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Dark Age of Camelot: Trials of Atlantis Slated for European Release

European Players Can Dive into the Massively Multiplayer Online Game’s Underwater Expansion This February

FAIRFAX, VA – January 29, 2004 – Mythic Entertainment, developer and publisher of the award-winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game "Dark Age of Camelot," today announced that "Dark Age of Camelot: Trials of Atlantis" will be released in Europe on February 25th, 2004. Published and distributed in Europe by Wanadoo, Mythic’s latest expansion pack to "Dark Age of Camelot" updates the entire game’s graphics and includes a new world of underwater challenges based on the legend of Atlantis. Designed for high-level group play, "Trials of Atlantis" adds three all-new character races and a boat travel system to the game.

“'Dark Age of Camelot' has a strong European following, and we’re pleased to bring 'Trials of Atlantis' to the community,” said Mark Jacobs, president and CEO of Mythic Entertainment. "With Wanadoo’s help, European fans will be able to explore the many quests and mysterious lands as well as enjoy the graphics updates that 'Trials of Atlantis' adds to 'Dark Age of Camelot.'”

"Dark Age of Camelot: Trials of Atlantis" was released on October 28th, 2003, in North America, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa by Vivendi Universal Games. More information on "Trials of Atlantis" is available at www.darkageofcamelot.com.

About "Dark Age of Camelot: Trials of Atlantis"
"Trials of Atlantis," the expansion to "Dark Age of Camelot," opens a whole new world in the critically-acclaimed massively-multiplayer online role-playing game. With "Trials of Atlantis," players can discover a secret civilization spread across multiple islands, submerged deep in the ocean, and across a continent. Foreseeing the demise of their society, the ancient people of Atlantis, possessors of extremely powerful magical lore, built a series of trials into the ruins of their once great culture. Players can now take on the nine trials and unlock new mysterious powers while mastering the perilous ocean and confronting terrifying monsters.

"Trials of Atlantis" is designed to further challenge high-level players by introducing a Master Level advancement system. As a player moves sequentially through each of the nine trials, they will achieve a corresponding Master Level. With each Master Level, players gain new Atlantean Master Abilities, each with its own unique capabilities and skills. Emphasizing group play, the trials will have to be tackled by groups of players. Players are able to travel by boat, explore islands within the ruins, swim to submerged dungeons, and battle new creatures in underwater caves. Additionally, "Trials of Atlantis" features three new races, dozens of original monsters, as well as quests to discover and treasures to reclaim.

"Trials of Atlantis" brings many graphical upgrades to "Dark Age of Camelot." It utilizes NDL’s state-of-the-art Gamebryo graphic engine and is now DirectX 9 compatible, giving it access to the latest graphical spell, world, and underwater effects. Many of these graphical upgrades extend to the game’s original lands as well as the new Atlantis continent. High-definition terrain textures and new extremely high-definition trees now render Camelot landscapes in realistic detail, even in the game’s older areas. Additional graphics upgrades in "Trials of Atlantis" include a new user-skinable interface, new high-polygon monster models, and many new spell and lighting effects.

About Mythic Entertainment
Mythic Entertainment is one of the most successful online game developers in the industry today. Credited with 13 online games, including the award winning "Dark Age of Camelot," Mythic has played a major part in the evolution of the online game industry. The company’s other titles are some of the most popular online-only games of all time, including "Aliens Online," "Starship Troopers: Battlespace," "Godzilla Online," "Silent Death Online," "Rolemaster: Magestorm," "Darkness Falls," "Splatterball" and "Dragon’s Gate." In 2003, Mythic was ranked 36 in Inc. 500. Mythic was also named one of Deloitte & Touche’s national “Technology Fast 500” companies and regional “Technology Fast 50” companies for the past two years. For more information about Mythic Entertainment, visit www.mythicentertainment.com.

About Wanadoo
Wanadoo, a subsidiary of France Telecom, is one of Europe's leading Internet and directories companies with, at September 30, 2003, 8.9 million Internet Access customers, 3.6 billion pages viewed per month and, at December 31, 2002, more than 638,000 advertisers in Directories. Wanadoo is a leading Internet media services provider in France and U.K. and the n° 2 in Spain and in the Netherlands. Wanadoo is expanding its Internet operations through, amongst others, broadband Internet access with more than 2 million ADSL and cable subscribers.

Wanadoo recorded EUR 2 billion in revenues in 2002 and has approximately 7,000 employees. Wanadoo is listed on Euronext Paris. Further information on Wanadoo can be found on the company's web site at: www.wanadoo.com.

Wanadoo is present in the game domain with its department GOA, which manages and runs the French multiplayer game site: GOA.com, as well as the “Dark Age of Camelot” game in three languages: English, German and French.