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Mythic Entertainment (which has also been known as BioWare Mythic, EA Mythic, Inc. and Interworld Productions) was a video game developer in Fairfax, Virginia that was most widely recognized for developing the 2001 massively multiplayer online role-playing game ''Dark Age of Camelot''. Mythic was a prolific creator of multiplayer online games since its formation in the mid-1990s. On May 29, 2014, Electronic Arts announced it would be "closing the EA Mythic location in Fairfax", effectively winding down all the studio's operations. Despite the studio's closure, ''Dark Age of Camelot'' will continue to be supported by ex-Mythic staff under a new studio,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dark Age of Camelot )〕 effectively keeping Mythic's legacy alive. ==History== Mythic originally evolved from two early Washington, DC (USA) area online game development companies. The first was Adventures Unlimited Software Inc. (AUSI), was founded in 1984 By Mark Jacobs when it launched ''Aradath'', a commercial online role-playing video game which charged per month. AUSI later developed games for GEnie, creating an online version of ''Diplomacy'' with Eric Raymond in 1990, and ''Dragon's Gate'' in 1985, originally inspired by ''Aradath''. Mark Jacobs was the president of AUSI and other developers there would later work for Mythic. The other half of Mythic Entertainment was Interesting Systems, Inc., founded by Rob Denton, Matt Firor, Don Cambpell, and Roger Shropshire in Fairfax, VA, in 1990. Prior to the founding of Mythic Entertainment, ISI had developed one multi-user BBS text-based role-playing game called ''Tempest'', which was later renamed ''Darkness Falls''. ''Darkness Falls'' would later provide the codebase for ''Dark Age of Camelot''. Mythic Entertainment was officially formed in 1995 when AUSI (Mark Jacobs) and ISI (Rob Denton) joined together. Its original name was Interworld Productions, and in November 1997 the name was changed to Mythic Entertainment. Mythic made numerous online games in the mid and late 1990s, ranging from online action first-person shooters to online RPGs. Some titles include ''Silent Death Online'', ''Magestorm Millennium'', ''Darkness Falls: The Crusade'', ''ID4 Online'', ''Spellbinder: The Nexus Conflict'', and ''Splatterball''. In 2001, Mythic Entertainment released its first MMORPG, ''Dark Age of Camelot'', the game for which Mythic is best known. Electronic Arts purchased Mythic Entertainment and renamed the company EA Mythic on June 20, 2006. EA Mythic renamed themselves back to Mythic Entertainment on July 10, 2008. Mythic Entertainment released ''Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning'', its second MMORPG, on September 18, 2008. On June 24, 2009, it was announced that as part of EA's restructuring plan Mythic Entertainment and BioWare would come together under a new RPG/MMO division headed by BioWare General Manager Dr. Ray Muzyka. It was also revealed that the current General Manager and longtime Mythic boss Mark Jacobs had left EA on June 23, 2009 and would be replaced by Rob Denton. The company was then renamed to BioWare Mythic. On November 9, 2009, Mythic was part of a broader reduction in force throughout Electronic Arts. The number of employees released was not made public. In 2012, the studio was renamed back to Mythic Entertainment.〔(Twitter / thatbarnettblok: @prencher We certainly are ). Twitter.com. Retrieved on 2014-05-22.〕 This was confirmed in November 2012 on the ''Dark Age of Camelot'' website. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mythic Entertainment」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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