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    Greg Zeschuk, Ray Muzyka Are Leaving BioWare

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    Edited By patrickklepek
    Muzyka and Zeschuk helped found BioWare in Canada back in 1995. In 2007 it sold to EA.
    Muzyka and Zeschuk helped found BioWare in Canada back in 1995. In 2007 it sold to EA.

    UPDATE: BioWare has confirmed the news in a blog post with comments from both Zeschuk and Muzyka.

    It appears both are (for now) leaving games.

    Muzyka apparently told EA about his decision back in April 2012, and allowed the company six months to set up a proper transition.

    "I now desire to take on a brand new entrepreneurial challenge," said Muzyka. "I believe strongly in the power of free enterprise to enable sustainable change, so my next ‘chapter’ will likely focus on an entirely new industry, something exciting, different and frankly downright scary – investing in and mentoring new entrepreneurs, and more specifically, the field of social/impact investing."

    Zeschuk's letter was much more somber, and sounded akin to a man defeated by his work load.

    "This decision isn’t without significant pain and regret, but it’s also something I know I need to do, for myself and my family," said Zeschuk. "I’ve reached an unexpected point in my life where I no longer have the passion that I once did for the company, for the games, and for the challenge of creation. For the people I have had the privilege of working with, however, my passion burns as brightly as it did the day we started."

    In the immediate future, Zeschuk will pursue his passion for craft beer, and host a web series where he interviews beer creators. It's possible he'll come back to games at a later date, but maybe not.

    "If not, I’ll have drunk a lot of tasty beers and may be back in games or even something else completely different," he said. "Ultimately time will tell."

    --

    At an internal meeting this morning, BioWare co-founders Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka announced the duo are leaving the company, I’m told by multiple sources close to the situation.

    It’s unclear why Zeschuk and Muzyka are leaving.

    BioWare and Electronic Arts shipped Star Wars: The Old Republic last December to a mixed critical reception, and the game has struggled to hold onto users since. Dragon Age 3: Inquisition was formally announced yesterday, running on DICE’s Frostbite 2 engine, and is scheduled for a release in late 2013.

    Electronic Arts has not respond to my request for comment.

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    #1  Edited By patrickklepek
    Muzyka and Zeschuk helped found BioWare in Canada back in 1995. In 2007 it sold to EA.
    Muzyka and Zeschuk helped found BioWare in Canada back in 1995. In 2007 it sold to EA.

    UPDATE: BioWare has confirmed the news in a blog post with comments from both Zeschuk and Muzyka.

    It appears both are (for now) leaving games.

    Muzyka apparently told EA about his decision back in April 2012, and allowed the company six months to set up a proper transition.

    "I now desire to take on a brand new entrepreneurial challenge," said Muzyka. "I believe strongly in the power of free enterprise to enable sustainable change, so my next ‘chapter’ will likely focus on an entirely new industry, something exciting, different and frankly downright scary – investing in and mentoring new entrepreneurs, and more specifically, the field of social/impact investing."

    Zeschuk's letter was much more somber, and sounded akin to a man defeated by his work load.

    "This decision isn’t without significant pain and regret, but it’s also something I know I need to do, for myself and my family," said Zeschuk. "I’ve reached an unexpected point in my life where I no longer have the passion that I once did for the company, for the games, and for the challenge of creation. For the people I have had the privilege of working with, however, my passion burns as brightly as it did the day we started."

    In the immediate future, Zeschuk will pursue his passion for craft beer, and host a web series where he interviews beer creators. It's possible he'll come back to games at a later date, but maybe not.

    "If not, I’ll have drunk a lot of tasty beers and may be back in games or even something else completely different," he said. "Ultimately time will tell."

    --

    At an internal meeting this morning, BioWare co-founders Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka announced the duo are leaving the company, I’m told by multiple sources close to the situation.

    It’s unclear why Zeschuk and Muzyka are leaving.

    BioWare and Electronic Arts shipped Star Wars: The Old Republic last December to a mixed critical reception, and the game has struggled to hold onto users since. Dragon Age 3: Inquisition was formally announced yesterday, running on DICE’s Frostbite 2 engine, and is scheduled for a release in late 2013.

    Electronic Arts has not respond to my request for comment.

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    #2  Edited By ReyGitano

    Oh Shit

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    #3  Edited By mattbodega

    Well....I guess that's the end, then.

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    #4  Edited By nudelwudel

    That's crazy.

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    #5  Edited By Make_Me_Mad

    I remember hearing rumors about this a few months back.  Finally happened, eh?

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    #6  Edited By brandino

    With the decline in quality from their last few games this doesn't surprise me.

