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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.
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