Iron Realms Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Achaea!
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Mill Valley, CA, September 10, 2007 - Iron Realms Entertainment celebrated the 10th Anniversary of the release of its ground-breaking first MUD - Achaea, Dreams of Divine Lands - this weekend in a flurry of events across all of the Iron Realms.
"We released Achaea the same month that Ultima Online was released," said Matt Mihaly, Achaea's original design lead and the CEO of Iron Realms. "Everybody told me it was crazy to dive into MUDs commercially when it was clear that they were not the future of the market. I'm incredibly glad we were too stubborn to listen."
Minae Lee, Achaea's producer for the last couple of years said, "It's been quite a ride but the best is yet to come. With the upcoming release of ships and a massive expansion of the world I think we're moving to the next stage in Achaea's evolution as one of the deepest and most developed virtual worlds in existence."
About Achaea
Achaea, Dreams of Divine Lands was the first MUD released by Iron Realms Entertainment, on September 9, 1997. It is the most successful MUD released in the past decade and pioneered the free-to-play, pay-for-virtual-goods business model. Like all the Iron Realms MUDs, it is also known for its almost impossibly deep PvP combat and its elaborate in-game political systems.
For additional information on Achaea, please visit the website at http://www.achaea.com or join the forums at http://forums.achaea.com.
About Iron Realms Entertainment
Iron Realms Entertainment is a premiere independent developer of MUDs and MMORPGs. Founded in 1996, it pioneered the virtual asset sales business model in 1997 with its first commercial MUD - Achaea, Dreams of Divine Lands - and has released three additional text MUDs since: Aetolia, the Midnight Age, Imperian: The Sundered Heavens, Lusternia, Age of Ascension. Aside from developing Earth Eternal, its first 3D MMORPG, Iron Realms is also developing Midkemia Online, a MUD based on the works of NY Times best-selling author Raymond E. Feist.
CONTACT:
Matt Mihaly
Iron Realms Entertainment
415-383-4454 (please do not publish)
matt@ironrealms.com
http://www.achaea.com
http://www.ironrealms.com/corp/