Mark Jacobs
Moby ID: 83280
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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.
Credited on 16 games
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Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (2008, Windows) | Executives |
Hellgate: London (2007, Windows) | Flagship Studios & Ping0 |
Dark Age of Camelot: Labyrinth of the Minotaur (2007, Windows) | General Manager |
Dark Age of Camelot: Epic Edition (2005, Windows) | Founders |
Dark Age of Camelot: Darkness Rising (2005, Windows) | Mythic Entertainment Founders |
Dark Age of Camelot: Catacombs (2004, Windows) | Mythic Entertainment Founders |
Dark Age of Camelot: Platinum Edition (2004, Windows) | President |
Dark Age of Camelot: Trials of Atlantis (2003, Windows) | President |
Dark Age of Camelot: Shrouded Isles (2002, Windows) | President |
Dark Age of Camelot (2001, Windows) | President |
Spellbinder: The Nexus Conflict (1999, Windows) | Executive Producer |
Darkness Falls: The Crusade (1999, Windows) | Executive Producer |
Godzilla Online (1998, Windows) | Executive Producer |
Aliens Online (1998, Windows) | Executive Producer/Designer |
Rolemaster: Magestorm (1996, Windows) | Executive Producer |
Dragon's Gate (1996, Windows) | Original Concept |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 14 games with Rob Denton
- 13 games with Michael Crossmire
- 13 games with C. J. Grebb
- 12 games with Matt Firor
- 12 games with Marty Brown
- 11 games with Darrin Hyrup
- 10 games with Colin Hicks
- 10 games with Brian Axelson
- 9 games with Lance Robertson
- 9 games with Bob Sellers
Companies
- 13 games with Mythic
- 6 games with Vivendi Games, Inc.
- 4 games with Wanadoo Edition
- 4 games with GOA
- 3 games with AOL LLC
- 2 games with Epic Games Tools LLC
- 2 games with Electronic Arts, Inc.
- 2 games with Numerical Design Limited
- 2 games with Centropolis Interactive
- 2 games with Trilobit GmbH
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