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| Formation | 2000 |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | 2005[1] |
| Purpose | Warez |
Platforms | PC |
Myth was awarez group, focused oncracking andripping PC games. Besides ripped games, the group also releasedtrainers and cracked updates for games. Myth's slogan, "Myth, always ahead of theClass", was referring to the rival group Class that existed from 1997 to 2004.
Myth was formed in February 2000, in a merger betweenOrigin andParadigm.
On June 29, 2005, the group was targeted alongside several other groups in "Operation Site Down" conducted by theFBI.[2][3] Myth made no further releases following this raid, and in October 2005 they released anNFO declaring that the group would enter hibernation.
A cracked version ofMax Payne 2 using a no-CD executable by Myth was made available on the digital distribution serviceSteam until May 13, 2010, where it was rolled back to an older update.[4][5][6] However, theASCII Myth logo is still present in the file called testapp.exe.[7]