Star Wars: KotOR

BioWare’s Other Half Hit With Layoffs

Remember when EA purchased BioWare/Pandemic just over two years ago and there was much happiness and excitement surrounding the acquisition? Something tells me the joy has since been replaced with something else, at least on the Pandemic side of things.…

Greg Zeschuk Video Interview

1UP’s GameVideos service is hosting an interesting three-part video interview with BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk. The series spans a total of 33 minutes worth of discussion about Dragon Age: Origins, the company’s history, their previous RPGs, and a whole lot…

Eight BioWare Moments That Shocked Us

Apparently BioWare didn’t even exist prior to Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, because none of the company’s eight most “shocking” moments cited by GameDaily go back any farther than 2003. Jade Empire: That little girl’s got bite! As…

The History of BioWare

Dutch website GameCloud has published an interesting article that briefly covers the history of BioWare and the games they’ve developed over the years. Several pictures complement the article, though English speakers will have to make use of this Google translation…

Consider, BioWare, The Non-Epic RPG

Kotaku is tired of saving the world in every BioWare-developed RPG, so they grilled co-founder Greg Zeschuk during PAX about why all of their games seem so formulaic. When Zeschuk and I spoke a couple of weeks ago at the…

Ray Muzyka Video Interview

GameTrailers has slapped up a six-and-a-half minute interview with BioWare’s Ray Muzyka, in which the doctor-turned-developer talks about his favorite RPGs, gameplay-driven narrative, and much more. The video goes crazy at the 2:00 mark, but the audio is fine throughout.

Star Wars: KotOR and Majesty Get Steamed

If you’ve been wondering if Dragon Age: Origins is going to hit Steam, the fact that Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is now on Valve’s download service is a promising sign. As an added bonus, Cyberlore Studios’ gold…

The Big Quest(ion)

Rock, Paper, Shotgun has kicked up an analysis of the side quests we’re typically given during role-playing games, and how they could be improved upon if developers allow them to have a real impact on the game world. Mass Effect,…

Playing Favorites: BioWare’s Ray Muzyka

BioWare co-founder Ray Muzyka has conjured up a list of his ten favorite video games for IndustryGamers’ latest “Playing Favorites” feature. BioShock (#10), World of Warcraft (#), Ultima IV (#4), Wasteland/Fallout (tied for #3), Wizardry I (#2), and System Shock…