The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) has announced that it will induct Dr. Ray Muzyka and Dr. Greg Zeschuk, co-founders of BioWare, into the AIAS Hall of Fame. The pair wil be the 14th and 15th inductees, marking the first time that honor has been provided to two individuals at the same time. Together, the two gentlemen have provided hours upon hours of enjoyment, creating franchises like Mass Effect, Baldur's Gate, Dragon Age, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and Neverwinter Nights.
Mike Capps, president of Epic Games, will be presenting the award at the 14th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards at D.I.C.E (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit 2011. The summit will take place Thursday, February 10, 2011 at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas. Dr. Muzyka and Dr. Zeschuk will also be speaking at the conference.
"The Doctors -- Dr. Ray Muzyka and Dr. Greg Zeschuk -- have produced some of the most wildly successful and accomplished games, and these will resonate among gamers for a very long time," said Martin Rae, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences president. "The range of their talents is endless, from game design and production to being accomplished in business and corporate leadership, and their original backgrounds as physicians. They truly embody what it means to be a Hall of Fame recipient and the AIAS is looking forward to including them into our esteemed list of inductees."
"We're truly honored to represent our teams of passionate, hard-working, creative staff across the BioWare Group within Electronic Arts, and they all share this award with us," Dr. Muzyka said. "Driving BioWare's success past, present and future are the amazing family of people we have been privileged to work with over the years and our shared core values of quality in our workplace, quality in our products, and entrepreneurship in a context of humility and integrity."
"It's very meaningful to us as BioWare co-founders, business partners and friends for many years that the AIAS has chosen this year to be the first year that they induct two people in to the Hall of Fame simultaneously," said Dr. Zeschuk. "We'd also like to thank our wives and the families of our employees for their continuous support over the years, which together with the hard work of our great teams continually enables BioWare's success."
"I'm thrilled to welcome Ray and Greg into the AIAS Hall of Fame," said Capps. "Their passion for excellence, and the joy they find in gaming, is evident in everything they touch. They're deservedly famous for their industry-defining blockbuster games, but I know they're even more proud of building BioWare, a values-driven company that's one of the best places to work in the world."
