Drew
Karpyshyn Creative Works
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Games In addition to my own writing, I also work for the acclaimed video game developer BioWare. This has given me the opportunity to work on a number of amazing computer role playing games. The sequel to the award winning 2007 game was released in January of 2010. ME2 blew away critics and fans alike, and became EA's highest MetaCritic rated game. I was the co-lead writer on Mass Effect 2, along with Mac Walters, and it was great to see the franchise continuing to grow, evolve and mature. Right from day one we said the Mass Effect series was going to be a trilogy, so even though both ME1 and ME2 have self-contained stories, you know the big finale is still to come! Released in November 2007, Mass Effect is the first game set in the brand new science fiction universe created by BioWare. I was the lead writer on ME (and the writer of the ME novels), so it was extremely gratifying to see the amazing reaction this game got from fans and critics.
Star Wars: Knights
of the Old Republic
This was the first original intellectual property developed by BioWare, meaning they owned all the rights. Although I wasn’t the lead writer on the project, I did get the opportunity to contribute to the story and writing of the game. I worked as a writer on the original Neverwinter Nights campaign and on the second expansion pack, Hordes of the Underdark. If you haven’t played Hordes of the Underdark I urge you to give it a try – it’s an amazing conclusion to the Neverwitner Nights series. Unfortunately I never had the chance to work on the original Baldur’s Gate game. I joined BioWare a few months before Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn was released, and I’m glad I was able to make a small contribution to what many consider the best fantasy rpg ever made for the pc. Throne of Bhaal, the conclusion to the Baldur’s Gate series, was my first significant contribution to a BioWare project, and it also led to the opportunity to write the Throne of Bhaal novel. |
