- Ray Muzyka
Dr. Ray Muzyka is the General Manager, Chairman/
CEO and was Co-Executive Producer atBioWare Corp . He co-foundedBioWare in 1995 with the other co-founder and President of BioWare, Dr.Greg Zeschuk , after they earned their medical degrees at the University of Alberta. After selling BioWare toElectronic Arts in 2008, Muzyka became a Vice-President at EA in addition to his General Manager role at BioWare.Muzyka and Zeschuk were the co-executive producers on
Shattered Steel , theBaldur's Gate series (PC),MDK2 , MDK2: Armageddon, theNeverwinter Nights series, (Xbox and PC),Jade Empire (XBox) andMass Effect (Xbox 360 and PC), released in 2007, a sci-fi action RPG based on another original BioWare intellectual property. Muzyka and Zeschuk are also working on the upcomingDragon Age , an epic fantasy roleplaying game for PC set in a new BioWare-created universe, as well as , a DS RPG title set in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe, to be published bySega .As of 2008, BioWare has a total of seven project teams at two locations (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and Austin, Texas, USA). BioWare is also selling content directly to its fans through the BioWare Community at [http://www.bioware.com www.bioware.com] and [http://store.bioware.com store.bioware.com] . BioWare also formed a new substudio based in Austin in late 2005, developing an as-yet-unannounced new MMO. BioWare and
LucasArts announced a partnership in 2007.In addition to his project development role, Muzyka also co-manages the financial, human resources, operations, marketing and legal business side of BioWare, and has completed his executive MBA program at the
Ivey School of Business , UWO.Muzyka was from 2001-2008 a board member of the
Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences , and serves as a Director and Co-Chairman ofCodeBaby Corp., another software company developing a next generation interface for digital media and the Internet. More information about CodeBaby is available at [http://www.codebaby.com www.codebaby.com] .An avid poker player who plays in the
WSOP and other events each year, Muzyka won the inaugural DICE poker tournament [http://www.bioware.com/biozone/articles/2006_02_21_poker_tournament/index.html] in 2006 which featured a range of notable poker celebrities such asScott Fischman ,Chris Ferguson and Perry Friedman. He competed in the 2008 WCPC Main Event (Western Canadian Poker Classic, $1600 buy-in Main Event) and chopped the final table with the final four players to take home the 2008 WCPC ring.BioWare projects credited with platforms and dates
* "
Shattered Steel " (PC and Mac, 1996)
* "Baldur's Gate " (PC and Mac, 1998)
** "" (PC and Mac, 1999)
* "MDK2 " (Dreamcast and PC, 2000)
* "" (PC and Mac, 2000)
** "" (PC and Mac, 2001)
* "" (PS2, 2001)
* "Neverwinter Nights " (PC and Mac, 2002)
** "" (PC and Mac, 2003)
** "" (PC and Mac, 2003)
** "" (PC and Mac, 2005)
* "" ("KotOR") (Xbox and PC and Mac, 2003)
* "Jade Empire " (Xbox, 2005)
* "Mass Effect " (Xbox 360, 2007)
* "Dragon Age " (PC, in development)
* "Mass Effect " (PC, 2008)
* "" (2008) [cite web
url = http://www.bioware.com/bioware_info/press_releases/2007_06_21_Sonic_DS/
title = Sega Announces BioWare Will Create Sonic Role Playing Game For |Nintendo DS
accessyear = 2007
date =2007-06-21 ]
* "Untitled MMORPG using theHeroEngine " [ [http://www.bioware.com/bioware_info/press_releases/2006_03_15_Austin BioWare: For Immediate Release ] ]
* "Untitled Next Gen products" [ [http://www.actiontrip.com/previews/360/masseffect_i_2.phtml Mass Effect Interview ] ]References
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