Shawn Layden

Shawn Layden was born on June 25, 1961. He is an American businessman. He has worked as the leader of SIE Worldwide Studios.

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Mark Cerny

Mark Evan Cerny ( / ˈ s ɜːr n i / SUR -nee ; born August 24, 1964) is an American video game designer, programmer, producer, and media owner. He was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended UC Berkeley before leaving to work in the video game industry. In his early career, he worked at Atari, Sega, Crystal Dynamics, and Universal Interactive Studios.

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Brian Hastings

Brian Frederick Hastings was born on March 23, 1940, and passed away on October 7, 2024. He was a cricketer from New Zealand. As a middle-order batsman, he played in 31 Test matches from 1969 to 1976.

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James Ohlen

James Ohlen is a video game designer. He served as the senior creative leader at BioWare for 22 years. In 2018, he founded a publishing company called Arcanum Worlds.

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David Gaider

David Gaider is a Canadian story designer and writer. He was the main writer and creator of the game world for the role-playing video game series Dragon Age. He worked for BioWare, a game developer based in Edmonton, Alberta, from 1999 to 2016.

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Trick Weekes

Trick Weekes (also Patrick Weekes) is an American author. They worked as a writer at BioWare from 2005 to 2025 on the Mass Effect and Dragon Age game series. In 2015, they became the lead writer for Dragon Age.

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BioWare

BioWare is a Canadian video game company located in Edmonton, Alberta. It was started in 1995 by Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk, and Augustine Yip, who were recently graduated medical doctors. Since 2007, the company has been owned by the American publisher Electronic Arts.

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Casey Hudson

Casey Hudson is a Canadian video game developer who has worked on many games made by BioWare. He is especially known for directing the Mass Effect trilogy.

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Greg Zeschuk

Gregory Zeschuk CM (born 1969) is a Canadian businessman who worked as a vice president at Electronic Arts and as the general manager at BioWare Austin until 2012. He co-founded the video game company BioWare in Edmonton in 1995 with Ray Muzyka and Augustine Yip. All three had earned their medical degrees from the University of Alberta before starting the company.

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Ray Muzyka

Raymond Alexander Muzyka CM is a Canadian investor, entrepreneur, and physician. He received training as a medical doctor and worked as an emergency department and family physician after completing his education. He is the co-founder of the video game company BioWare and held positions as CEO, senior vice president, and general manager of the BioWare label at Electronic Arts.

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