Electronic Arts Restructures Role Playing Organization (June 29, 2009)

[ChrisReid]

There's been considerable change in Electronic Arts' role-playing arenas over the last week. EA's Mythic Entertainment is being rolled into a new RPG/MMO division that will be directed by EA's BioWare general manager, Ray Muzyka. Mythic general manager Mark Jacobs will be leaving the company. GameSpot has more info on the shake-up.


Mythic is the current location of Origin's archive materials and acts as the custodian of Ultima Online. They launched Warhammer Online last fall, which currently has about 300,000 subscribers. Server capacity in much of the world has been reduced this year, but Warhammer debuted in Taiwan on June 25.

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Original update published on June 29, 2009

 

[ELTEE]

I like the random person caught peering expectantly at the mighty EA building.

 

[Bandit LOAF]

I think that's Frosty.

 

[ELTEE]

I actually wondered that based on some of the DragonCon photos. The hat looked familiar.

BTW, do you guys still attend the convention as a group?

 

[Bandit LOAF]

We aren't going this year (decided too late to get a hotel room), but at least some of us are next year.