Mark JacobsDeveloper BIO
Prior to co-founding
Mythic Entertainment in 1995, Mark was President of Adventures
Unlimited Software Inc., one of the earliest developers and publishers of massively multiplayer games. A native of New York City, Mark earned a Juris Doctorate in 1984 from Georgetown University Law Center, after graduating summa cum laude from Syracuse University. Mark has over 20 years' experience in the computer gaming industry and his credits include popular online games such as
Dragon's Gate,
Rolemaster: Magestorm,
Splatterball,
Aliens Online,
Dark Age of Camelot and
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning.
After Mythic was acquired by
Electronic Arts, by June 2009 EA eventually merged Mythic and
BioWare into a new RPG/MMO group. Along with the announcement, Jacobs left EA on 23rd June 2009.
Mark's primary responsibilities at
Mythic were formulating long-range strategy; participating in product development; acting as lead designer for
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning and managing the growth of the company.
Websites
Games Credited
- Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (2008), Electronic Arts, Inc.
- Hellgate: London (2007), Namco Bandai Games America Inc.
- Dark Age of Camelot: Darkness Rising (2005), GOA
- Dark Age of Camelot: Epic Edition (2005), Mythic Entertainment, Inc.
- Dark Age of Camelot: Catacombs (2004), Mythic Entertainment, Inc.
- Dark Age of Camelot: Platinum Edition (2004), Mythic Entertainment, Inc.
- Dark Age of Camelot: Trials of Atlantis (2003), Mythic Entertainment, Inc.
- Dark Age of Camelot: Shrouded Isles (2002), Vivendi Universal Games, Inc.
- Dark Age of Camelot (2001), Abandon Entertainment, Vivendi Universal Games, Inc.
- Aliens Online (1998), Fox Interactive, Inc.
- Rolemaster: Magestorm (1996), Engage Games Online
