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Press Contact: Rannie Yoo Kohnke Communications 415/777-4000 Rannie@kohnkecomm.com Mythic’s Dark Age of Camelot Expansion Pack: Shrouded Isles is a Hit Throughout
Europe, the Number One Selling PC Game in France FAIRFAX, Va - April 2, 2003 - Mythic Entertainment has shipped more than 150,000
copies of Dark Age of Camelot’s expansion
pack: Shrouded Isles in Europe, due
to strong demand throughout the continent.
A week after its release in mid-February, Mythic’s European
distributor Wanadoo reported that more than 60 percent of the units in retail
outlets had sold through their copies of Shrouded Isles. In addition, almost 90 percent of the
players of the original Dark Age of
Camelot have already purchased the expansion pack in Europe. Mythic’s Dark Age of Camelot:
Shrouded Isles reached the number one spot in entertainment CD-ROM sales
in France the week of release, according to GFK, a marketing company, which
runs the French consoles and PC software reference panel. “We are very pleased to hear about Shrouded
Isles’ outstanding sales in
Europe and look forward to the response from people around the globe to our
state-of-the-art graphics and amazing visual effects,” said Mark Jacobs,
president, Mythic Entertainment. “Dark Age of Camelot gives online
players the ultimate online collaborative game experience and based on both
our continuing efforts and that of our partner Wanadoo, it’s going to
continue to be the benchmark for growth within the industry.” Wanadoo
said the European community for Mythic’s Dark Age of Camelot continues
to expand steadily, with 30,000 or more simultaneous players at peak times. “Shrouded Isles is a
tremendous addition to Dark Age of
Camelot. We see nothing but more
growth for this product,” said Jean-Marc Steffann, portals division director,
Wanadoo. Shrouded Isles extends the story and enhances the action of Dark Age of Camelot with new character classes, new races and
three new continents, displayed in an all-new graphics engine. The expansion also features a revamped
user-interface and an all-new ambient music system that randomly constructs
musical expressions based on the player’s location and the time of day. Graphical improvements include almost 100
new monster models and almost 400 new weapon, armour and shield graphics. Shrouded Isles also has many new
quests, thousands of new monster encounters and an innovative artificial
intelligence system enabling monsters to behave and attack in deadly new
ways. More than 600,000 people have played Dark Age of Camelot
worldwide. The title is known
for its opportunities for collaboration, evidenced by the fact that more than
60,000 people around the world have played simultaneously at peak times Currently Dark Age of Camelot has more than 220,000
subscribers. Dark
Age of Camelot has become one of the most acclaimed online games of all
time; Gamespot gave the game 9.1 out of
10 and named it Multiplayer Role Playing Game of the Year and one of the top
10 PC games of 2001; USA Today and MSNBC both named the game PC Top
Game of the Year; PC Gamer awarded the game their Editors’ Choice
award and 90% rating; Computer Gaming World awarded it their Editors’
Choice and four and half stars out of five. It was also awarded the best
online game of 2001 by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Dark Age of Camelot and Shrouded Isles were
developed by Mythic Entertainment and co-published with Abandon
Entertainment. About Mythic Entertainment
Mythic Entertainment is one of the most successful online game
developers in the industry today.
With 13 online games to its credit, Mythic has played a major part in
the evolution of the online game industry.
Their titles include some of the most popular online-only games of all
time including Aliens Online, Starship
Troopers: Battlespace, Godzilla Online, Silent Death Online, Rolemaster: Magestorm, Darkness Falls,
Splatterball, and Dragon’s
Gate. Mythic was named one of
Deloitte & Touche’s national “Technology Fast 500” companies, and
regional “Technology Fast 50” companies.
For more information about Mythic Entertainment, visit www.mythicentertainment.com. About Abandon
Entertainment Abandon Entertainment is a New York City-based diversified
entertainment company, dedicated to creating unique entertainment products across
all distribution platforms utilizing both traditional and emerging
media. Underneath the Abandon
umbrella of companies exists Abandon Pictures, Abandon Television, Abandon
Internet Group, Abandon Ventures and Collision Entertainment. Abandon Entertainment can be found online
at www.abandonent.com. About Wanadoo
Wanadoo, a
subsidiary of France Telecom, is one of Europe's leading Internet and
directories companies. At the end of
2002, the company had 8,5 million active subscribers, 1.7 billion pages
viewed per month and 638,000 advertisers. Wanadoo is a
leading Internet media services provider in France, the U.K. and Spain, and
is also present in the Netherlands and Morocco. Wanadoo is expanding its Internet operations through, amongst
others, broadband Internet access with 1.4 million cable and ADSL subscribers
and through online directories with 240,000 online advertisers amongst SMEs. Wanadoo
recorded EUR 2 billion in revenues in 2002 and has approximately 7,000
employees. Wanadoo is listed on Euronext Paris. Further information on Wanadoo can be found on the company's
web site at: www.wanadoo.com. Wanadoo Edition (www.wanadoo-edition.com) publishes and distributes video games on
PC and consoles. Its strategy focuses on 3 points: designing games for any
platform type, publishing all kinds of video games, and relying on a powerful
international distribution scheme. Wanadoo has published Dark Age of Camelot in Europe (except Italy and Spain). GOA (Wanadoo Portals) hosts and
operates Dark Age of Camelot in Europe, as well as the online matchmaking
service GOA.com, leader in France with more than one million members. Mythic Entertainment, Dark Age of Camelot and Dark Age of Camelot: Shrouded Isles are trademarks of Mythic Entertainment. All other trademarks property of their respective owners. |