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Mythic Entertainment Teams with NVIDIA to Amplify
Online Gaming
Upcoming Expansion Pack Dark Age of
Camelot: Shrouded Isles Relies on NVIDIA GeForce GPUs to Bring the Lavish
Fantasy World to Life
FAIRFAX, VA – November 18th 2002 – Mythic Entertainment (www.mythicentertainment.com),
creator of the award winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game
(MMORPG) Dark
Age of CamelotÔ, today
announced that it is working closely with NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide
leader in visual processing solutions, to make the first expansion pack, Shrouded
Isles, a visually stunning gaming experience. As a result, Shrouded Isles, will take full advantage of NVIDIA graphics
processors (GPUs), including the new GeForce FX GPU announced by the Company
today, to bring the 3D world to life like never before.
‘Working working with NVIDIA will
provide our fans with the very best visual effects and the performance that
they have come to expect from Mythic’s games,” said Rob Denton, CTO of Mythic Entertainment. “Dark Age of Camelot: Shrouded
Isles will provide gaming enthusiasts with all new state-of-the-art
graphics that will make the game look as advanced as any online game on the
market or coming to market any time soon.”
As well
as a greatly improved frame rate for complex character animation, Shrouded
Isles takes full advantage of the features supported by the latest
NVIDIA GPUs, including vertex and pixel shaders. The results include greatly
improved water with animated reflective surfaces and improved special effects
for monsters and spells.
“Mythic
Entertainment is pushing the boundaries of online gaming to the point where
hundreds of players are battling in real-time,” said Bill Rehbock, director of
developer relations at NVIDIA. “This is
not the time when you can afford to be hindered by slow frame rates. NVIDIA GPUs provide the ultimate weapon for
Dark Age of Camelot players.”
Dark Age of Camelot: Shrouded Isles is the first expansion pack for Dark Age of Camelot players. It extends the story of the original game with three new races, six new character classes, and three large new island continents. The game is scheduled for release on December 3rd 2002. It is developed by Mythic Entertainment and co-published with Abandon Entertainment.
Since its release, Dark Age of Camelot has become one of the most acclaimed online games of all time; Among its numerous awards, the game earned 9.1 out of 10 from Gamespot which also named it Multiplayer Role Playing Game of the Year and one of the top ten 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 award and a four and half stars out of five. It was also awarded online game of 2001 by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences.
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. 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 NVIDIA
NVIDIA Corporation is a market leader in visual computing technology dedicated to creating products that enhance the interactive experience on consumer and professional computing platforms. Its graphics and communications processors have broad market reach and are incorporated into a wide variety of computing platforms, including consumer digital-media PCs, enterprise PCs, professional workstations, digital content creation systems, notebook PCs, military navigation systems and video games consoles. NVIDIA is headquartered in Santa Clara, California and employs more than 1,400 people worldwide. For more information, visit the company’s Web site.
Mythic
Entertainment and Dark Age of Camelot are trademarks of Mythic
Entertainment. All other trademarks property of their respective owners.
Copyright © 2002 NVIDIA Corporation. All
rights reserved. All company and/or product names may be trade names,
trademarks and/or registered trademarks of the respective owners with which
they are associated.
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