Gregory Zeschuk is a Canadian businessman who was a VP at

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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

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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'' (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, MDK2: Armageddon'' (PS2, 2001) * ''Neverwinter Nights (2002 video game), Neverwinter Nights'' (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 (video game), Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic'' ("''KotOR''") (Xbox and PC and Mac, 2003) * ''Jade Empire'' (Xbox, 2005/PC, 2006) * ''Mass Effect (video game), Mass Effect'' (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'' (Xbox 360, PC, January 26, 2010) (PlayStation 3, January 18, 2011) * ''Dragon Age II'' (PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, March 8, 2011) * ''Star Wars: The Old Republic'' (PC, December 20, 2011) * ''Mass Effect 3'' (PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, March 6, 2012)

Awards and recognition

At the Game Developers Choice Awards, 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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