Gregory Zeschuk is a Canadian businessman who was a VP at

Electronic Arts Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California. Founded in May 1982 by Apple employee Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer game industry and promoted the ...

and General Manager at

BioWare BioWare is a Canadian video game developer based in Edmonton, Alberta. It was founded in 1995 by newly graduated medical doctors Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk and Augustine Yip, alongside Trent Oster, Brent Oster, and Marcel Zeschuk. Since 2007, ...

Austin until 2012. He co-founded video game developer BioWare in

Edmonton Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho ...

in 1995 with

Ray Muzyka Raymond Alexander Muzyka is a Canadian investor, entrepreneur and physician. Originally trained as a medical doctor and practicing as an emergency department and family physician after graduation, he is the co-founder of video game developer Bio ...

and Augustine Yip, after all three earned their medical degrees from the University of Alberta. Zeschuk announced his retirement from BioWare on September 18, 2012. He is currently involved in a number of projects related to the craft-beer industry, including the production of a web-based interview show known as "The Beer Diaries." Greg is also the chairman of the board of the smart playground technology startup, Biba Ventures based in Vancouver, BC.

BioWare projects credited with platforms and dates

* ''

Shattered Steel ''Shattered Steel'' is a Mecha, mech Vehicle simulation game, simulation game released in 1996 by BioWare for MS-DOS, and later ported to Mac OS by now-defunct Logicware. It is notable for the deformable terrain effects, and for being BioWare's ...

'' (PC and Mac, 1996) * ''

Baldur's Gate ''Baldur's Gate'' is a series of role-playing video games set in the Forgotten Realms '' Dungeons & Dragons'' campaign setting. The game has spawned two series, known as the ''Bhaalspawn Saga'' and the ''Dark Alliance'', both taking place mostl ...

'' (PC and Mac, 1998) ** '' Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast'' (PC and Mac, 1999) * ''

MDK2 ''MDK2'' is a 2000 third-person shooter, Action-adventure game, action-adventure video game developed by BioWare and published by Interplay Entertainment for the Dreamcast, Microsoft Windows, Windows and PlayStation 2. It is a sequel to the 1997 ...

'' (Dreamcast and PC, 2000) * '' Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn'' (PC and Mac, 2000) ** '' Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal'' (PC and Mac, 2001) * '' MDK2: Armageddon'' (PS2, 2001) * ''

Neverwinter Nights ''Neverwinter Nights'' is a series of video games developed by BioWare and Obsidian Entertainment, based on the ''Forgotten Realms'' campaign setting of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. Aside from also being set in the Dungeons & Dr ...

'' (PC and Mac, 2002) ** '' Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide'' (PC and Mac, 2003) ** '' Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark'' (PC and Mac, 2003) ** '' Neverwinter Nights: Kingmaker'' (PC and Mac, 2005) * '' Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic'' ("''KotOR''") (Xbox and PC and Mac, 2003) * ''

Jade Empire ''Jade Empire'' is an action role-playing game developed by BioWare, originally published by Microsoft Game Studios in 2005 as an Xbox exclusive. It was later ported to Microsoft Windows personal computers (PC) and published by 2K Games in 200 ...

'' (Xbox, 2005/PC, 2006) * ''

Mass Effect ''Mass Effect'' is a military science fiction media franchise created by Casey Hudson, Drew Karpyshyn and Preston Watamaniuk. The franchise depicts a distant future where humanity and several alien civilizations have colonized the known unive ...

'' (Xbox 360, 2007/PC, 2008/PlayStation 3, 2012) * '' Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood'' (2008) * '' Dragon Age: Origins'' (PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Mac, 2009) * ''

Mass Effect 2 ''Mass Effect 2'' is an action role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 in 2010 and PlayStation 3 in 2011. It is the second installment in the ''Mass Effect'' series and a ...

'' (Xbox 360, PC, January 26, 2010) (PlayStation 3, January 18, 2011) * ''

Dragon Age II ''Dragon Age II'' is a 2011 action role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts (EA). It is the second major game in the ''Dragon Age'' series and the successor to '' Dragon Age: Origins'' (2009). Set in the wor ...

'' (PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, March 8, 2011) * '' Star Wars: The Old Republic'' (PC, December 20, 2011) * ''

Mass Effect 3 ''Mass Effect 3'' is an action role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts. The third major entry in the ''Mass Effect'' series and the final installment of the original trilogy, it was released in March 2012 ...

'' (PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, March 6, 2012)

Awards and recognition

At the

Game Developers Choice Awards The Game Developers Choice Awards are awards annually presented at the Game Developers Conference for outstanding game developers and games. Introduced in 2001, the Game Developers Choice Awards were preceded by the Spotlight Awards, which were ...

, on March 27, 2013, Zeschuk received the Lifetime Achievement Award. On December 27, 2018, Zeschuk was appointed to the Order of Canada.

References

External links

Bioware website

The Beer Diaries website

Biba Ventures
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