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Runic Games formed by a bunch of Ex-Flagship Studios workers
« on: Sunday, August 10, 2008, 04:28:30 AM »
Runic Studios has been formed, which has been formed by a bunch of guys that once worked at Flagship Studios.
These guys were working on Mythos, when they were at Flagship.
More info on what they're working on, when they announce what Action-RPG MMO they are working on.

Here's the news from BluesNews

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Runic Rises from Sunken Flagship [August 10, 2008, 01:29 am ET] - Viewing Comments
Runic Games announces they've formed in the wake of the closure of Flagship Studios, hoping to continue to follow the MMO action/RPG direction they were following with Mythos:

    Seattle, Washington - August 8th, 2008 - The former Flagship Studios Seattle team is proud to announce their reformation as Runic Games (www.runicgames.com). As the team responsible for the highly-anticipated Mythos at Flagship Studios, Runic Games intends to continue to use their expertise in the Action-RPG MMO genre to create the best games in this market.

    The studio is headed by Travis Baldree and Max Schaefer. Travis served as Project Director for Mythos at Flagship Seattle, and previously created the bestselling Action-RPG FATE. Max was the Executive Producer for Mythos, and one of the original founders of Blizzard North, the creators of the bestselling Diablo franchise. He was also one of the founding members of Flagship Studios.

    Announcements about Runic Games' forthcoming projects will be made in the coming days.

EDIT, August 11, 2008:
More on Runic being formed.
« Last Edit: Monday, August 11, 2008, 06:40:22 PM by MysterD »