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Drew Karpyshyn, lead writer of Mass Effect, returns to Bioware

Drew Karpyshyn has returned to Bioware to work on Star Wars: The Old Republic after 3 years out of the industry. Karpyshyn left Bioware in 2012 after working as the lead writer for the first two games in the Mass Effect series to write a book trilogy titled “Chaos Born”.

“Speaking of full circle, here’s the second piece of big news: as of this past week, I am back working at BioWare again!” he said on his blog. “For those who don’t know, I spent over a decade with BioWare working on many award winning and fan-beloved games like Mass Effect 1&2, Knights of the Old Republic and the Star Wars: The Old Republic Online MMO. A few years ago I left BioWare to focus on my Chaos Born novels, but now that the trilogy is finished, I’ve decided to come back into the fold.”

Karpyshyn will also be hosting an AMA on r/fantasy on 8 October to answer all your questions.


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