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BioWare is a video game production company based in Edmonton, Canada. Founded by three doctors, the company was bought buy Electronic Arts (EA) for $860 million in October 2007.Joystiq: EA to acquire BioWare Corp. and Pandemic Studios(October 11, 2007) The sale is between Electronic Arts and VG Holding Corp. (VGH), which encompasses BioWare Corp. and Pandemic Studios.CNNMoney: EA to pay $860M for rival game maker (October 11, 2007) EA will pay $620 million in cash and another $155 million in equity to "certain employees."Joystiq: EA to acquire BioWare Corp. and Pandemic Studios(October 11, 2007)
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- Established: 1995
- HQ: Edmonton, Alberta and Austin, Texas
- Founders: Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk, and Augustine Yip
- Subsidiary of Electronic Arts
- Electronic Arts Stock Symbol: ERTS, NASDAQ
- Deal Structure: $620 million in cash, $155 million in equity, VG Holdings stock options valued at around $50 million and a $35 million loan to VGH
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Thank you, Bioware. Thank you for choosing to go with SQL Server Express 2005 and making this toolset install such an epic headache.
@evansims | November 10, 2009 07:23 PM -
@Talyn328 How does Bioware do them different than any MMO out there? I can't remember any Bioware game that was that different from an MMO.
@heartless_gamer | November 10, 2009 07:06 PM -
Challenges of porting a computer game to a new platform - Bioware's Dragon Age & Green Ronin's Pen & Paper game: http://zmjim.xrt.me
@TonysRunes | November 10, 2009 07:02 PM -
Amazing how BioWare and Bethesda can do character levels so right, and MMO's get them so wrong.
@Talyn328 | November 10, 2009 07:01 PM -
My first 48 (or slightly more) hours with Dragon Age: Origins http://tinyurl.com/yfsqrkv #DAO #bioware
@VillageGamer | November 10, 2009 06:57 PM
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Only a game? U2's Bono funds violent game that targets Venezuela.(Pandemic/Bioware Studios' Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, video game): An article from: St. Louis Journalism Review - $9.95
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