"We thank Mark for his contributions at Mythic and wish him the very best going forward," the company said in a statement on the official Warhammer web site. "Mark played a major part in the success of Mythic with his contribution as General Manager and Lead Designer of WAR."BioWare and Mythic's RPG teams are now one and the same, in the eyes of Electronic Arts. The publisher has restructured the design of their RPG and MMO group, putting Ray Muzyka, co-founder and general manage of BioWare, at the helm. Marc Jacobs, current general manager at Warhammer: Age of Reckoning developer Mythic, left the company as of yesterday.

Muzyka, whose studio is currently developing Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO in collaboration with both Electronic Arts and LucasArts, will become the division's group creative officer. Taking Jacob's place as general manager of Mythic is Rob Denton, who helped co-found Mythic way back in 1995.It's not exactly clear why the two studios are being pressed together, except that EA has clearly identified BioWare as their internal leader for all RPG and MMO-related projects going forward. Perhaps it's an issue of resources and shared knowledge, as Warhammer continues to evolve as an MMO and BioWare's learning from their experiences.