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BiowareRay Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk live the American

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Table of ContentsBef ore Bioware ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ........ 3

Bioware Begins ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ........ 4

Biowares Success ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .... 5



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Bef ¡

re Bioware

Both Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk

attended the University of Alberta where

they each earned medical degrees.

While attending school Muzyka

programmed software for the Faculty of

Medicine at the University. Shortly after

graduating the duo teamed up with

another young doctor named Augustine

Yip to create the Gastroenterology

Patient Simulator , an educational tool

used to help train young doctors in

Gastrointestinal procedures suchas colonoscopies.

2 T ¢ e University of Alberta

1 Dr. M £ zyaka (Lef t) and Dr. Zesc ¤ £ k (Rig ¤ t) pose for a photo

shortly af ter starting the company Bioware.



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Bioware Begins

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Biowares Success

³Bioware's vision is to reate, ! eliver, and " volve the Most " motionally " ngaging Games in

the World´- Bioware o-founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeshchuk

The quote above is the mission statement available at Bioware¶s website. They haveremained

true to their statements as critics and fans alike have helped make their games some of the most

successful and popular games in the world. Their commitment and creativity allowed these two

medical doctors to create a software company worthy of praise and precious metal as they sold

the ownership rights of Bioware to " lectronic Arts, the leading game production company in the

world.

Being a leading game developer, Bioware hasamassed a large collection of awards including:

y 2004- Game of the Year (Game # evelopers $ hoice Award)

y 2004- Best % onsole RPG (Interactive Achievement Award)

y 2004- Best P & RPG S (IAA)

y 2006- Game of the Year- Mass ' ffect ((

ew York Times)

y 2010- Studio of the Year (Spike TV Video Game Awards)

y 2010- Hall of Fame Induction (Spike TV Video Game

Awards)

y 2010- Best) box 360 Game (Spike TV Video Game

Awards)

Fig 0 re 3 Biowares Award Cabinet- Containing their most prized

awards

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game Star Wars: The Old Rep4 blic, 1 hich 1 as

a 1 arded multiple game 3 f the year a 1 ards f r 3

several differe 2 t companies. The game is also

as the second greatest Xbox game of all time

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