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BioWare Interview

Joe "OuTkAsT-1" Topolnisky

2004-02-27 00:10:00.0


The Firing Squad has caught up with BioWare's Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk for a quick chat regarding their company. They look at everything from the location of their company to publishing. uNF:

FiringSquad: Do you see BioWare making an attempt at becoming a publisher, like Maxis tried in the early '90s? Perhaps you'll try the Rockstar route - acquiring developers and solidifying them under one brand?
Greg Zeschuk: While we’re interested in pursuing digital distribution where we sell high-quality content online directly to our loyal community of more than 1.6 million registered users, we’re not planning to become a traditional retail publisher. We have great partnerships with publishers like Atari (Neverwinter Nights), LucasArts (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic) and Microsoft (Jade Empire) and we respect their expertise in retailed package goods, distribution and retail marketing. Even though we’re kept very busy making great games we find the chance to create a new digital distribution model very exciting!

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