Canadian videogame developer BioWare Corp. announced the opening of a new studio in Austin -- the first to be located outside of Canada.

BioWare Corp. are the dawgs behind a ton o' triple-A titles, including Jade Empire, Neverwinter Nights, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and the upcoming, Next-Gen Mass Effect.

The Austin section of the company is working on a new MMORPG (the first from BioWare Corp.).

Rich Vogel joins the Austin managing team (this is the project/company Vogel was so cagey about a few weeks ago at the "How to Break Into the Game Industry" conference), along with James Ohlen (BioWare Corp.'s Creative Director) and Gordon Walton. Vogel arguably started the Sony Austin studio, and Walton was an executive producer at Sony Online Entertainment as well as VP and Executive Producer at Electronic Arts.

• BioWare Austin press release
• BioWare Austin job postings

Hey, they're hiring for a "Service Director" position. I'm a Service Director.

And I'm a voice actor.
And I'm in Austin.
And voice over for all player and NPC characters for MMORPGs is the New Hotness.
And I'm the New Hotness.

Rich, you have my contact info -- give me a call ... ;-)