the Canadian video game scene stand? Recently, Canada has been... [more]

Ubisoft dominates 1st annual Canadian Videogame Awards

The Canadian Videogame Awards kicked off their inaugural ceremony last night in high style with the complete history of pixelated awesomeness encapsulated within ten minutes by Video Games Live, a... [more]

Movies, games and the cinematics of Mass Effect 2

Mass Effect 2 is one of the most widely praised games of 2010, not just for its gameplay but also for its amazing cinematics. Armando Troisi, the lead cinematic designer for Bioware, explained to... [more]

Next Level Games is hiring at GDC

Day two of the Game Developers Conference (GDC) takes place in Vancouver today with the co-founders of Edmonton's BioWare delivering today's keynote. The day one keynote was Don Mattrick of... [more]

Edmonton's BioWare launches new team in Montreal

James Brightman of GameDaily is reporting that Edmonton-based Bioware is launching a new team in Montreal using the existing Electronics Arts Montreal studio. GameDaily BIZ just got off the... [more]

STIRR in Edmonton

Tonight we held the first ever STIRR Canada event here in Edmonton. About sixty of the city’s entrepreneurs, investors, and other tech professionals came together at The Hat downtown to chat... [more]

Edmonton's Bioware is getting nervous

The Edmonton Journal seems to think hometown Bioware Corporation will be one of the nine planned studio closures that Electronic Arts (EA) announced today. Only one facility was identified in... [more]

Interactive Ontario Running Second Games Industry Finance Forum

GameON: Finance 2.0 is a games industry investment forum happening October 28-29 in Toronto, put on by the non-profit Interactive Ontario organization. The inaugural event last winter sold out,... [more]

EA picks up Bioware for close to a billion

Games giant Electronic Arts, which maintains two facilities in Vancouver, announced they will acquire Edmonton-based Bioware, along with fellow studio Pandemic, to the tune of $860 million.... [more]