Their success in the medical field provided them with the funding they needed to launch a video game company. The three also played video games for recreation, eventually deciding to develop their own. Together with Yip, they had created a medical simulation programme.
Of the founding team, Muzyka, Zeschuk and Yip had recently graduated from medical school at the University of Alberta, and had a background in programming for use in school.
1.5 2020s: Dragon Age 4, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition and Hudson/Darrah's departuresīioWare was founded by Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, alongside Trent Oster, his brother Brent, Zeschuk's cousin Marcel, and Augustine Yip.1.4 2010s: Muzyka and Zeschuk's departure, Mass Effect on hiatus, Anthem.1.3 2000s: EA acquisition, Mass Effect and Dragon Age.1.2 1990s: Shattered Steel and Baldur's Gate.