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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BioWare Corp is Alberta’s #1 Fastest Growing Company.

Game development staff put Edmonton developer at the top of the list.

EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada – January 03rd, 2002 – BioWare Corp. is pleased to announce that it has been named The Fastest Growing Company in Alberta - 2001, by Alberta Venture Magazine and Grant Thornton Chartered Accountants/Management Consultants. The listing ranks Alberta companies by assessing points in 10 different categories, including growth in gross sales, assets, profitability and number of employees.

This is the fourth time that BioWare has placed in the top 30 ranking of Alberta’s fastest growing companies (previously placing 2^nd, 12^th and 15^th) and this award completes a successful year of business leadership awards for BioWare, including:

• Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year – Software and Information Prairie Region
• ASTech Award – Outstanding Commercial Achievement in Alberta Science and Technology
• 11^th Place, Fastest Growing Companies – Profit 100 Magazine (Canadian companies)
• 27^th Place, Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 (Canadian technology companies)
• 287^th Place, Deloitte & Touche Fast 500 (North American technology companies)

"Our staff can take all the credit for our successes to date," said Dr. Ray Muzyka, Joint CEO – BioWare Corp. "The designers, programmers, artists and administrators at BioWare are an extremely creative, talented and hard working group of people." Adds Dr. Greg Zeschuk, Joint CEO – BioWare Corp., "This ranking reflects their incredible dedication. We’re honoured that they’ve chosen to work with us."

About BioWare Corp.

BioWare Corp. is an electronic entertainment company that develops computer and console games. Our published projects include: Shattered Steel, the genre-defining Baldur’s Gate role playing game series, MDK2 for Dreamcast and PC, and MDK2: Armageddon for Playstation2. Recently, BioWare released Baldur’s Gate: Throne of Bhaal, the massive expansion pack to Baldur’s Gate II Shadows of Amn. BioWare’s developers are currently hard at work on two titles to be released this year; Neverwinter Nights™ - a fantasy role playing game for single and multiplayer, and Star Wars® Knights of the Old Republic (to be published by LucasArts). As well, development is under way on a new, unannounced, third project.