Mark Jacobs (game designer)


Mark Jacobs is an American game designer, programmer, author and businessman, and the former GM/VP/CEO of Mythic Entertainment, Inc. Best known as a lead designer of Dark Age of Camelot and Camelot Unchained, he also created two early MUDs, Aradath and Dragon's Gate, serving as both the designer and programmer in addition to his duties as President/CEO. He founded A.U.S.I. in 1983 and worked on a number of computer games for systems such as the Apple II. He is also a screenwriter, having penned a number of screenplays including one based on the game Imperator Online.
He is known for his strong position against "real money transfer", a.k.a. "gold selling". Jacobs left EA in June 2009 after the company decided to merge BioWare with Mythic Entertainment.

Biography

Jacobs attended Syracuse University and graduated, magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He then attended Georgetown University Law Center and graduated with a Juris Doctor. While at GULC, he started his first computer game company, Adventures Unlimited Software Inc. in 1983. In the 1980s and until 1995, he created online games for both local networks and nationwide networks such as GEnie, AOL and Kesmai's Gamestorm network.
In 1995, he was the co-founder, President and CEO of Mythic Entertainment, Inc.. He was involved in all Mythic Entertainment games since 1995, including their most successful product, the MMORPG Dark Age Of Camelot.
In March 2011, he was the co-founder of City State Entertainment, along with Andrew Meggs, President of City State Entertainment.

Games