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    #7  Edited By Thomper

    What Jeff said. Woah.

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    #8  Edited By nyhorn36

    Yikes.

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    #9  Edited By jdeano

    Poor Bioware

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    #10  Edited By datarez

    Oh man EA and it's hands in everything.

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    #11  Edited By Eojay

    Nail in the coffin.

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    #12  Edited By Thoseposers

    shit dude

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    #13  Edited By positron

    Boom

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    #14  Edited By asitnick

    The Docs :(

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    #15  Edited By KensterFox

    Well, it was nice while it lasted. Looking forward to seeing what these two do next.

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    #16  Edited By superfriend

    I guess Star Wars is to blame for this? Sucks for the guys.. maybe they´ll join up with Obsidian or something.

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    #17  Edited By august

    SCOOOOOOOPS

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    #18  Edited By Warihay

    Oh. Shit.

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    #19  Edited By SlightConfuse

    Oh shit

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    #20  Edited By FluxWaveZ

    Ha, so it wasn't a simple rumor!

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    #21  Edited By Packie

    Hey guys, Obsidian is still hiring. Just saying.

    Edit: It looks like they're retiring. Well, it's a shame but I respect their decision. Hope them the best even if I didn't like their recent games.

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    #22  Edited By TheGorilla

    WHAAAT?!

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    #23  Edited By musubi

    Oh man.

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    #24  Edited By Nitrium

    @Brandino: Definitely, yeah. No big surprise. Hopefully we will see a new studio or something, bringing over some talents from the industry to release great games again.

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    #25  Edited By MattyFTM  Moderator

    Holy crap. That's huge. That's like Gabe Newell leaving Valve. Or Miyamoto leaving Nintendo.

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    #26  Edited By nickux

    Thing just keep getting worse for Bioware it seems. What a shame. I wonder what's next for those two.

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    #27  Edited By megalowho

    Oh, shit!

    Scoops!

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    #28  Edited By evanbower

    I live in Canada. Do I.... still have to go in to work today?

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    #29  Edited By Etaber

    Incoming kickstarter? :)

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    #30  Edited By Loose

    @ReyGitano said:

    Oh Shit

    @Warihay said:

    Oh. Shit.

    @SlightConfuse said:

    Oh shit

    @megalowho said:

    Oh, shit!

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    #31  Edited By GERALTITUDE

    Bananas.

    I hope they open another studio.

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    #32  Edited By Nadril

    Oh fuck. That is huge.

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    #33  Edited By Kingloo

    I hope Greg flipped out and started throwing stuff, like the Bombcast bit from a while ago.

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    #34  Edited By wumbo3000

    I think the most important question people need to ask is: Why?

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    #35  Edited By majid

    Wow ... just wow. Really bad news.

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    #36  Edited By Jkwasi

    Wow, Thanks EA

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    #37  Edited By Milkman

    Guess that rumor from a couple months back was true. If I needed anymore confirmation that Dragon Age 3 is going to be just as crap as Dragon Age 2, here it is.

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    #38  Edited By ouren

    oh shit

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    #39  Edited By phrosnite

    HOLY.FUCKIN.SHIT!

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    #40  Edited By cmblasko

    Those two guys founded a really great company that made a lot of high-quality games that pushed boundaries when it came to storytelling. It's really unfortunate that it has come to this, and is probably telling of how the company will be handled moving forward.

    Hate to play the cynic, but thanks again, EA.

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    #41  Edited By CharAznable

    Still waiting for someone to fulfill the Bombcast Bounty and come forward with a secret audio recording of these dude flipping out at a board meeting or something.

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    #42  Edited By fobwashed

    More than anything else, I'm curious where they're headed or if they plan on opening a new studio. Also curious to see if they poach any other Bioware employees wherever they're headed.

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    #43  Edited By droop

    Probably some internal conflict with EA?

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    #44  Edited By EpicSteve

    What the fuck, over!?

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    #45  Edited By Ketchupp

    I hope it's for a good reason at least.

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    #46  Edited By l3illyl3ob

    Countdown to a Kickstarter project form them starting now.

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    #47  Edited By Undeadpool

    Hopefully they can do their own thang, it's not like they're lacking cache in the industry. I mean you wanna see an overnight Kickstarter funding, just list all the games these two have been behind.

    And, regardless of what happens, I'm just glad they made it through the Mass Effect main trilogy before leaving.

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    #48  Edited By Hitchenson

    Yes.

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    #49  Edited By Vexxan

    Every week people are leaving companies and studios get shut down...where are the good video game news? :/

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    #50  Edited By Sbaitso

    Should have chiggity checked themselves before they riggity wrecked themselves....this is too bad.

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