BioWare

BioWare
	Headquarters at the Epcor Tower
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	1 February 1995
Founders	Ray Muzyka; Greg Zeschuk; Trent Oster; Brent Oster; Marcel Zeschuk; Augustine Yip;
Headquarters	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Key people	Gary McKay; (Vice-president and general manager);
Products	List of BioWare video games
Number of employees	320 (2019)
Parent	VG Holding Corp. (2005–2007); Electronic Arts (2007–present);
Subsidiaries	See § Subsidiaries
Website	bioware.com

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, alongside Trent Oster, Brent Oster, and Marcel Zeschuk. Since 2007, the company has been owned by American publisher Electronic Arts.

BioWare specializes in role-playing video games, and achieved recognition for developing highly praised and successful licensed franchises: Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. They proceeded to make several other successful games based on original intellectual property: Jade Empire, the Mass Effect series, and the Dragon Age series. In 2011, BioWare launched their first massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), Star Wars: The Old Republic.

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