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Electronic Arts has appointed BioWare Austin’s Matthew Bromberg as group general manager of its BioWare label. Venture Beatreports on the appointment, which fills the leadership void left when BioWare co-founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschukannounced their retirementa year ago this month. Bromberg served as Major League Gaming’s CEO and president …
Read More »Minecraft PC sales cross 12m, Mass Effect DLC planned for 360 Edition
Calling Minecraft the golden goose of Mojang seems a bit understated at this point. The original version of the game (PC/Mac/Linux) has surpassed 12m copies sold, according to its official sales ticker. Combined with dated console and mobile numbers, that moves Minecraft to well over 20m copies sold across all …
Read More »Gears of War producer exits Epic for BioWare
Chris Wynn gets key role on Mass Effect 4 as senior development director
Read More »Gears of War producer Chris Wynn departs for Mass Effect team
Epic Games producer Chris Wynn is set to exit the company for a position with BioWare to focus on the future of the Mass Effect series. The Gears of War 3 lead producer and Gears of War: Judgment senior producer took to twitter to announce his acceptance of his new …
Read More »Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic makes shock arrival on iPad
BioWare’s classic RPG Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is now available on iPad. No-one even knew the port was in the works until IGN went live with a shock review for the title on Wednesday. The game has since become available on the Apple App Store for 6.99. …
Read More »BioWare selling replica ME3 M-77 Paladin pistol for $400
Arguably the ultimate Mass Effect replica is currently available to buy from BioWare’s online store. Made by collectibles specialist Triforce, the SKU is a real-life replica of the game’s M-77 Paladin pistol. It weighs seven grams and is supposedly hand-painted. Only 200 units will be produced and sold worldwide. Should …
Read More »Zeschuk: EA allows developers creative freedom
Publishing giant 'gives you enough rope to hang yourself with'
Read More »"EA gives you enough rope to hang yourself"
BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk has spoken up for his studio’s owner and publisher EA. In the same Games Industryinterview where he discussed the console market’s poor health, Zeschuk shed light on working under the company crowned worst in America. The best analogy I use, in a positive way, is EA …
Read More »BioWare dev calls for more transparency
More communication between developers means better games, says Manveer Heir
Read More »GDC 13: Why female protagonists in games are rare
Industry needs to be spurred on by financial gain to adopt changes, says BioWare writer
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