Mythic and NVIDIA are forming a partnership for the upcoming DAoC expansion, Shrouded Isles! What this means is that the expansion will be optimized for the NVIDIA chipset and graphics cards, thereby giving anyone using these cards the best possible visualizations and effects as well as faster rendering and hence smoother play. The following is the official press release...

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Mythic Entertainment Teams with NVIDIA to Amplify Online Gaming Upcoming Expansion Pack Dark Age of Camelot: Shrouded Isles Relies on NVIDIA GeForce GPUs to Bring the Lavish Fantasy World to Life FAIRFAX, VA - November 18th 2002 - Mythic Entertainment (www.mythicentertainment.com), creator of the award winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) Dark Age of Camelot, today announced that it is working closely with NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in visual processing solutions, to make the first expansion pack, Shrouded Isles, a visually stunning gaming experience. As a result, Shrouded Isles, will take full advantage of NVIDIA graphics processors (GPUs), including the new GeForce FX GPU announced by the Company today, to bring the 3D world to life like never before. 'Working working with NVIDIA will provide our fans with the very best visual effects and the performance that they have come to expect from Mythic's games," said Rob Denton, CTO of Mythic Entertainment. "Dark Age of Camelot: Shrouded Isles will provide gaming enthusiasts with all new state-of-the-art graphics that will make the game look as advanced as any online game on the market or coming to market any time soon." As well as a greatly improved frame rate for complex character animation, Shrouded Isles takes full advantage of the features supported by the latest NVIDIA GPUs, including vertex and pixel shaders. The results include greatly improved water with animated reflective surfaces and improved special effects for monsters and spells. "Mythic Entertainment is pushing the boundaries of online gaming to the point where hundreds of players are battling in real-time," said Bill Rehbock, director of developer relations at NVIDIA. "This is not the time when you can afford to be hindered by slow frame rates. NVIDIA GPUs provide the ultimate weapon for Dark Age of Camelot players." Dark Age of Camelot: Shrouded Isles is the first expansion pack for Dark Age of Camelot players. It extends the story of the original game with three new races, six new character classes, and three large new island continents. The game is scheduled for release on December 3rd 2003. It is developed by Mythic Entertainment and co-published with Abandon Entertainment. Since its release, Dark Age of Camelot has become one of the most acclaimed online games of all time; Among its numerous awards, the game earned 9.1 out of 10 from Gamespot which also named it Multiplayer Role Playing Game of the Year and one of the top ten PC games of 2001; USA Today and MSNBC both named the game PC Top Game of the Year; PC Gamer awarded the game their Editors' Choice award and 90% rating; Computer Gaming World awarded it their Editors' Choice award and a four and half stars out of five. It was also awarded online game of 2001 by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. About Mythic Entertainment Mythic Entertainment is one of the most successful online gaming developers in the industry today. With twelve online games to its credit, Mythic has been a major part of all of its distribution and publishing partners pay-for-play games including AOL, the Centropolis Gaming Center, Gamestorm, and ENGAGE. Their titles include some of the most popular online-only games of all time including Spellbinder: The Nexus Conflict, Aliens Online, Starship Troopers: Battlespace, Silent Death Online, Rolemaster: Magestorm, Darkness Falls, Darkness Falls: The Crusade, Splatterball, Godzilla Online, and Dragon's Gate. Mythic was named one of Deloitte & Touche's national "Technology Fast 500" companies, and regional "Technology Fast 50" companies. For more information about Mythic Entertainment, visit www.mythicentertainment.com. Mythic Entertainment and Dark Age of Camelot are trademarks of Mythic Entertainment. All other trademarks property of their respective owners.