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BioWare Community Timeline

1996-2000









BioWare starts promoting Baldur's Gate on newsgroups Early 1996
Start of BioWare activity on official BG forums 1998
Baldur's Gate in stores Dec 1998
BG: Tales of the Sword Coast in stores Apr 1999
Baldur's Gate II in stores Sep 2000
2001
BG II: Throne of Bhaal in stores Jun 2001
forums.bioware.com launched Oct 17 2001
New www.bioware.com launched Dec 18 2001
2002
1st BioWare Wednesday (Called NW Wed) Feb 13 2002
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic forums go up Feb 28 2002
BioWare Live Team publicly announced May 1, 2002
nwn.bioware.com launches (5000 sign ups in the first week) May 17 2002
NWN in stores (85,000 sign ups in the first week) Jun 18, 2002
NWVault reports 1.5 million module downloads Aug 29, 2002
First BioWare Community Newsletter Oct 28, 2002
2003
50th BioWare Wednesday Jan 29, 2003
Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide in stores Jun 18, 2003
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark
nwn.bioware.com/underdark site launch
Aug 20, 2003
Jade Empire Announced at Tokyo Game Show, jade.bioware.com launch Sep 25, 2003
NWCon I Begins Oct 24, 2003
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic in stores Nov 18, 2003
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark in stores Dec 2, 2003
2004
100th BioWare Wednesday Jan 28, 2004
Neverwinter Nights Community Expansion Pack (CEP) launched Mar 24, 2004
NWCon II begins Apr 16, 2004
Jade Empire fully playable demo shown at E3 May 6, 2004
Dragon Age announced, dragonage.bioware.com launched May 7, 2004
Launched Dragon Age forums and FAQ May 19, 2004
125th BioWare Wednesday July 21 2004
2 Million members!! July 29 2004
BioWare Online Store launched, First Premium Neverwinter Nights Modules released Nov 10, 2004
2005
150th BioWare Wednesday Jan 19, 2005
BioWare Celebrates 10 Years of Game Development Feb 16, 2005
Jade Empire Xbox in stores Apr 14, 2005
NWN: Pirates of the Sword Coast released for sale Jun 22, 2005
Mass Effect announced Oct 4, 2005
BioWare/Pandemic partnership announced Nov 3, 2005
2006
200th BioWare Wednesday Jan 11, 2006
BioWare Austin and MMO announced Mar 13, 2006
Jade PC announced May 8, 2006
NWN: Infinite Dungeons released May 24, 2006
NWN turns 4 years old Jun 18, 2006
223rd BioWare Wednesday Jun 21, 2006
3 Million Members! June 21, 2006

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