Originally known for Dark Age of Camelot, Mythic was snapped up by EA and put to work on several other MMOs new and old, including Warhammer Online and Origin’s Ultima Online, which predated it. It was closed down in 2014, but not before spinning out DAOC and UO to newly formed company Broadsword Online.
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Ultima Online starts testing its fall update while Dark Age of Camelot continues its Dragon’s Curse campaign
Let's check in with the Broadsword MMOs to see what's happening in its part of the online world, shall we?
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