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BioWare writer helping to pen Darkspore fiction photo

Stemming from a small comment in a GameStop article, reports have been spreading that Mass Effect and Dragon Age developer BioWare is assisting Maxis in the development of Darkspore. As we've discovered, that's not entirely accurate. It's just that a member of the BioWare team, writer Malcolm Azania, is the lead writer on the fiction for Maxis' upcoming action role-playing game.

Azania had previously contributed to writing for Mass Effect 2, the downloadable Kasumi mission, as well as BioWare's Facebook game, Gift of the Yeti. The writer also penned a number of novels under the name Minister Faust, winning awards for the Del Rey/Ballantine-published From the Notebooks of Doctor Brain and The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad.

Darkspore is scheduled for a 2011 release; check out our first-look preview from earlier this month.








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eddienoteddy's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/26/2010 11:46
eddienoteddy
Have you e-mailed Brendan for clarification? I sit next to him in the office here. I could ask for you.
Jonathan Ross's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/26/2010 11:54
Jonathan Ross
Wow, I didn't know Minister Faust was a Bioware guy!

I really liked From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain.
Nick Chester's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/26/2010 11:56
Nick Chester
@eddienoteddy:

Thanks, but I went straight at EA/Maxis for this one.
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/26/2010 13:21
Xzyliac
Yet another GameStop/GameSpot goofup.
cindy05's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2010 20:20
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