'Local' Game Is Having a Massive Effect
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BioWare Edmonton are behind the success of the recently-launched Mass Effect 2 video game BY EMIL TIEDEMANN T ALK about good timing! Right in the dead of winter the multi-billion-dollar gaming industry has launched yet another reason to stay inside, and it goes by the name of Mass Effect 2 . The role-playing action game has become one of the most critically-praised projects in gaming history, and is seeing early numbers that will see it as a commercial triumph as well. By now you might be wondering why I Heart Edmonton is telling you about the No.1 video game in the world right now. Well, it's because Mass Effect 2 was developed right here in the southside studio of BioWare , which was founded in Edmonton 15 years ago. BioWare, a subsidiary of video game pioneers Electric Arts , has gained a reputation for developing award-winning PC games like Neverwinter Night and Baldur's Gate , as well as state-of-the-art console ventures such as Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic ,