BioWare Corp. ranked in Fast 50 second year in a row.

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EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada - August 22nd, 2002 - BioWare Corp. today announced that it is once again included in the Deloitte & Touche Canadian Technology Fast 50 - a ranking of Canada's fastest growing technology companies, both public and private, from all technology sectors.

"It's an honour to be numbered among these other important and successful Canadian businesses as one of Canada's fastest growing technology companies" said Dr. Greg Zeschuk - Joint CEO of BioWare Corp. "We are fortunate to have some of the best people in the video game industry working with us on some of the coolest game projects around - such as Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, a new Star Wars story for the Xbox and PC", he concluded.

"Both BioWare and CodeBaby - another new software company Greg and I are co-chairmen of, have cultures of dedication to quality and open communication. It's these qualities and the creativity of our staff that have enabled us to succeed in the video game entertainment industry here at BioWare. This ranking of our growth is really a reflection of our employees' creativity and hard work", said Dr. Ray Muzyka - Joint CEO of BioWare Corp.

BioWare Corp. is an electronic entertainment company that develops computer and console games. Neverwinter Nights™, recently published by Atari (Infogrames), was the most anticipated RPG of the year winning numerous industry and trade show awards throughout its development. Previously published projects include: Shattered Steel™, the genre-defining Baldur's Gate™ role playing game series for the PC, MDK™2 for Dreamcast and PC, and MDK™2: Armageddon for PlayStation®2. BioWare's developers are currently hard at work on Star Wars:® Knights of the Old Republic™ (to be published by LucasArts) for the Xbox and PC. Development continues on our 'secret' new project for PC, as well as our other 'secret' Xbox console game to be published by Microsoft. BioWare information can be found online at www.bioware.com.

CodeBaby™ is creating the next-generation intelligent interface to the Internet. Using the latest in graphics engine technology, CodeBaby will be a truly interactive and dynamic interface to on-line content and functionality. Unlike present Internet interfaces, the CodeBaby interface will work with users to learn about their preferences and then 'recommend' information, media, and services that are of likely interest to them. In effect, this is a state-of-the-art personal virtual agent that helps you navigate effortlessly through the on-line world. Our vision is to earn our users' trust and respect while bringing the best internet/digital media content to them, based on their own tastes and opinions. CodeBaby will do all of this while being both entertaining and engaging. By building an interactive and more intuitive interface, our mission is to make Internet users more effective in their use of the Internet, Internet technology and digital media. This, in turn, will become the platform to spur innovative new types of media and more effectively distribute them. CodeBaby information can be found at www.CodeBaby.com.