BioWare Austin
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BioWare Austin is a Texas-based video game development studio best known for working on online and live-service titles within the BioWare portfolio, including Star Wars: The Old Republic.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BioWare Austin canonical | 5 |
| BioWare online titles | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8562417 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: BioWare Austin Context triple: [BioWare, hasDivision, BioWare Austin]
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BioWare
BioWare is a Canadian video game developer best known for its story-driven role-playing games such as the Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic series.
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Black Isle Studios
Black Isle Studios was a renowned American video game developer best known for its influential role-playing games of the late 1990s and early 2000s, including titles in the Fallout and Planescape: Torment franchises.
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Point Breeze
Point Breeze is a predominantly residential neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, known for its historic homes, tree-lined streets, and proximity to Frick Park and the Frick Art Museum.
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Point Breeze
Point Breeze is a residential neighborhood in South Philadelphia known for its rowhouses, demographic diversity, and ongoing redevelopment and gentrification.
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Obsidian Entertainment
Obsidian Entertainment is an American video game developer best known for its critically acclaimed role-playing games such as Fallout: New Vegas, Pillars of Eternity, and The Outer Worlds.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BioWare Austin Target entity description: BioWare Austin is a Texas-based video game development studio best known for working on online and live-service titles within the BioWare portfolio, including Star Wars: The Old Republic.
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A.
BioWare
BioWare is a Canadian video game developer best known for its story-driven role-playing games such as the Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic series.
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B.
Black Isle Studios
Black Isle Studios was a renowned American video game developer best known for its influential role-playing games of the late 1990s and early 2000s, including titles in the Fallout and Planescape: Torment franchises.
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C.
Point Breeze
Point Breeze is a predominantly residential neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, known for its historic homes, tree-lined streets, and proximity to Frick Park and the Frick Art Museum.
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D.
Point Breeze
Point Breeze is a residential neighborhood in South Philadelphia known for its rowhouses, demographic diversity, and ongoing redevelopment and gentrification.
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E.
Obsidian Entertainment
Obsidian Entertainment is an American video game developer best known for its critically acclaimed role-playing games such as Fallout: New Vegas, Pillars of Eternity, and The Outer Worlds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
subsidiary
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video game development studio ⓘ |
| brand | BioWare ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Electronic Arts publishing divisions
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other BioWare studios ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| developed | Star Wars: The Old Republic ⓘ |
| employerOf |
artists
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game designers ⓘ producers ⓘ quality assurance testers ⓘ software engineers ⓘ video game developers ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
live-service games
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online games ⓘ |
| genreFocus | massively multiplayer online role-playing games ⓘ |
| hasGameTypeSpecialization |
MMO live operations
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online content updates ⓘ |
| hasNotableIP |
Star Wars: The Old Republic live service
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linked to:
Star Wars: The Old Republic
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| industry |
software development
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video games ⓘ |
| languageOfOperation | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Austin, Texas
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linked to:
Austin
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| notableWork | Star Wars: The Old Republic ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Electronic Arts ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
BioWare
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Electronic Arts ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise | Star Wars video games ⓘ |
| platformFocus | PC games ⓘ |
| settingOfOffice | corporate office building in Austin ⓘ |
| state | Texas ⓘ |
| usesGameEngine |
HeroEngine (modified)
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linked to:
HeroEngine (heavily modified)
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| worksOn |
BioWare online titles
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linked to:
BioWare Austin
live-service titles in the BioWare portfolio ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: BioWare Austin Description of subject: BioWare Austin is a Texas-based video game development studio best known for working on online and live-service titles within the BioWare portfolio, including Star Wars: The Old Republic.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: BioWare Austin