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Electronic Arts has squashed rumors that BioWare’s Dr. Greg Zeschuk and Dr. Ray Muzyka had left the studio they co-founded.

Earlier this week, German site GamersGlobal reported on rumors that Zeschuk and Muzyka had jumped ship after the disappointing launch of BioWare’s massively multiplayer online role-playing game Star Wars: The Old Republic. The site noted that Zeschuk’s LinkedIn profile had been updated to say he ended his stint as general manager of BioWare Austin in May of this year. (It still lists him as presently employed in the position of BioWare co-founder.) In addition, GamersGlobal attributes a “trusted source” at BioWare Austin with information that neither Zeschuk nor Muzyka was present at a company-wide meeting last week, and that Zeschuk actually hadn’t been seen at the studio for weeks.

An EA representative denied the rumors to GameSpot, saying, “When Greg Zeschuk announced the reorganization of BioWare Austin in May, he outlined his plan to return to his family in Edmonton for a much deserved vacation. Greg also announced the new GM of BioWare Austin and SWTOR, Matt Bromberg. Greg is still with EA. He’s now back in Canada, taking time off and thinking about new projects. No changes with Dr. Ray.”

The Old Republic launched in December of 2011, and quickly gained a subscriber base of 1.7 million. However, that figure has since fallen below 1 million and BioWare Austin sustained a number of layoffs in along with its restructuring. As for the game, EA is converting it from a subscription-based business model to free-to-play, with the transition expected to happen in full this fall.

Jane, when you are able, please post where you’re headed on your blog.  I’ve always enjoyed your writing and I would love to follow your work, wherever it may end up.  

P.S. Just because Jane’s leaving doesn’t meant Start Select isn’t still awesome!  Because it totally is, and as someone stated previously, we still have BEAUTIFUL CAMERON!  

Early bird Tekken fans are in for a treat as Namco Bandai has announced that it will be taking preorders for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 in Southeast Asia.

Gamers who order early will get the TTT2 Asia prestige edition when the game comes out on September 11 for Xbox 360 and PS3. All copies of this version will contain a 256-page art book, two soundtrack CDs containing the original tracks and remixes, a “Making of TTT2” DVD, and a Tekken wall-sticker signed by producer Katsuhiro Harada.

As a side note, all Southeast Asian fans who preorder the game early (standard or Asian prestige version) will get in-game DLC. These include four playable characters (Angel, Julia Chang, Ancient Ogre, Kunimitsu), a “Snoop Dogg”-themed battle arena, over 150 in-game costumes for each playable character, and an interlocking code so that players can link their TTT2 arcade and console progress together.

The price of this version has yet to be announced. For more information on TTT2, check out GameSpot’s previous coverage.