BioWare Montreal Interview

BioWare Montreal was started up just last year and assisted on the development of Mass Effect 2.  To learn more about the studio, CBC interviews director Yanick Roy, learning about the studio’s recent expansion and their continued assistance on the Mass Effect franchise.

“Now that we’ve proven ourselves and shown that we can be successful, we’re taking the next step,” Montreal studio director Yanick Roy said. “We’re also doubling our contribution to whatever happens next in the Mass Effect franchise.”

The Montreal studio has already added eight employees over the summer, and the remaining 20 new hires will comprise programmers, designers and artists. BioWare is looking for more senior people, Roy said, as they will form the core of a studio that will ultimately employ about 150 people.

Roy said he hopes to get to that level in two to three years, which would allow the Montreal operation to create its own games. BioWare currently has about 350 employees in Edmonton, who work on two franchises: Mass Effect and Dragon Age.