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Beta
Testing of Dark Age of CamelotTM
Begins in South Korea
MYTHIC ENTERTAINMENT AND BUFF
ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCE COMMENCEMENT OF FIRST PHASE BETA
FAIRFAX, VA – MAY 2nd,
2002 – Mythic Entertainment (www.mythicentertainment.com), creator of the award
winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) Dark
Age of CamelotÔ, in conjunction
with Buff Entertainment, today announced that the game has entered the first
phase of beta testing in South Korea. Dark Age of Camelot, the fastest
selling pay-for-play MMORPG in the history of online gaming, is
developed by Mythic Entertainment and co-published with Abandon Entertainment (www.abandonent.com).
Journalists and
more than five thousand eager MMORPG fans that pre-registered at www.daoc.co.kr when the beta test was
announced are already venturing into the Realms of Dark Age of Camelot on to
first of the planned South Korean servers. The second phase of the beta
testing, utilizing Korean language servers, will continue until the highly
anticipated late summer 2002 launch.
"After the most successful US and European launch of
an MMORPG in gaming history, we are working closely with Buff Entertainment to
ensure that our Korean launch raises the bar yet again,” announced Mark Jacobs,
President of Mythic Entertainment. “The fertile Korean market will allow us to
continue our strong growth pattern, and partnering with Buff Entertainment will
allow us to provide a great experience for our Korean fans.”
“Mythic
Entertainment has developed an exceptional game,” said Young Choi, President of
Buff Entertainment. “We are excited about bringing this game to the extremely
sophisticated and experienced online gaming community
in South Korea.”
Buff Entertainment will handle the distribution
of Dark Age of Camelot as well as all online hosting and
community management. Dark Age of Camelot will be translated into
Korean, and customer support as well as community management will be handled in
Korean to ensure the best support and quality of service.
Dark
Age of Camelot was recently recognized with multiple Online Game of
the Year awards. The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences presented the
game with the Massive Multiplayer/Persistent World Game of the Year. It also
received the Online Game of the Year award from the editors of Computer Gaming
World and Computer Games magazines.
Dark Age of Camelot: The Game
Dark
Age of Camelot is a next generation MMORPG and features
3D-accelerated graphics with multiple class and race combinations, Player vs.
Player and Player vs. Environment action, a robust trade skill system, and the
most comprehensive player Guild system in any MMORPG. Dark Age of Camelot takes
place after the death of King Arthur,
and breaks new ground for online play with three realms in conflict – realms
that used to be peaceful and united under Arthur’s rule. The players assume a
character from one of the three realms: Midgard, Hibernia, or Albion. Each
realm is based on the mythologies of Viking-era Scandinavia, ancient Ireland,
and Arthurian Britain, respectively. Since its release it has been acclaimed by
reviewers including: Gamespot 9.1 out of 10, naming it Multiplayer Role Playing
Game of the Year and one of the top ten PC games of 2001; Computer Games 93 out
of 100; USA Today named the game PC Top Game of the Year; MSNBC named it PC
Game of the Year; PC Gamer awarded the game their Editors’ Choice award and 90%
rating; Computer Gaming World awarded it their Editors’ Choice award and a four
and half stars out of five”.
Mythic
Entertainment is one of the most successful online gaming developers in the
industry today. With twelve online
games to its credit, Mythic has been a major part of all of its distribution
and publishing partners pay-for-play games including AOL, the Centropolis
Gaming Center, Gamestorm, and ENGAGE. Their titles include some of the most
popular online-only games of all time including Spellbinder: The Nexus Conflict, Aliens Online, Starship Troopers:
Battlespace, Silent Death Online, Rolemaster: Magestorm, Darkness Falls,
Darkness Falls: The Crusade, Splatterball, Godzilla Online, and Dragon’s Gate.
About Buff Entertainment
Buff
Entertainment is a distribution and development partner for international
companies seeking to enter the Korean entertainment marketplace. Buff
Entertainment provides translation, localization, hosting, sales, marketing,
and customer support services. Buff Entertainment’s management team includes
some of the most successful and experienced figures in the PC gaming industry
in Korea, and the company is headquartered in Seoul, Korea. Buff Entertainment
can be found online at www.buffgame.com
Mythic
Entertainment and
Dark Age of Camelot is a trademark of Mythic Entertainment.