Mark Jacobs is the visionary behind Camelot Unchained. He is the co-founder of City State Entertainment, Mythic Entertainment, and founder of Adventures Unlimited Software Inc.
Facts about Mark Jacobs
- Credited with leading the creation of two of the top two Metacritic MMOs of all time: Dark Age of Camelot, and Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. Mark was lead designer on both games, and has served in that role on all of his titles.
- Creator of over two dozen games, including pioneering work in Online Casual Games, and worked with Hollywood on “day and date” game releases, dating back to Aliens Online (1997).
- Created Dark Age of Camelot Online in 2001 (the #2 MMORPG in North America and Europe up to 2005) with a budget of $2.5M.
- Developed and launched Warhammer Online (2008) in 3 years, which sold 1.2 million boxes (still within the top 5 retail launches for an MMO), and three months after launch, a peak of 500,000 subscribers.
- Led business development effort at Mythic Entertainment, and secured investment from Abandon Entertainment (which led to development of Dark Age of Camelot) in 1999, TA Associates in 2002, and sale of the company to Electronic Arts in 2006.
- Has multiple Hollywood credits, including two Executive Producer credits on the films Stan Helsing and And Soon the Darkness. Mark has also written two unsold film screenplays, and has two graphic novels in development.
- Led one of the most successful Kickstarter computer game projects, Camelot Unchained. The game has raised over 3.2M to date.