develop 100 £13.77m
BIOWARE« UK RETAIL REVENUE IN 2011
21 ABOUT FRANCHISES CREATED
Dragon Age • Mass Effect • Baldur’s Gate • Neverwinter Nights STUDIO’S 2011 BESTSELLERS DRAGON AGE II PLAYSTATION 3
FORMATS XBOX 360
PC
STAR WARS: THE OLD REPUBLIC
TOTAL PC
TOTAL
MASS EFFECT 2 XBOX 360 PC
TOTAL
DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS - ULTIMATE ED.
MASS EFFECT XBOX 360 TOTAL
XBOX 360 TOTAL
PLAYSTATION 3 PC
PLAYSTATION 3 PUBLISHER ELECTRONIC ARTS
ELECTRONIC ARTS ELECTRONIC ARTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
ELECTRONIC ARTS ELECTRONIC ARTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
MICROSOFT RELEASE DATE TOTAL REV
ELECTRONIC ARTS MAR 2011 £3.58m ELECTRONIC ARTS MAR 2011 £1.71m ELECTRONIC ARTS MAR 2011 £0.83m £6.13m
DEC 2011 £3.83m £3.83m
JAN 2011 JAN 2010 JAN 2010
OCT 2010 OCT 2010 OCT 2010
£2.06m £0.44m £0.14m £2.64m
£0.30m £0.21m £0.15m £0.66m
NOV 2007 £0.24m £0.24m
Founded: 1995 (Bought in 2007) In-house (Owned by Electronic Arts) Location: Edmonton, Canada
www.bioware.com
BioWare is today a giant of games development, specialising in glossy blockbuster action-RPGs such as Mass Effect and Dragon Age. Established in 1995 by then
recently graduated medical doctors Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk, and Augustine Yip, BioWare built a name for itself with the Baldur’s Gate series. Perhaps surprisingly, Dragon
Age II plays the biggest part in BioWare’s standing in this Develop 100, although the none- too-small matter of Star Wars: The Old Republic can also take much of the credit. It is also the creator of an isometric-RPG focused tech known as the Infinity Engine. Looking ahead, the
blockbuster success of this year’s Mass Effect 3 means a high place in next year’s listing is all but guaranteed.
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