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BioWare Interview

Ten Ton Hammer has published a two-page, article-style interview they conducted with BioWare doctors Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk about their roots in the medical field and their eventual transition to video game development. It’s hard to imagine that such…

Baldur’s Gate Retrospective

Capitalizing on the release of Dragon Age: Origins, Resolution Magazine has put together a quick retrospective of the game that officially put BioWare on the map – Baldur’s Gate. Narrative is vitally important in RPGs, and while Baldur’s Gate certainly…

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…

A Quick History of the RPG

There’s another fun little article to feast upon today, and this time it’s a history/overview of the role-playing game as told by the enthusiasts over at… Gametard. I’ll let these two paragraphs speak for themselves: In the late 90’s, both…

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…

Black Isle RPGs to be Re-released on October 30th

According to this listing on Amazon UK, new boxed versions of Baldur’s Gate (+ ToSC), Baldur’s Gate II (+ ToB), Icewind Dale (+ HoW), Icewind Dale II, and Planescape: Torment are due for release on October 30th. There doesn’t appear…

GameSpy’s 25 Favorite PC Games of the ’90s

Several of GameSpy’s editors have contributed to a new feature that counts down their 25 favorite PC games from the 1990’s. Notable mentions include EverQuest, Diablo, The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, Baldur’s Gate, and System Shock 2. When gamers hear…

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…

Ten RPGs You Might Have Missed, But Shouldn’t Have

The editors at Elder Geek are worried that we may have missed some solid role-playing games over the past decade or so, and have taken it upon themselves to round up the best of the underdogs. Well, if you can…