In a surprising announcement, EA has stated that Mythic and BioWare have undergone a severe re-structuring, aligning the two studios and putting BioWare's General Manager Ray Muzyka in charge of both teams effectively cutting the General Manager position for Mythic.

Mythic's Mark Jacobs left on June 23, 2009, but it is unknown as to whether he was relieved of his position through the merge and was offered no other alternative or it was his choice to walk away from the newly merged MMOG studios.

This move brings the moderately successful Warhammer Online and the highly anticipated Star Wars: The Old Republic under one development roof and both under the guidance of a single General Manager.

Today we have important news to share with the community. EA is restructuring its RPG and MMO games development into a new group that includes both Mythic and BioWare. This newly formed team will be led by Ray Muzyka, co-founder and General Manager of BioWare. With this change, Ray becomes Group General Manager of the new RPG/MMO studio group. BioWare’s other co-founder, Greg Zeschuk will become Group Creative Officer for the new RPG/MMO studio group. Rob Denton will step up as General Manager of Mythic and report to Ray. BioWare’s studios remain unchanged and continue to report to Ray.

Mark Jacobs, current General Manager of Mythic will leave EA on June 23, 2009. We thank Mark for his contributions at Mythic and wish him the very best going forward. Mark played a major part in the success of Mythic with his contribution as General Manager and Lead Designer of WAR.

Mythic retains a strong team led by Rob who co-founded Mythic in 1995. Rob played a critical role in the development of Dark Age of Camelot. In his previous role as COO, he was responsible for all day-to-day management of the studio including all development, operations and support.

Please join us in celebrating the union of these two award-winning studios.