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Drew Karpyshyn Retires From BioWare

Posted By Mike on February 21, 2012

As we play a little catch-up this morning, Drew Karpyshyn announced last week that he has officially retired from BioWare. As lead writer, Karpyshyn was a huge part of the successful team that brought you Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and most recently helped out with the newly launched Star Wars: The Old Republic. Of course, many Star Wars fans know him from his novels including the Darth Bane series and Star Wars: The Old Republic: Revan. Here's a snippet of Drew's announcement from his site...

"As of last week, I have officially retired from BioWare. (I�ll give all you gamers a second to let that sink in. Just to be clear, the parting was completely amicable, and 100% my decision.)

For the past twelve years I�ve had the privilege to work at one of the best companies in the video game industry, side by side with the most talented and incredible group of people I�ve ever had the good fortune to know. I�ve enjoyed my time at BioWare immensely, but it�s time for me to move on.

I�m leaving to focus more time and energy on my novels and other non-video game related projects. But even though I�ll no longer be working on games for BioWare, I�m not going to be severing all ties with them. Many of my closest friends still work at the company, and I�m also in the process of writing the next Star Wars: The Old Republic novel, though I can�t say too much about it yet."

We wish Drew the very best in his future endeavors and are selfishly happy to hear that Star Wars novels are still a part of his agenda. Click here for the full retirement announcement at Drew Karpyshyn's official site.

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