Senior writer for Star Wars: The Old Republic, Drew Karpyshyn, has announced on his blog today that he is leaving BioWare.  Drew has worked on many of BioWare’s titles, including Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2 and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic in addition to penning many of the Mass Effect novels and the recent Darth Revan novel.

Here is what Drew has to say:

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.

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Even if you are someone who is going to miss my contributions to the video game world, I hope you’ll be somewhat mollified by the fact that I’m going to have more time for novels, screenplays and other projects. (Like finally finishing Children of Fire, the first novel in my original fantasy series, which I’ve been perpetually working on for almost a decade.)

I’ll always have fond memories of BioWare, and a great appreciation for everything it meant to me. But my future is wide open, and I can’t wait to see what’s in store. (Plus, now I’ll have more time for golf.)

Drew

We here at TORWars wish the best of luck in your endeavors Drew and may our paths cross again in the future.  Cheers to you for keeping us all entertained.

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