Their next development project, therefore, was determined to be a role-playing game. īioWare's founders and staff were keenly interested in both computerized and pen-and-paper variants of role-playing games. A sequel to Shattered Steel was planned for 1998 but never realized. Two noteworthy points were the deformable terrain (player weapon damage caused craters in the environment) and zone damage (well-placed gunfire could shoot mounted weapons off enemies). Shattered Steel 's release was described by IGN as a 'modest success' with 'decent sales'. BioWare's first game was released the following year. Brent Oster and Trent Oster left BioWare at that time to form Pyrotek Studios, which continued developing Shattered Steel but broke up a year later, with Trent returning to BioWare to finish the game. A publishing deal for Shattered Steel was eventually signed with Interplay Entertainment. This demo was submitted to ten publishers, seven of whom returned to the company with an offer. Their first game, Shattered Steel, began its life as a proof-of-concept demo, similar to the MechWarrior games. 1990s: Shattered Steel and Baldur's Gate To make their first game, they pooled their resources, which resulted in capital of $100,000. Their success in the medical field provided them with the funding they needed to launch a video game company. The three doctors (Muzyka, Zeschuk, Yip), who had recently graduated together from medical school at the University of Alberta had done some programming for use in school and played video games for recreation, eventually deciding to develop their own. 1.4 2010s: Muzyka and Zeschuk's departure, Mass Effect on hiatus, AnthemīioWare was established in February 1995 by Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk, Trent Oster, Brent Oster, Marcel Zeschuk, and Augustine Yip.1.3 2000s: EA acquisition, Mass Effect and Dragon Age.1.2 1990s: Shattered Steel and Baldur's Gate.

Bioware games list characters