In addition to churning out AAA titles such as Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect 2, BioWare is hard at work to maintain supremacy with Star Wars: The Old Republic. Though SWTOR is BioWare's first entry into the MMO scene, it's poised to be that World of Warcraft killer we've all been looking for.

Austin Chronicle Readers Poll, 2010

Best Video-Game Studio/Developer: BioWare

Megadeveloper BioWare’s Austin offices have been an anchor for the local gaming scene since it set up camp in our fair city. It doesn’t take a Jedi mind trick to imagine that our readers voted for this studio in anticipation of the long-ballyhooed release of Star Wars: The Old Republic, which is get to live up to its classification as a massive, multiplayer, online role-playing game upon its release in December. Massive indeed.

Austin Chronicle Readers Poll, 2011

Best Video-Game Studio/Developer: BioWare