verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message mythic entertainment former type subsidiary industry computer and video games interactive entertainment founded 1995 defunct 2014 1 headquarters fairfax virginia usa key people ray muzyka group general manager greg zeschuk chief creative officer rob denton group general manager eugene evans general manager jeff hickman studio executive producer products video games owner electronic arts parent electronic arts website mythic entertainment mythic entertainment which has also been known as bioware mythic ea mythic inc. and interworld productions was a video game developer in fairfax virginia that was most widely recognized for developing the 2001 massively multiplayer online role playing game dark age of camelot . mythic was a prolific creator of multiplayer online games since its formation in the mid 1990s . on may 29 2014 electronic arts announced it would be closing the ea mythic location in fairfax 2 effectively winding down all the studio s operations . despite the studio s closure dark age of camelot will continue to be supported by ex mythic staff under a new studio 3 effectively keeping mythic s legacy alive . contents 1 history 1.1 mythic microsoft lawsuit 2 corporate honors 3 games 3.1 aliens online 3.2 dark age of camelot 3.3 imperator online 3.4 warhammer online age of reckoning 3.5 list of games 4 references 5 external links history edit mythic originally evolved from two early washington dc usa area online game development companies . the first was adventures unlimited software inc. ausi was founded in 1984 by mark jacobs when it launched aradath a commercial online role playing video game which charged us 40 per month . ausi later developed games for genie creating an online version of diplomacy with eric raymond in 1990 and dragon s gate in 1985 originally inspired by aradath . mark jacobs was the president of ausi and other developers there would later work for mythic . the other half of mythic entertainment was interesting systems inc. founded by rob denton matt firor don cambpell and roger shropshire in fairfax va in 1990 . prior to the founding of mythic entertainment isi had developed one multi user bbs text based role playing game called tempest which was later renamed darkness falls . darkness falls would later provide the codebase for dark age of camelot . mythic entertainment was officially formed in 1995 when ausi mark jacobs and isi rob denton joined together . its original name was interworld productions and in november 1997 the name was changed to mythic entertainment . mythic made numerous online games in the mid and late 1990s ranging from online action first person shooters to online rpgs . some titles include silent death online magestorm millennium darkness falls the crusade id4 online spellbinder the nexus conflict and splatterball . in 2001 mythic entertainment released its first mmorpg dark age of camelot the game for which mythic is best known . electronic arts purchased mythic entertainment and renamed the company ea mythic on june 20 2006 . 4 ea mythic renamed themselves back to mythic entertainment on july 10 2008 . 5 mythic entertainment released warhammer online age of reckoning its second mmorpg on september 18 2008 . on june 24 2009 it was announced that as part of ea s restructuring plan mythic entertainment and bioware would come together under a new rpg mmo division headed by bioware general manager dr. ray muzyka . 6 it was also revealed that the current general manager and longtime mythic boss mark jacobs had left ea on june 23 2009 and would be replaced by rob denton . 7 the company was then renamed to bioware mythic . 8 on november 9 2009 mythic was part of a broader reduction in force throughout electronic arts . the number of employees released was not made public . 9 10 11 in 2012 the studio was renamed back to mythic entertainment . 12 this was confirmed in november 2012 on the dark age of camelot website . 13 mythic microsoft lawsuit edit mythic sued microsoft in december 2003 for trademark infringement and unfair competition regarding the name of microsoft s mythica mmorpg which was in development at that time . on may 25 2004 three months after the game was cancelled mythic announced that the case was settled and that microsoft agreed to not use the mythica name on new online video games and to not register it as a trademark . also as part of the deal microsoft gave all mythica related trademarks and domain names to mythic . 14 corporate honors edit mythic has been listed on the deloitte technology 500 list of fastest growing by revenue technology companies in north america since 2002 . citation needed in 2004 it ranked 106th with a 2 226 % increase in revenue over the past five years . games edit aliens online edit aliens online was an online first person shooter action game based on the movie franchise where two teams of marines and aliens fought each other . the game was for the gamestorm gaming service . 