Iron Realms Entertainment (formerly known as Achaea

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) is a computer game development company that has created the

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Achaea, Dreams of Divine Lands ''Achaea, Dreams of Divine Lands'' is a roleplay-focused, text-based multi-user dungeon (MUD) released on September 9, 1997. It was published by Achaea LLC, now known as Iron Realms Entertainment. Achaea is operated by collecting the revenue t ...

''; ''Aetolia, The Midnight Age''; ''Imperian, the Sundered Heavens''; ''Lusternia, Age of Ascension''; and ''Midkemia Online''.

Matt Mihaly Matthew Mihaly (born June 21, 1972) is an American CEO/founder of Iron Realms Entertainment, a game designer, executive, and entrepreneur. He is the founder and former CEO of Sparkplay Media. He is known for pioneering the sale of virtual assets an ...

is its founder and CEO and Jeremy Saunders is its president.

Games

Games developed by Iron Realms Entertainment include: * ''

'', a

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text-based MUD operating continuously since 1997. * ''Aetolia, The Midnight Age'', a roleplay-intensive text-based MUD set in a Gothic

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world with numerous player-run political organizations. * ''Imperian, the Sundered Heavens'', a fantasy MUD set in a world ravaged by natural catastrophe. * ''Lusternia'', a text-based MUD game set in a fantasy

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world revolving around four

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and two nature

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. * ''Midkemia Online'', a text-based MUD game based on author Raymond E. Feist's Midkemia universe. It was shut down in 2015, partially due to the cost of maintaining the license. * ''Starmourn'', a science-fiction MUD announced by Iron Realms as under development in May, 2016.

Rapture Engine

The Rapture Engine was created by Iron Realms Entertainment and is used by all of its MUDs, albeit heavily modified for those most recently in production. Rapture was used to develop an interactive chat system in conjunction with a

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affiliated organization for the 7th Annual World Summit of Young Entrepreneurs.

History

Iron Realms Entertainment LLC was founded as Achaea LLC in 1996. After the release of ''Aetolia'' in 2001, Achaea LLC was renamed Iron Realms LLC. In 2004, IRE was featured in ''

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'' and on ''

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'' after the release of an "addictive" virtual drug called ''gleam''. ''Achaea'' was featured in the June 10, 2004 episode of ''The Screen Savers''.

References

External links

Iron Realms Entertainment official site

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