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massively.com - 6/24/2009

Mythic employees shocked at Mark Jacobs' departure

— massively.com — Mythic employees were surprised by their boss' departure, sources told me today. I spoke with a former... employee, who asked to remain anonymous, about what they and their old co-workers thought regarding today's announcement that Mark Jacobs, ... (more) Mythic employees shocked at Mark Jacobs' departure

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massively.com - 6/25/2009

Mythic's Mark Jacobs leaves EA

— massively.com — Mark Jacobs , the former General Manager of Mythic Entertainment and Lead Designer of Warhammer Online ,... has left EA on 23rd June, the company announced today. This comes as part of restructuring plans within EA which includes both Mythic and ... (more) Mythic's Mark Jacobs leaves EA

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brokentoys.org - 6/25/2009

Outsized Personalities

— brokentoys.org — So now that I’m home and can look up from wikis and playtests, some reflection on part... of today’s news. It’s probably no secret that Mark Jacobs and I have had our differences in the past – in particular, after some of my ... (more) Outsized Personalities

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Jacobs Out, Mythic & Bioware To Merge – No Surprise Really
Stropp's World — The MMORPG blogosphere is buzzing today. It’s been announced that not only is Mark Jacobs leaving EA-Mythic as of today, Mythic will also be merged with Bioware with the current Bioware heads (and founders) heading up the new structure with the Mythic business remaining intact but reporting to Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk. A few bloggers have expressed surprise at the announcment, with only Heartless_ saying I told you so and reminding us of the toxic effect that EA has on the game developers that it buys. Me. I’m not so surprised ...

Mythic + BioWare restructuring
NecroRogIcon — EA has reorganized Mythic and BioWare and kinda / sorta / maybe merged them. In name at least, they’ll remain separate but basically the gist of it is that the two docs at BioWare are in charge and Mark Jacobs gets flicked off the gameboard. If you want the more complete description + commentary I recommend reading Lum’s take and Keen’s take, each with their own perspectives. This is probably a reflection of the current status quo: The upcoming big expectations of the next game versus the somewhat disappointing results of the last game. If you ...

Daily Blogroll 6/25 — A Valiant Effort edition
West Karana — Hey, didja hear the news? Mark Jacobs is leaving Mythic and Mythic is being merged into Bioware! Jacobs was the public face of Mythic for so long, I can’t think of one without the other, and I can’t think of an upside to his leaving for the game I once loved, Dark Age of Camelot. Keen thought EA was past absorbing studios for their properties and then squeezing out the help. Snazfg urges people not to pillory either EA or Jacobs until more is known. Heartless_ said he knew it all along (I guess he did!). ...