Are you a writer? Do you want to work for BioWare?

BioWare is announcing one of the most exciting contests in our history. Anyone who has dreamed of writing professionally will find this a unique opportunity to get their work noticed by the right people.

Contest details in the BioZone!

A growing group of talent who honed their skills working on free community content is now using their experience to develop BioWare's next crop of roleplaying games. Read about these success stories:

• Brian Chung - DLA member now BioWare technical artist
• Rick Burton - Community module creator
• Francis Lacuna - DLA member now BioWare character artist
• Georg Zoeller (designer), Tim Smith (programmer), Emmanuel Lusinchi (designer), Yaron Jakobs (designer).

Each Wednesday, BioWare features new content and community products from around the globe for fans of Neverwinter Nights.

The Making of BloodSpell

Ever wanted to make a feature length animated film? Need a bit of help in knowing where to start and what is required? Check out the huge, three part series on the making of BloodSpell from a group called Strange Company.

Ambrosia Persistent World

Explore Neverwinter nights in a whole new way with the custom scripted persistent world of Ambrosia.

Students Try Their Hand at Game Design

Students at the University of Alberta are getting a crash course in game design using Neverwinter Nights.

BioWare's martial arts action-RPG, Jade Empire, is included on the list of games that will work just fine on the next generation console, the Xbox 360. Science fiction fans will also see Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic on Microsoft's list of about 200 Xbox games making the leap forward.

Want to win an Xbox 360?
Stop reading and enter!

As part of the BioWare Wednesday features, we bring you a closer look at two playable characters from Jade Empire:

Scholar Ling
Channeling Chi is her specialty.

Lu the Prodigy
He excels at adapting to exploit weaknesses of his enemies.

Penny Arcade's Child's Play charity raises money for toys, games, and cash for sick kids in Children's Hospitals across the globe. There are no "Administrative Fees" and all gifts and donations go directly to the hospitals for distribution to sick kids. BioWare is making a donation this year and we hope you will too. Visit the Child's Play website to pick the specific hospital you'd like to support.