Why They’re Powerful
The BioWare doctors are at the forefront of popular franchises like Baldur’s Gate and the more recent Mass Effect. Their latest release, Mass Effect 3 has been the topic of heated fans’ dislike for the infamous (famous?) ending.
https://kotaku.com/why-mass-effect-3s-ending-was-so-damn-terrible-5892676
The controversy and push-back proved to be enough to start change at BioWare, when the company announced that they’d be releasing a DLC with several new ending options. It was powerful enough for us to include the addition of BioWare fans as a candidate on the Power 40 list. The fans had their say. Now, BioWare is having its. The pendulum of power has swung back their way.
https://kotaku.com/one-leaves-one-enters-kotakus-power-40-5897209
These guys would be be higher if they had some announced games, but BioWare more or less no-showed E3, and continued support of Star Wars: The Old Republic and Mass Effect 3 as well as an unclear amount of involvement with the next Command & Conquer is all these folks have announced. That’s too little to rank them higher for now.
