Iron Lore Entertainment was a software company dedicated to develop computer and video games founded in October 2000 by Brian Sullivan (co-creator of the Age of Empires series). Due to financial difficulties they closed on February 2008. Iron Lore released Titan Quest in June 2006 and Titan Quest: Immortal Throne on March 2007. Titan Quest and Titan Quest: Immortal Throne, the expansion, are set in ancient Greece, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and make extensive use of the mythology of those civilizations.