Tag Archives: Greg Zeschuk

Sony and Microsoft have to do something dramatic or the traditional console market is in trouble, according to former BioWare leader Greg Zeschuk.

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BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk has challenged the common perception of EA as a controlling overlord forcing its studios to shoe-horn unwanted elements into its games, saying what EA really provides is freedom and resources – so developers can make their own mistakes.

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Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, the now-retired “BioWare doctors”, will be honoured at the 13th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards next month.

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BioWare co-founder and former group creative officer Greg Zeschuk has said the developer came through its acquisition by EA intact because it was already well-established.

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BioWare co-founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk have both announced they are leaving BioWare. Neither indicate a return to video games in the forseeable future.

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A string of tell-tale signs suggest that BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk has left the EA-owned company, while EA claim the one-time BioWare Austin general manager is simply following his plan to take some time off after the reorganisation of the company in May of this year.

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BioWare co-founders Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka have said the developer isn’t making political statements with Mass Effect 3, reiterating that its games simply offer players choices.

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With The Old Republic under its belt, BioWare has been giving the idea of a Mass Effect MMO serious – if speculative – thought.

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BioWare has said the average SWTOR spends between four and six hours per gaming session, and more players prefer to play on Sundays than any other day of the week.

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Oh happy day, Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore. BioWare delivers unto you the biggest MMORPG of 2011.

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“I think we would definitely do it over again given the opportunity, or a time machine. I think we can see a lot of things we could have done differently given the benefit of retrospective vision, but I also don’t think we would have changed many decisions. It would more have been a process of refinement and fine tuning to our plans.Certainly testing even more than we did, and doing so earlier would have been a good goal. I also think in retrospect we would have been able to weight some of our technical decisions differently given that we ultimately knew what worked after the fact and what needed a lot of work; there was no way of knowing that in advance, but in retrospect that would have helped quite a bit.” – BioWare’s Greg Zeschuk, speaking to TORWars on the difficulties of launching an MMO such as Star Wars: The Old Republic.

The MMO’s out now.

Bioware has said its Galway-based offices provided “multiple dimensions of support” for its Austin-based studio by monitoring server stability in Star Wars: The Old Republic.

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BAFTA’s gone up with its annual yearly video games lecture, this time given by BioWare doctors Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk. The pair talk for half an hour before opening up to a half-hour Q&A, chaired by Eurogamer’s Johnny Minkley. The full thing’s over on BAFTA’s site, but there’s a small preview below.

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Despite turning BioWare into a label all of its own, EA isn’t holding the leash very tightly.

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Bioware heads Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk have said they are open to the possibility of maybe, someday, creating a Mass Effect MMO.

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While flattered by the suggestion, BioWare doesn’t believe Star Wars: The Old Republic will be the last major MMORPG to succeed with a subscription business model.

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Bioware co-founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk have emphasized that the firm has no plans just to sit back and relax after it launches Star Wars: The Old Republic, reassuringly stating that an MMO is itself a long-term commitment.

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EA and BioWare have announced the opening of its brand new customer service centre in Galway, Ireland ahead of Star Wars: The Old Republic’s now-confirmed December launch.

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This will be the big developer session to be at from Eurogamer Expo this year. The Doctors are in the house, and are giving you your prescription of all things BioWare, from Mass Effect 3 to The Old Republic.

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BioShock chief Ken Levine’s interviewed BioWare bosses Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk for the studio’s Irrational Interviews podcast. We’re only five minutes in so far, but the pair discuss making an MMO with The Old Republic and how the pair have tried to handle its business and creative sides within the company. You can get the podcast here.

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