15 the budget for the game was 450 000 usd . 16 dark age of camelot edit mythic started dark age of camelot development in late 1999 . the company invested us 3.2 million developing the game an amount more than double the sum used for all its previous games . citation needed dark age of camelot was also the company s first massively multiplayer online role playing game mmorpg . dark age of camelot development was led by rob denton as lead programmer and by matt firor as producer . its support and development continues in parallel with other ea mythic projects such as the 2005 announced warhammer online . on february 5 2014 mythic co founder rob denton started a new studio called broadsword games . on the same day development of the game was transferred from mythic to the new studio . as such dark age of camelot will continue to be supported after the closure of mythic entertainment . 17 imperator online edit in 2002 mythic announced it was working on a new title a science fiction themed mmo called imperator online . this mmorpg based on an alternate history where the roman republic never fell and advanced to be a space traveling multi planet empire . minor changes at important moments in roman history create an extremely different timeline for earth leading to an interstellar roman republica and thousands of years of galactic pax romana . however the game s production was canceled in july 2005 when mark jacobs announced that they had acquired the warhammer online license from games workshop . warhammer online age of reckoning edit during the e3 trade show on may 18 2005 mythic announced that it had licensed the warhammer fantasy ip and was starting to work on a new mmo warhammer online age of reckoning . this title was released on september 18 2008 . the game s last day of play was december 18 2013 18 list of games edit dragon s gate 1990 tempest 1991 castles ii online 1996 rolemaster magestorm 1996 splatterball 1996 dungeon keeper 1997 ultima online 1997 invasion earth 1997 unreleased darkness falls 1997 rolemaster bladelands 1997 aliens online 1998 starship troopers battlespace 1998 godzilla online 1998 splatterball plus 1999 silent death online 1999 darkness falls the crusade 1999 darkstorm the well of souls 1999 unreleased spellbinder the nexus conflict 1999 independence day online 2000 dark age of camelot 2001 imperator online 2005 unreleased warhammer online age of reckoning 2008 2013 19 warhammer online wrath of heroes 2012 2013 unreleased 20 ultima forever quest for the avatar 2013 2014 references edit jason schreier . ea shuts down longtime game studio mythic entertainment . kotaku . gawker media . retrieved 20 june 2015 . schreier jason 2014 05 29 . ea shuts down longtime game studio mythic entertainment . kotaku . dark age of camelot . www.darkageofcamelot.com . retrieved 20 june 2015 . surette tim ; thorsen tor 2006 06 20 . ea drops warhammer on mythic . gamespot . wood jon 2008 07 10 . warhammer online age of reckoning . mmorpg.com . fahey mike 2009 06 24 . ea combines mythic and bioware into a giant rpg robot . kotaku . funk john 2009 06 24 . bioware and mythic merge mark jacobs leaves . the escapist . totilo stephen 2010 03 20 . what the people behind mass effect and dragon age are trying to do . kotaku . athryn 2009 11 09 . mythic entertainment responsible for warhammer online just laid of 80 people about 40 % of its employees . twitter . funk john 2009 11 09 . ea heavily cuts jobs at mythic tiburon black box and redwood . the escapist . remo chris 2009 11 09 . ea announces increased net loss confirms 1 500 layoffs . gamasutra . twitter thatbarnettblok prencher we certainly are . twitter.com . retrieved on 2014 05 22 . schober kai 2012 11 07 . bioware mythic is now known as mythic . mythic entertainment reaches agreement to settle litigation with microsoft . mythic entertainment . 2004 05 25 . gregson chris 16 april 1998 . aliens online review . gamespot . cbs interactive . retrieved 30 may 2014 . jacobs mark 30 may 2014 . former mythic boss eulogises the fallen warhammer studio . eurogamer . gamer network . retrieved 30 may 2014 . dark age of camelot . www.darkageofcamelot.com . retrieved 20 june 2015 . 1 archived december 22 2013 at the wayback machine . warhammer online to cease operations . wrath of heroes official website . electronic arts . external links edit official website v t e electronic arts employees founder trip hawkins current larry probst executive chairman andrew wilson ceo peter moore coo patrick s derlund evp will wright joe ybarra former bing gordon don mattrick jeff green ralph guggenheim robin hunicke greg kasavin john riccitiello subsidiaries current bioware criterion games ea canada ea dice ea mobile ea montreal ea salt lake ea singapore ea sports ea tiburon european integration studio 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