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BioWare is an electronic entertainment company best known for its computer roleplaying games. It is based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, with a second studio in Austin, Texas, USA, and a third in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

History[]

BioWare's first Star Wars game was Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, released for both Microsoft Xbox and PC in 2003.

On November 3, 2005, Elevation Partners, a private equity firm, announced the creation of a partnership between BioWare and Pandemic Studios, the developers of Star Wars: Battlefront and its sequel, Star Wars: Battlefront II. Though they now have common ownership and pool their expertise to develop games, both companies retain their individual staffs and brands.[3] On October 11, 2007, Electronic Arts announced they had purchased both studios from Elevation Partners.[2]

Years of rumors and wishful thinking by fans surrounded the possibility of a BioWare-produced Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 3 or some other Star Wars project. BioWare's spokespeople typically responded to these rumors by stating their intention to focus on original titles (such as Jade Empire, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age: Origins) rather than licensed games. However, in 2007, a LucasArts-BioWare partnership to produce a "ground-breaking interactive entertainment product" was announced, though details were vague.[4]

In the following months, rumors persisted about the development of a new Knights of the Old Republic video game, spurred on by leaks from within BioWare[5] and LucasArts[6] and the registration of "Star Wars The Old Republic"[7] and "The Old Republic"[8] as LucasArts trademarks. During the E3 2008 expo, Electronic Arts executive John Riccitello confirmed that the game Star Wars: The Old Republic would be connected to the Knights of the Old Republic series of video games.[9] It was released in North America and Europe on December 20, 2011.

In June 2023, BioWare handed off maintenance and further development of Star Wars: The Old Republic to Broadsword Online Games after almost 12 years under BioWare. The majority of the Old Republic development team at BioWare was intended to join Broadsword to continue to work on the game.[10][11][12]

Gameography[]

Year Title Platform
2003 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic PC, Xbox, iOS,

Android, Nintendo Switch

2011 Star Wars: The Old Republic PC
2013 Star Wars: The Old Republic: Rise of the Hutt Cartel PC
2014 Star Wars: The Old Republic: Galactic Starfighter PC
2014 Star Wars: The Old Republic: Galactic Strongholds PC
2014 Star Wars: The Old Republic: Shadow of Revan PC
2015 Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire PC
2016 Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Eternal Throne PC
2019 Star Wars: The Old Republic: Onslaught PC
2022 Star Wars: The Old Republic: Legacy of the Sith PC

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Notes and references[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 IGN Presents the History of BioWare on IGN (backup link archived on January 2, 2012)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 EA TO ACQUIRE BIOWARE CORP. AND PANDEMIC STUDIOS (PDF) on bioware.com (October 11, 2007) (backup link archived on May 12, 2008)
  3. ↑ Elevation Partners' First Investment Creates BioWare, Pandemic Partnership on bioware.pandemicstudios.com (November 3, 2005) (backup link archived on December 1, 2005)
  4. ↑ Lucasarts and Bioware Corp. To Develop Ground-Breaking Interactive Entertainment Product on lucasartsbioware.com (backup link archived on October 31, 2007)
  5. ↑ BioWare's Upcoming MMO Based in KOTOR Universe by erazor on the mmolab (October 30, 2007) (backup link archived on December 14, 2007)
  6. ↑ Ex-Lucasarts Employee claims BioWare MMO is Kotor3 on the mmolab (June 8, 2008) (backup link archived on August 29, 2008)
  7. ↑ STAR WARS THE OLD REPUBLIC on United States Patent and Trademark Office (backup link archived on December 14, 2012)
  8. ↑ THE OLD REPUBLIC on United States Patent and Trademark Office (backup link archived on December 14, 2012)
  9. ↑ EA to Play in Knights of the Old Republic on Portfolio.com (July 17, 2008) (backup link archived on July 19, 2008)
  10. ↑ BioWare Is Officially Handing Off Development Of Star Wars: The Old Republic on GameSpot.com (backup link)
  11. ↑ Studio Update - Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ on The Old Republic's official website (backup link)
  12. ↑ The Future is Bright for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ on blog.bioware.com (backup link archived on June 27, 2023)

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