Matt Firor
Encyclopedia
Matt Firor is a well known game producer/designer
of Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPG
's). Matt is best known for his involvement in the critically acclaimed game Dark Age of Camelot
for Mythic Entertainment
.
. The second, more successful project was the co-founding of Interesting Systems with Rob Denton and two others, in 1990. At ISI, Matt was co-designer and lead content developer for ISI's multi-user BBS game Tempest (later renamed Darkness Falls).
ISI merged with Adventures Unlimited Software to form Mythic Entertainment
in 1995. Firor stayed at Mythic from 1995–2006, where he was the producer of most of Mythic's titles, including the worldwide MMORPG
bestseller Dark Age of Camelot
and its first two expansions.
Matt was VP of Product Development at Mythic, where he was - along with COO Rob Denton - responsible for the management of all of Mythic's development projects. In 2005/06, he led up Mythic's internal Console technology team which assessed the future of MMORPGs on next-generation console platforms.
In June 2006, Firor left Mythic Entertainment
to found Ultra Mega Games, a consulting company specializing in online gaming services.
August 1, 2007, Matt was hired by ZeniMax Media Inc., parent company of Bethesda Softworks, to head ZeniMax Online Studios.
Firor is currently the president of ZeniMax Online and running the division. He and his team are working on an unannounced title.
Game producer
A video game producer is the person in charge of overseeing development of a video game.The earliest documented use of the term producer in games was by Trip Hawkins, who established the position when he founded Electronic Arts in 1982...
of Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPG
MMORPG
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....
's). Matt is best known for his involvement in the critically acclaimed game Dark Age of Camelot
Dark Age of Camelot
Dark Age of Camelot is a 3D medieval fantasy MMORPG, released on October 10 2001 in North America and in Europe shortly after through it's partner GOA. It is still running today recently celebrating its 10th anniversary....
for Mythic Entertainment
Mythic Entertainment
BioWare Mythic is a computer game developer in Fairfax, Virginia which is most widely recognized for developing the 2001 massively multiplayer online role-playing game Dark Age of Camelot...
.
Biography
Matt Firor's first foray into online gaming was a failed attempt in 1987 to license the Scepter of Goth BBS MUDMUD
A MUD , pronounced , is a multiplayer real-time virtual world, with the term usually referring to text-based instances of these. MUDs combine elements of role-playing games, hack and slash, player versus player, interactive fiction, and online chat...
. The second, more successful project was the co-founding of Interesting Systems with Rob Denton and two others, in 1990. At ISI, Matt was co-designer and lead content developer for ISI's multi-user BBS game Tempest (later renamed Darkness Falls).
ISI merged with Adventures Unlimited Software to form Mythic Entertainment
Mythic Entertainment
BioWare Mythic is a computer game developer in Fairfax, Virginia which is most widely recognized for developing the 2001 massively multiplayer online role-playing game Dark Age of Camelot...
in 1995. Firor stayed at Mythic from 1995–2006, where he was the producer of most of Mythic's titles, including the worldwide MMORPG
MMORPG
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....
bestseller Dark Age of Camelot
Dark Age of Camelot
Dark Age of Camelot is a 3D medieval fantasy MMORPG, released on October 10 2001 in North America and in Europe shortly after through it's partner GOA. It is still running today recently celebrating its 10th anniversary....
and its first two expansions.
Matt was VP of Product Development at Mythic, where he was - along with COO Rob Denton - responsible for the management of all of Mythic's development projects. In 2005/06, he led up Mythic's internal Console technology team which assessed the future of MMORPGs on next-generation console platforms.
In June 2006, Firor left Mythic Entertainment
Mythic Entertainment
BioWare Mythic is a computer game developer in Fairfax, Virginia which is most widely recognized for developing the 2001 massively multiplayer online role-playing game Dark Age of Camelot...
to found Ultra Mega Games, a consulting company specializing in online gaming services.
August 1, 2007, Matt was hired by ZeniMax Media Inc., parent company of Bethesda Softworks, to head ZeniMax Online Studios.
Firor is currently the president of ZeniMax Online and running the division. He and his team are working on an unannounced title.
Games List
- 1991 Tempest (Darkness Falls) (Content/Design)
- 1996 Rolemaster: Magestorm (Producer/Design)
- 1996 Splatterball (Producer/Design)
- 1997 Darkness Falls (Producer/Design/Content)
- 1997 Rolemaster: Bladelands (Producer)
- 1998 Aliens Online (Producer/Design)
- 1998 Starship Troopers: Battlespace (Producer)
- 1998 Godzilla Online (Producer)
- 1999 Silent Death Online (Producer/Lead Designer)
- 1999 Darkness Falls: The Crusade (Producer)
- 1999 Splatterball Plus (Producer)
- 1999 Darkstorm: The Well of Souls (Producer)
- 1999 Spellbinder: The Nexus Conflict (Producer/Design)
- 2001 Dark Age of Camelot (Producer/Design)
- 2002 Dark Age of Camelot: Shrouded Isles ( Producer/Design)
- 2003 Dark Age of Camelot: Trials of Atlantis (Exec. Producer)
- 2004 Dark Age of Camelot: Catacombs (Exec Producer)