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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The Game Archaeologist: The legacy of Ultima Online
Last week in The Game Archaeologist, we traced the history of Ultima Online’s origin, development, and testing -- not to mention one pesky in-game...
Dark Age of Camelot’s Covenant Crossroads event tasks players with making a pact and killing demons
The northern crossroads region of Dark Age of Camelot has come down with a particularly nasty case of demons, and it's up to players...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that took aim at World of Warcraft
The fact that we currently have a Big Five in the MMO space is a big change from not so long ago, when the...
The Game Archaeologist: The origins of Blizzard, Mythic, Funcom, SOE, and BioWare
A good origin story always captivates me, especially when it gives me a new perspective on something I've come to appreciate over the years....
The Daily Grind: What’s the longest time period you’ve ever subbed to a single MMO?
This question is a bit biased toward the subscription era of MMOs, but I think it still has some relevance given just how many...
Warhammer Online: Return of Reckoning prepares new events for the game and celebrates eight years
Things are getting deadly in Warhammer Online: Return of Reckoning starting on June 10th. Except... actually, they're sort of not? They're getting anti-deadly? Undeadly?...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida skipped Final Fantasy XI at launch to play Dark Age of Camelot
Naoki Yoshida is best known for his role as the producer and director of Final Fantasy XIV, but the fact of the matter is...
Warhammer Return of Reckoning unveils a new PvPvE scenario and live event arriving in May
The dead should stay dead, which is something that players of the Warhammer Online rogue server Return of Reckoning are going to have to...
One Shots: Nothing good happened in this windmill
All I'm saying is that if you're walking along and you come upon this sight of a decrepit windmill, it would behoove you to...
Spring celebrations erupt in EverQuest II, Wakfu, and Dark Age of Camelot
As I write this, it's the middle of April and snowflakes are coming down outside my window to settle on blooming flowers that are...
Warhammer’s Return of Reckoning welcomes players to its new Ratnarok scenario
Warhammer Online's world of strife got another place for players to work out their grievances. The Return of Reckoning rogue server team announced the...
Dark Age of Camelot brings out some RvR bonuses as Travelling Merchants resume their travels
The latest catch up event for Dark Age of Camelot has ended, which means that players are now going to need to do different things...
Warhammer Online rogue server Return of Reckoning unleashes Land of the Dead remake and Twitch drops tomorrow
Warhammer Online fans, your home of the last few years has some a big March in store for you! Rogue server Return of Reckoning...
Vague Patch Notes: So why do MMO developers gender lock?
Last week's Vague Patch Notes on MMO lore and its impact on design decisions produced a lot of good comments along with a smattering...
Dark Age of Camelot marks Valentine’s Day with new and returning quests
While Dark Age of Camelot is an MMORPG that's all about RvR conflict, that doesn't mean the game can't get into the loving spirit...
Dark Age of Camelot plans a new server with bigger content and ‘new and very exciting objectives’
Just ahead of the weekend, Broadsword producer Talal "Eldariian" Saad penned a letter for Dark Age of Camelot players, looking back at the MMORPG's...
Warhammer Return of Reckoning has another Land of the Dead public test this Sunday
Are you ready to war in the Necropolis of Zandr? Then you've got another chance to hop into the ongoing Land of the Dead...
Warhammer Online: Return of Reckoning fixes key open RvR issues, continues to work on Land of the Dead
Warhammer Online rogue server Return of Reckoning busted out its first patch of 2022, bringing an Unforgiving Seas weekend warfront along with it.
Two small...
Warhammer Return of Reckoning plans new scenarios, new quests, and Necropolis of Zandr public tests
The Warhammer Online rogue server Return of Reckoning has lots of big plans in 2022. Fresh announcements from the operators of the emulator outline...
Fight or Kite: Was 2021 the death of large-scale group PvP MMOs?
Here we are on the cusp of the end to another year: 2021 is almost completely in the rear-view mirror. As I look back...
