BioWare Celebrates Ten Years of Game Development!

Ten years is a vast gulf of time when it comes to the world of computer games. Advances in computing power, graphics, sound, and hardware have dramatically changed the medium of computer games, and have by extension forced changes to the business of making games. BioWare has changed just as dramatically over the years from a small team of about a dozen local game enthusiasts to over 220 professionals from many different disciplines hired from all over the world with the single goal of making great games.

This month we look back at the last ten years with interviews from the original staff whose passion for computer games has only deepened in the last decade, to a look at the ever-ascending technology that is used in our games, to where the next ten years might take us.

Feature Articles

• A Timeline of BioWare Games. A brief look at the games we have created this past decade.
• BioWare Development Through the Ages. We look back at our past games and compare technology and projects. Can you guess how many average polygons were used in Shattered Steel and Jade Empire? Read on to find out the answers.
• 10 Years of BioWare, Part 1. We speak with some of the original members of the BioWare team about the early days of BioWare, their decade of experience, and where the games industry might be headed.
• 10 Years of BioWare, Part 2. We chat with Project Director of the Technical Architecture Group (TAG) and Neverwinter Nights Producer Trent Oster, Senior Artist Mike Sass, Director of Art David Hibbeln, Dragon Age Art Director Dean Anderson, and Designer John Winski.

A Timeline of BioWare Games

	1996: Shattered Steel Publisher: Interplay Platform: PC
	1998: Baldur's Gate Publisher: Black Isle Studios, Interplay Platform: PC
	1999: Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast Publisher: Black Isle Studios, Interplay Platform: PC
	2000: MDK2 Publisher: Interplay Platform: Dreamcast, PC
	2000: Baldur's Gate II:: Shadows of Amn Publisher: Black Isle Studios, Interplay Platform: PC
	2001: MDK2: Armageddon Publisher: Interplay Platform: PS2
	2001: Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal Publisher: Black Isle Studios, Interplay Platform: PC
	2002: Neverwinter Nights Publisher: Atari (formerly Infogrames) Platform: PC, Mac, Linux
	2003: NWN: Shadows of Undrentide* Publisher: Atari Platform: PC, Mac, Linux *In association with Floodgate Studios
	2003: NWN: Hordes of the Underdark Publisher: Atari Platform: PC, Mac, Linux
	2003: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Publisher: LucasArts Platform: Xbox, PC
	2004: Neverwinter Nights: Kingmaker Publisher: BioWare Corp. Platform: PC, Linux
	2004: Neverwinter Nights: ShadowGuard Publisher: BioWare Corp. Platform: PC, Linux
	2004: Neverwinter Nights: Witch's Wake Publisher: BioWare Corp. Platform: PC, Linux
	2005: Jade Empire Publisher: Microsoft Platform: Xbox