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MYTHIC ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES

DARK AGE OF CAMELOT: NEW FRONTIERS

 

Free Expansion Overhauls Combat System with Community’s Help

 

 

 

FAIRFAX, VA – February 18, 2004 – Mythic Entertainment, developer and publisher of the award-winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game Dark Age of Camelot, today announced Dark Age of Camelot: New Frontiers, a free downloadable expansion that reinvents the game’s unique Realm vs. Realm combat system, where player characters from the game’s three different Realms engage in life and death struggles across numerous battlegrounds, keeps and through the expansive frontier areas. The Realm vs. Realm system was recognized upon the game’s original release by players and reviewers alike as one of the many features which truly distinguished Dark Age of Camelot from other MMORPGs. New Frontiers will make battles more accessible to players, deepen the tactical possibilities and diversity of warfare styles, and establish a concrete rewards system for Realm vs. Realm combat. Mythic plans to make New Frontiers available in Q2 2004.

 

 

Mythic is working closing with the Dark Age of Camelot community in the tdevelopment of New Frontiers through open beta testing and frequent communication of design philosophy, goals, specific features, and implementation to its members, inviting their comments and feedback. Mythic will continue to release detailed information on the New Frontiers website (www.camelotherald.com/newfrontiers/) to ensure that fans can provide input on the design and testing process.

 

 

"The Dark Age of Camelot community has been anticipating a revamped RvR system for a long time, and we're proud to offer New Frontiers," said Matt Firor, Executive Producer at Mythic Entertainment. "There will be no secrets in the design and testing process of New Frontiers. Dark Age of Camelot players know the game best, and we look forward to updating the game's RvR systems with their input."

 

"New Frontiers will make Realm vs. Realm combat even more fun, well-balanced, and add more strategic options to the system," added Firor. "We want to continue to give back to the player community by continuing to improve the Camelot experience as part of the game’s regular subscription service. We began this tradition soon after launch with the addition of the Darkness Falls dungeon and continued it with the launch of Foundations, our player housing expansion."

 

 About Dark Age of Camelot: New Frontiers

 

New Frontiers, the free downloadable Realm vs. Realm expansion to Dark Age of Camelot, restructures the award-winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game’s Realm vs. Realm combat system, where players from the game’s three different Realms vie for supremacy by sieging keeps, invading enemy lands, and fighting one another in pitched battles. New Frontiers makes it easier to locate battles, adds more tactics and diversity to combat, and integrates more concrete bonuses and abilities as rewards for RvR combat. The design and testing process of New Frontiers is open to comment from the Dark Age of Camelot community, and the final version will reflect fans’ input.

 

New Frontiers revamps both the geography of the Realm frontiers, and Realm abilities. In addition, there is a new travel system including boats and the ability for players to teleport directly to a friendly keep. The expansion also revamps the game’s Realm Ability system to further balance characters, as well as offers newly redesigned keeps and geography for more strategic battles. For more information about New Frontiers, visit www.camelotherald.com/newfrontiers/ .

 

 

About Mythic Entertainment

Mythic Entertainment is one of the most successful online game developers in the industry today. Credited with 14 online games, including the award winning Dark Age of Camelot, Mythic has played a major part in the evolution of the online game industry. The company’s other titles are 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. In 2003, Mythic was ranked 36 in Inc. 500. Mythic was also named one of Deloitte & Touche’s national “Technology Fast 500” companies and regional “Technology Fast 50” companies for the past two years. For more information about Mythic Entertainment, visit www.mythicentertainment.com.