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Only a Year After the Launch of Dark Age of Camelot,
Mythic Entertainment Announces Significant Milestones
500,000 have played the game; 50,000
have played at the same time
FAIRFAX, VA – OCTOBER 9, 2002 – On the one-year anniversary of the
launch of the runaway hit online game Dark Age of Camelot, Mythic Entertainment
(www.mythicentertainment.com)
announced that to date, over 500,000 people have played the game, with over
50,000 people around the world having played simultaneously at peak times. This announcement comes just two months
before the December 2002 launch of the company’s much-anticipated first
expansion pack, Dark Age of Camelot:
Shrouded Isles.
“This is a very exciting time for us. Less than a year after its
release, Dark Age of Camelot has been enjoyed by half million people all around
the world,” said Mark Jacobs, President of
Mythic Entertainment. “Even more
exciting is that in a few months we will release Camelot’s first expansion
pack, Shrouded Isles, which takes Dark Age of Camelot to the next generation.”
Dark Age of Camelot is the fastest growing
massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) in North America and
Europe. Over 200,000 people currently
subscribe to Dark Age of Camelot. The
game recently entered the open beta stage in Korea and over 100,000 people are
currently participating. Mythic’s major international partners for Dark Age of
Camelot include: Vivendi Universal Games, their North American distributor;
Wanadoo, their publishing and hosting partner in France, Germany and the U.K.;
CTOspa, their publishing and hosting partner in Italy; Buff Entertainment in
Korea and Capcom in Japan.
Dark Age of Camelot: Shrouded Isles is the first expansion pack
for Dark Age of Camelot. It extends the
story of the original game with new character classes, new races, and three new
continents. It also includes an
exciting update of the graphics engine allowing greater frame rates and the
ability to take full advantage of today’s video boards. The game is scheduled
for release in mid-December. It is
developed by Mythic Entertainment and co-published with Abandon Entertainment
in North America.
In addition to these quantitative milestones,
Mythic was also recently nominated in the UK for multiplayer game of the year
award by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Since its release it has been the most acclaimed
online game amongst reviewers receiving many awards 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; 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 AIAS.
“We set out too create the very best MMORPG
experience we could,” said Jacobs, “we
are proud of the resulting worldwide recognition we’ve achieved as an industry
leader in the creation of MMORPG’s.”
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 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.
Mythic
Entertainment and Dark Age of Camelot are trademarks of Mythic
Entertainment. All other trademarks property of their respective owners.
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