is a .
Muzyka and Zeschuk are currently joint
CEOs of BioWare; Yip left in early 1997 to return to medicine.
In
November 2005 , it was announced that BioWare and
Pandemic Studios would be joining forces, with
Elevation Partners overseeing the partnership. However, both companies will retain their identities.
On March 13,
2006 , Bioware announced that they opened a new studio in
Austin, Texas headed by industry veterans
Gordon Walton and
Richard Vogel , which is already working on developing an
MMORPG .
Bioware created the
Infinity Engine , which was used as a core component for development of
2D computer
Role-playing Game s based on ''
Dungeons & Dragons '', such as ''
Baldur's Gate '' and ''
Icewind Dale ''. For their game ''
Neverwinter Nights '', launched in 2002, Bioware developed the
Aurora Engine , the basis for a number of successful computer and console 3D RPGs thereafter.
''Neverwinter Nights'' shipped with a number of tools allowing users to create their own role-playing adventures for single and multiplayer online. The tools, using the Aurora Engine, have been adapted to many forms of gameplay and storytelling, with thousands of amateur and professional modules available on various web sites; some released for sale as premium content. ''Neverwinter Nights'' was a pioneering example of user-created game content commercially supported and distributed over the
Internet .
The '', which was based on the Aurora engine. BioWare is currently developing the
Dragon Age Engine for the game ''Dragon Age''.
After years of working with licensed content, particularly from the ''D&D'' world, BioWare began efforts to develop RPG ''
Dragon Age '' and ''
Mass Effect '' for
Xbox 360 , using the third version of the
Unreal Engine . Bioware is also working on a new engine called 'the Eclipse engine'
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BioWare is maintaining a limited oversight on the development of '''' in the same limited capacity.
In addition to numerous game awards, the company has been been awarded with a number of business related awards:
The full list of awards can be found on their webpage
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