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Canadian game developer shoots and scores big in a number of arenas.
EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada – March 01, 2002 – BioWare Corp. is pleased to announce that Baldur’s Gate II: Throne of Bhaal was named the Computer Role Playing Game of the Year by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) last night at the Fifth Annual Interactive Achievement Awards in Las Vegas. The AIAS achievement award event recognizes outstanding achievement in interactive content and in the interactive community. This recognition is the 3rd time in the 5-year history of the awards that BioWare’s games have been honoured, twice in the Role Playing Game of the Year category.
Also last night in Calgary, Alberta, BioWare received the Employer of Youth Award of Distinction at the prestigious Alberta Business Awards of Distinction ceremony – hosted by the Alberta Chambers of Commerce. The award recognizes employers of youth, who provide growth in the workplace through training and education.
As well as receiving these two awards yesterday, BioWare’s message boards recorded a new milestone 200,000 messages since their creation in October 2001. Visit http://forums.bioware.com to see what all the excitement is about.
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, MDK 2 for Dreamcast and PC, and MDK 2: Armageddon for PlayStation 2. Recently, BioWare released the award winning Baldur’s Gate Throne of Bhaal, a 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 Dungeons and Dragons® fantasy role playing game for single and multiplayer (to be published by Infogrames), 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. BioWare information can be found online at www.bioware.com.