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Myst Creator Closes Doors

Posted by Zonk on from the later-folks dept.

ComputerSherpa writes "Cyan Worlds closed its doors today. Cyan was the creator of Myst, the game that was partially responsible for popularizing the CD-ROM format. Until it was recently overtaken by The Sims, the Myst series was the most popular computer game series of all time. The last game in the Myst series, End of Ages, is scheduled to be released September 20th by UbiSoft."

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  1. Damn... by MrAndrews · · Score: 4, Informative

    I remember taking a tour of their "studio" way back in the early Myst days... I worked at a similar shop, and we'd been talking about doing stuff like that for months, and then BOOM! there it was... better than we could have imagined. They used all the common tools of the day in fantastic ways... after I got that game, I spent the rest of my workdays playing it. Research, y'know. But they weren't just crazy minds, they were very nice guys, too.

    Then again, it's not like they've died or anything... but it's still sad to see them go.

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    The world's only surviving livewriter.
  2. Re:Most popular of all time? In what sense? by bclark · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1997/11/cov_ 06riven.html Read a couple paragraphs down. As of the release of Riven, the first sequel to Myst, the game had sold 3.1 million copies, more than twice the number of copies as Doom 2, the distant second-place best-selling game.