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BioWare was founded by Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk, and Augustine Yip, all three of whom had recently graduated from the University of Alberta's medical school. They each contributed $100,000 CAD in startup capital, totaling $300,000, and incorporated the company on the 1st of February 1995.
Electronic Arts announced its acquisition of VG Holding Corp., the parent partnership of BioWare and Pandemic Studios, on the 11th of October 2007. BioWare became a unit of EA but retained its own branding.
Baldur's Gate sold more than two million copies after its release, nearly matching the sales of Diablo. The sequel, Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, released in 2000, also sold two million copies.
BioWare developed several in-house engines between 1998 and 2011, including the Infinity Engine for the Baldur's Gate series, the Aurora Engine for Neverwinter Nights, the Odyssey Engine for Knights of the Old Republic and Jade Empire, and the Eclipse Engine for Dragon Age: Origins. Since 2013, all BioWare games have been built on EA's Frostbite 3 engine.
In January 2025, EA restructured and downsized BioWare after Veilguard engaged only 1.5 million players in its first quarter, about half of EA's expectations. The studio shrank from more than 200 employees to fewer than 100, with Dragon Age staff laid off and a small team retained to continue work on a new Mass Effect game.
Yes. Amazon MGM Studios officially confirmed on the 7th of November 2024 that a Mass Effect TV series is in development, following negotiations that began in late 2021. BioWare executive producer Michael Gamble will also serve as an executive producer on the adaptation.