On May 29, 2014, Electronic Arts announced it would be "closing the EA Mythic location in Fairfax",[2] effectively winding down all the studio's operations.

Mythic originally evolved from two early Washington, DC (USA) area online game development companies.

The first was Adventures Unlimited Software Inc. (AUSI), was founded in 1984 By Mark Jacobs when it launched Aradath, a commercial online role-playing video game which charged US$40 per month.

AUSI later developed games for GEnie, creating an online version of Diplomacy with Eric Raymond in 1990, and Dragon's Gate in 1985, originally inspired by Aradath.

The other half of Mythic Entertainment was Interesting Systems, Inc., founded by Rob Denton, Matt Firor, Don Campbell, and Roger Shropshire in Fairfax, VA, in 1990.

Prior to the founding of Mythic Entertainment, ISI had developed one multi-user BBS text-based role-playing game called Tempest, which was later renamed Darkness Falls.

[6] It was also revealed that the current General Manager and long-time Mythic boss Mark Jacobs had left EA on June 23, 2009 and would be replaced by Rob Denton.

[15] Darkness Falls: The Crusade was a fantasy MUD-style game which has been hosted by America Online, GameStorm, and Centropolis Entertainment.

[citation needed] Dark Age of Camelot was also the company's first massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG).

Dark Age of Camelot development was led by Rob Denton, as lead programmer, and by Matt Firor as Producer.